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Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro Robusto
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2Oth Anniversary Maduro
De 20th anniversary reeks kwam voor het eerst op de markt in 2012 om het 20-jarig jubileum van Perdomo te vieren. Perdomo kwam met 2 verschillende 20th anniversary’s uit namelijk de 20th anniversary maduro en de 20th anniversary sungrown. Perdomo heeft bij deze reeks kosten nog moeite bespaard gehad. Zo zijn de blend, binder en wrapper allemaal van 8 jaar gerijpte Higher- priming cuban seed kwaliteit en is ook hier de “Bourbon Barrel aging” techniek toegepast. Bij deze 20th anniversary heeft de wrapper een extra 14 maanden in Bourbon Barrel doorgebracht waardoor de sigaar er zeer aantrekkelijk uitziet. Het uitzicht biedt een donkerbruin dekblad met prachtige nerftekeningen in het tabaksblad. De 20th anniversary heeft dan ook in 2014 de prijs van Best Cigar Nicaragua binnengehaald met maar liefst een officiële score van 94 punten. Hieronder de specificaties van deze pracht sigaar:
Ringmaat: 60
Lengte: 152 mm
Blend: 8 year old Higher-priming Cuban seed Nicaragua Binder: 8 year old Higher-priming Cuban seed Nicaragua Wrapper: 8year old Higher-priming Cuban seed Nicaragua Vitola Galera: Gordito Robusto Box-Pressed
Prijs: 15 euro
Body: Full
Rooktijd: 110 minuten
Uitzicht=
Deze Maduro ziet er stevig uit en schreeuwt om gerookt te worden. Dankzij de extra 14 maanden in de Bourbon Barrels ziet het dekblad er zeer rijp uit, mooi donkerbruin met een verhaal in het blad. Het blad is niet egaal donkerbruin maar varieert zeer licht van kleur waardoor de sigaar er zeer aantrekkelijk uitziet.
Colddraw=
De melange die je tijdens de colddraw krijgt bestaat uit: Fondant/Peper en een spice smaak onder de tong.
1/3=
Dankzij deze geweldige Vitola zat de luchtdoorstroming perfect. Vanaf de eerste puff krijg je alle smaken eerlijk voorgeschoteld. Ik proef:
Spice/ Zwarte peper/ Noten/ Espresso/ Fondant/ Licht kaneel en een aantal zoete toetsen
2/3=
Eens het 2de deel van deze Maduro aanbrak merkte ik pas echt wat een complex smakenpallet hierin verwerkt zit. Deze maduro biedt eens iets anders, namelijk een variatie tussen zwaardere smaken maar met zoete en verrassende smaken. Ik proef:
Spice/zwarte peper/ crème/ Espresso/ Speculaas toetsen/ Abrikoos toetsen/ noten/ Ceder
De nasmaak was een zeer aangename mengelmoes van een crèmige espresso met fondant smaken en zelf lichtjes toffee smaken.
3/3=
In het laatste derde liggen de smaken prachtig op elkaar gelayerd. Alle smaakpapillen worden hier geprikkeld zo evolueren de zwaardere smaken zoals spice en peper naar een zoete abrikoos/honing smaak maar blijft de pit zeker en vast wel aanwezig! Ik proef:
Spice/ Espresso/ Fondant/ Abrikoos/ Honing op de lippen/ Ceder/ Noten/ kruiden/ lichtjes kaneel
Eindconclusie:
Veruit de beste Maduro die ik tot nu toe gerookt heb. De standaard Maduro valt vaak zwaar uit met enkel de donkerdere smaken. Maar de 20th anniversary Maduro biedt u buiten zware Nicaraguaanse smaken ook zoete verfijndere smaken aan. Het gene dat mij hier zo aanspreekt is dat je tijdens de Draw een stevige spicy smaak met peper ervaart en vervolgens de smaken volledig open bloeide naar zoetere en af en toe licht bittere smaken terwijl het maduro element wel aanwezig bleef. De score die ik daarom aan dit prachtexemplaar toe ken is niets minder dan 95/100
DrFever
Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Robusto
Size : 5 x 56
Wrapper : Cuban Seed Nicaraguan grown Maduro
Filler : Nicaragua (Esteli, Japala and Condega)
Binder : Nicaragua
Hand-Made
Price : ~$7.75 each
In 1992, an enterprising air traffic controller named Nick Perdomo Jr. started a cigar company out of his home garage in Miami, Florida. Today, Tabacalera Perdomo owns the second largest cigar manufacturing facility in Estelí, Nicaragua. The 20th Anniversary blend was released to celebrate 20 years of business.
Appearance : [rating:5/5]
This Nicaraguan “puro” (all the tobacco is grown in Nicaragua) looks absolutely wonderful. It has a very nice sheen to the wrapper. The seams are tight and compact and the veining is minimal. The somewhat large band suits the cigar and it sports the 20th anniversary second band. This box-pressed cigar is not as dark as some other maduro cigars on the market.
Construction : [rating:4.25/5] (4.25)
The Perdomo 20th Anniversary is loaded with tobacco and packed well. No soft spots or sponginess to the pre-smoke inspection. Notwithstanding the amount of tobacco, the draw was perfect. It had just enough resistance. It did feel a bit loose near the middle but this was short lived. The burn was razor sharp and needed no correction or re-light. I did find that it burned a tad fast, however the smoke remained cool. Smoke output was a bit inconsistent at first but by the halfway mark it became nice and thick. The large band came off with ease. On the other hand, the wrapper did crack slightly during various stages of the cigar, especially in the final third. The cigar held up well to my straight guillotine cut.
Flavor : [rating:3.75/5] (3.75)
I never count pre-light aroma and draw aromas in my score. I simply reference them to see if the cigar smokes as it comes across. This cigar had a nice rich chocolaty aroma with a hint of cedar. The pre-light draw was very tasty with hints of chocolate, sweet cedar and rich aged tobacco with just a bit of peppery spice.
On lighting the 20th Anniversary I got a lot of peppery spice and I mean a lot. The spice was like a cayenne heat that overpowered the palate and it was tough to get any discernable flavors for the first couple of centimetres.
Thankfully that blast of spice settled down to expose nice hints of rich chocolate, coffee and mild leather notes. The back of the palate still had some spice but it was more tolerable. I picked up orange peel and tea in the first third along with some roasted coffee bean and sweet cedar.
The flavors became a tad earthier with some leather and tea in the second third but I still got semi-sweet chocolate, coffee and the occasional hint of citrus. The smoke was rich, creamy and left a nice honey like residue on my palate.
I picked up some bitterness near the halfway mark probably noticeable a bit more because up to that point it smoked more to the sweeter side. The bitterness hung around for a little bit before giving way back to some of the aforementioned flavors. The bitterness was like burnt coffee, toasted almond with hints of earth. The smoke continued to be velvety though with a slight creamy residue on the palate. It wasn’t quite like the honey texture it had earlier but still creamy. There was still a little spice in the finish and once I got past the bitterness, it was right back to the sweeter chocolaty, coffee flavour profile.
The final third still had spice, both at the front and back of the palate. The flavors were nuttier and had some more hints of tea and very light orange peel.
During the final third, after removing the band, the Perdomo 20th Anniversary lost most of its sweetness and became an earthier cigar with more discernable dark roasted coffee bean, toasted nuts and more leather.
The spice never really left the cigar but that’s not a bad thing. The wrapper had a nice salty-sweet balance and the cigar was such that it transitioned without any harsh changes. The only problem was that for large parts of the cigar puff after puff tasted the same. It could have used a little more complexity and depth.
Value : [rating:3.75/5] (3.75)
Would I buy more? Yes. Would I necessarily buy a box? No. I enjoyed it but not enough to take up valuable humidor space. However, it is a cigar that I would definitely purchase if I was in a pinch or if I wanted to have a nice evening after dinner cigar. For this money though, I would want a cigar that smoked a little slower and had a little more depth to it. Overall, it isn’t obscenely priced but there are smokes just as good out there for a bit less.
Overall Rating : [rating:4/5]
The cigar wasn’t overly complex as most of the flavors hung around for most of the cigar. It did have a nice sweetness to it though with a spice that shifted in intensity but never really left the cigar. The cigar slowly transitioned into what started as sweeter, chocolate and coffee flavors to slightly earthier, nuttier and leathery. The cigar’s sweet spot for me was from about halfway through the first third until just past the final third. That’s where most of the pleasing flavors were except for a very brief moment of bitterness. Overall, the Perdomo 20th Anniversary is an above average cigar.
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Blaine
Are you sure you reviewed a Maduro? That doesn’t look like the Maduro. It should have a very dry looking wrapper – the maduro isn’t oily at all, and is very dark. Anyways, the Perdomo 20th, whether in natural or maduro is one of my favorite smokes and is really the only Perdomo I like.
Jordan
Smoking one right now and was searching for it to see its rating; I can verify it has an oily wrapper. I’m really liking this cigar (as an admitted novice to cigar smoking always looking for more information), and would recommend.
Tim
Have a few in the humidor great smoke.