Perdomo

Lot 23 Connecticut

Smooth Experience, but a tight Draw and kept having to be re-lite.....

Really gets the job done. Potentially better than the champagne

Very good cigar. Very good draw and burn. Like the flavor.

A very good basic cigar in terms of price-quality ration. Rounded full taste, good draw, might be burning too fast.

It was ok. Hard draw, burned alright but the flavor was confusing. I’m still new to this but the flavors, smells were nothing close to some of the recent cigars I have tried. Got pretty harsh at the end.

Clean wrapper, very few veins. Unlit wrapper and foot smell of hay, creamed coffee, and slight barnyard. Cap is set deep and evenly, and withstood guillotine cut. Cold draw has a wheat, cedar, and coffee flavor, though all of them are mild. Light up is easy. Initial draws have cedar, hay, coffee with cream, a touch of sweetness like honey or brown sugar, and some grassy notes. Black pepper is very present on the retrohale. Into the first third and the cream makes more of a presence, along with some graham cracker. The dominant notes on the palate are grass, pepper, cream, and cedar. The foot aroma isn’t the most aromatic, but it’s not particularly offensive. Burn line didn’t wave up too much, but it started to canoe slightly. I aged this cigar for about a month before smoking, but it still seemed to burn quickly. It didn’t seem to be extra dry, but the first third was done in about 15 minutes. The ash is bright white, and held on tight until the first third fell off in one clump. The second third is where the pepper dies down. Cream returns and grass becomes hay. Slight buttery, mineral notes on the retrohale. The band is large and while warming it up helped the end closest to the cherry, the end closest to the cap was still holding on. Something to keep in mind when removing it. The finish is nice, if not a touch short. Ash notes begin to linger around on the palate. Burn slowed on the second third, so the first third may have been my fault for smoking too fast. The end of the second third introduced more of the barnyard note. The final third is where the leather is hiding. Cedar becomes more noticeable as well. Spice comes back big and sits at the back of the throat. Tobacco note takes over with an inch left. Foot smoke turns slightly foul at nub lengths. Hints of cinnamon and graham cracker cone and go. Finished at exactly 1 hour with a half inch nub. Strength and flavor stayed mild through the entire stick. Overall it’s a pleasant smoke, but nothing “wowed” me. I pretty much got exactly what I expected from a cigar at this price point.