Perdomo Lot 23 Natural

Like the last time that I flew into PHL and drove to Atlantic City for work, I wanted to stop in at Holt's and buy some cigars. But this time, due to a day of canceled flights, I did not get to PHL until after Holt's was closed. So I went back to Philly on the night of my second day of the trip, just to go to Holt's. I bought a handful of cigars and then headed up to the whiskey bar above Holt's, Mahogany. It was my first time there and I really liked it. Dark wood paneled rooms with many leather chairs and couches. And they have over 140 whiskeys.

I grabbed the Lot 23 out of my bag (paid $5.05 for it), straight cut it and lit it up. I paired it with a Bushmills followed by an Amstel Light.

The cigar had a nice mild taste with good flavor and lots of smoke. Maybe a hint of a cedar taste. I really enjoyed the cigar, it was a perfect cigar for me. No burn issues, the flavor changed from mild to medium flavor with a short finish. The strength was medium. I smoked it down to the nub.

From Cigar.com:

Perdomo Lot 23 is an incredible value that rivals the finest Connecticut wrapped cigars at a fraction of the price.

In 2000, Nick Perdomo planted an experimental crop of tobacco on a small plot of land appropriately named Lot 23. It is here that the golden tobacco leaves of Lot 23 were harvested for extended fermentation. When the tobacco was ready for blending, Nick was shocked to find the cigar did not blend well with foreign tobaccos, but rather was ideal when blended with tobacco from the same field.

The resulting Lot 23 cigar is composed of 100% puro tobacco from one field in Esteli. Medium-bodied with a silky Connecticut-seed wrapper, this creamy cigar offers a cedar-like character with toasty nuances, culminating into one of the best-balanced Nicaraguan cigars on the market. At the RTDA tradeshow, Cigar.com aficionados ranked the Lot 23 as one of their top 5 picks for “best new release in 2006.”

Perdomo Limited Edition 2008 (Natural wrapper)

This was the second of the two Perdomo cigars that I bought at the Smoke Shop across from the Muckelshoot casino while on a trip to the Seattle, WA area. This was a flat box pressed cigar. Dark and good looking but a little veiny wrapper.

I straight cut it, paired with bud light and smoked it on my deck with the space heater blowing on me. It was medium to mild. Nice mild flavors.

It did have a bit of a raggedy burn but it did not run down one side or anything like that. I have since heard that Perdomo's are kinda know for slight burn issues.

It had a very nice double band but the band was very, very hard to remove.

Overall it was nice mild to medium smoke with a medium strength.

From www.famous-smoke.com:

Perdomo2 Limited Edition cigars have been reintroduced by Tabacalera Perdomo. The cigars' Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos are expertly box-pressed in your choice of genuine Cameroon or Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper leaves. The smoke is medium to full in body, with well-balanced flavors that continue throughout the finish.

Perdomo Grand Cru - Maduro

While on a trip to the Seattle, WA area I stopped at a Smoke Shop across from the Muckleshoot casino to check out the cigar selection. The selection was not huge but they did have some nice cigars there. I bought one Punch London club (cause I like to always have one of those on hand) and two Perdomo cigars. This one was the Grand Cru. I smoked it at the Cabana bar at the Muckleshoot casino.

I straight cut it and paired it with one bud light and then water. I am not too sure if if was the cigar or the meal that I just ate, but my stomach felt uncomfortably full and I could not even think about drinking a second beer so I went to water.

It was a good looking cigar with a nice dark oily wrapper. At first it had a medium to full flavor with a bite at back of the throat. The draw seemed OK but it took 2 to 3 puffs to get any decent smoke out of it.

By the end of the first third it started to smoke easier and was putting out more smoke.

It was a very strong cigar, the strongest I have had in awhile, or ever. It was really too much for me and I put it out with about a third to go.

I think that Maduos are too much for me.

From CigarsInternational.com:

Perdomo Grand Cru is a unique Nicaraguan puro made with 100% Cuban-seed tobaccos from the same 2004 crop. Each leaf has been hand-selected and well-aged prior to rolling, then sorted again to ensure the very best yield from this exquisite crop. Grand Cru comes in three flavorful formats – a silky Connecticut, bold Corojo, and an oily Maduro – each of which are supremely well balanced and elegant from start to finish. The bold long-fillers within exemplify the rich, hearty qualities of Nicaragua’s soils, producing a robust, earthy profile layered by dark tobacco flavors, roasted espresso bean, and a slight touch of sweet black pepper. Sit back and enjoy this full-flavored, medium to full-bodied treat from Tabacalera Perdomo.

Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Cabinet

I smoked this one at a Michiana TweetUp that was held at Club La Salle in downtown South Bend. The main reason that I attended this TweetUp was to check out the Club La Salle cigar bar that I had never had a chance to get to yet.

After snuffing out the Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut Churchill that was too mellow for me a nice gentleman that I met at the bar ran out to his car and grabbed two Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Cabinets, one for each of us. These are discontinued and are his favorite cigar. They go for about $9.00 a cigar and I considered it an honor to receive one from him.

I asked the bartender to give it a straight cut and I paired it mostly with an ice cold water. I really liked this cigar a lot. It was a medium to strong cigar with a full taste and a nice kick.

I smoked 3/4 of it in the bar and walked out with the rest. I continued smoking it in the car on the way home and didn't want to toss the nub out when I pulled into the neighborhood.

A great smoke.

The Epitomy Of An Excellent Cigar By Tabacalera Perdomo! An Exceptional Blend Of Cuban-Seed Filler Tobaccos Capped Off With Nick's Incredible Rosado -Or- Aged Maduro Wrapper For A Medium To Full Bodied Smoke!