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I promised a while ago I would do a review on the Perdomo 20th Anniversary. The 10th Anniversary of Perdomo was the fist cigar I ever smoked. After I had a few cubans and others, I got myself one again to compare and it was rather boring and bland (the 10th anniversary).
Then I saw a sampler of the 20th Anniversary line with 6 different vitolas. They are almost twice the price so I was hoping for something more exciting. And I can say it hasn't disappointed. Now, as it was a sampler, I assume the cigars might have a few years on them, or at least one. In my experience so far, samplers are often a bit longer on the shelves and generally a bit milder because of that. But as it's a NC, I have no way of telling if that is true or just my perception.
Now lets get to the cigar.
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This is the Churchill format of the sampler and the one I saved for the review.
First impressions. The filling is rather loose as with the others I smoked before. Soft to the touch. The cap is a bit crude maybe, but held nicely. otherwise it has a beautiful maduro wrapper and a band I really enjoyed. It also came of easily when needed.
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From the very start this cigar had a great draw. Maybe slightly on the light side, but I prefer that. The result is thick smoke in abundance. This is a pleasure to draw from the very beginning.
1/3
A mild start, which is to be expected with this format. But already a strong flavor can be detected in the back. I am getting a sweet tobacco note with light spices through the nose. A bit in the first third a great dark fruit flavor mixes in. No hints of leather or wood yet. Not much complexity either, but I could tell this one is building up with every draw I take.
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2/3
Still mild in the second third but the flavors are bursting out now. I am getting some leather notes now, mixing with the previous sweetness. Some darker earthy flavours come in and disappear again towards the end of the 2nd third. What I get more is fruit fruit fruit. And towards the end of the third this lovely cherry flavour I experienced with the other vitolas finally came through.
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3/3
Now the cigar picks up power. It becomes stronger and very full bodied. But still in a nice way and with just a few traces of pepper that compliment the overall profile nicely and do not take over. Even through the nose, a delight. I can also detect a nice cream in the smoke, something that built up throughout the cigar but I only noticed it now on its own as it got stronger.
I started to get a nicotin hit towards the end and had to let it go. It's a lot of cigar and it was early in the day. This one would be better had on a nice summer evening.
I had a 2.5h smoke on this one and could have stretched it a bit futher even if I wanted to. The light packing did not result in a fast smoke at all. This is maduro sweetness at it's best. An interesting build up from the start that ends in a powerful finale.
It is not the cheapest NC but far from Padron prices. Especially in the US a real bargain compared with CC. I do not know how these smoke when they are fresher. But the sample box I had was fantastic. Each and every single one of them.
Get a few, try them, let me know what you think.
Cheers, Niels
I promised a while ago I would do a review on the Perdomo 20th Anniversary. The 10th Anniversary of Perdomo was the fist cigar I ever smoked. After I had a few cubans and others, I got myself one again to compare and it was rather boring and bland (the 10th anniversary).
Then I saw a sampler of the 20th Anniversary line with 6 different vitolas. They are almost twice the price so I was hoping for something more exciting. And I can say it hasn't disappointed. Now, as it was a sampler, I assume the cigars might have a few years on them, or at least one. In my experience so far, samplers are often a bit longer on the shelves and generally a bit milder because of that. But as it's a NC, I have no way of telling if that is true or just my perception.
Now lets get to the cigar.
IMG_8238.jpg
This is the Churchill format of the sampler and the one I saved for the review.
First impressions. The filling is rather loose as with the others I smoked before. Soft to the touch. The cap is a bit crude maybe, but held nicely. otherwise it has a beautiful maduro wrapper and a band I really enjoyed. It also came of easily when needed.
IMG_8235.jpgIMG_8237.jpg
From the very start this cigar had a great draw. Maybe slightly on the light side, but I prefer that. The result is thick smoke in abundance. This is a pleasure to draw from the very beginning.
1/3
A mild start, which is to be expected with this format. But already a strong flavor can be detected in the back. I am getting a sweet tobacco note with light spices through the nose. A bit in the first third a great dark fruit flavor mixes in. No hints of leather or wood yet. Not much complexity either, but I could tell this one is building up with every draw I take.
IMG_8242.jpg
2/3
Still mild in the second third but the flavors are bursting out now. I am getting some leather notes now, mixing with the previous sweetness. Some darker earthy flavours come in and disappear again towards the end of the 2nd third. What I get more is fruit fruit fruit. And towards the end of the third this lovely cherry flavour I experienced with the other vitolas finally came through.
IMG_8244.jpg
3/3
Now the cigar picks up power. It becomes stronger and very full bodied. But still in a nice way and with just a few traces of pepper that compliment the overall profile nicely and do not take over. Even through the nose, a delight. I can also detect a nice cream in the smoke, something that built up throughout the cigar but I only noticed it now on its own as it got stronger.
I started to get a nicotin hit towards the end and had to let it go. It's a lot of cigar and it was early in the day. This one would be better had on a nice summer evening.
I had a 2.5h smoke on this one and could have stretched it a bit futher even if I wanted to. The light packing did not result in a fast smoke at all. This is maduro sweetness at it's best. An interesting build up from the start that ends in a powerful finale.
It is not the cheapest NC but far from Padron prices. Especially in the US a real bargain compared with CC. I do not know how these smoke when they are fresher. But the sample box I had was fantastic. Each and every single one of them.
Get a few, try them, let me know what you think.
Cheers, Niels
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