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(Description provided by JC Newman)
Perla del Mar is a historic cigar brand that traces its roots to Cuba. In 1905, four Cuban brothers started hand rolling cigars using tobacco grown on their family’s farm in Cuba. They named their company Perfecto Garcia Brothers and called their cigars “Perla del Mar” because of the beautiful Caribbean waters that surround Cuba. As the popularity and demand for their cigars grew, the brothers built a large cigar factory next to J.C. Newman’s El Reloj factory in Ybor City, Florida. Perla del Mar was one of the leading premium cigar brands in the early 1900s. J.C. Newman’s new Perla del Mar cigars honor the brand’s historic legacy.
Perla del Mar features special, hand-selected, aged binder and long filler tobaccos from four distinct regions in the lush mountains of Nicaragua: Pueblo Nuevo, La Reina, Condega, and Jalapa. This unique blend is combined with a smooth, creamy Ecuadorian Shade (Shade), Connecticut Broadleaf (Maduro), or robust Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper (Corojo) to provide a complex, but balanced, taste.
Lastly, Perla del Mar cigars feature a Tampa-style press to help the natural flavors of its unique tobaccos to marry together and deliver an extremely satisfying smoke.
WRAPPER: Corojo
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FACTORY: J.C. Newman PENSA
The cigar is very well made and has a very good feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were a tangy citrus/cedar, brown sugar, nutmeg, and leather. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Nice start.
At the first third (29 minutes) not much has changed. Now I had tangy citrus, underlying citrus peel, brown sugar, nutmeg, and leather. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is light citrus and leather with good lingering black pepper. I would call this a solid cigar. Not fantastic but very good. I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (1 hour 4 minutes) I lost a little of the intense sweetness from citrus due to a little elevation in the leather and the introduction of black coffee. The cigar is still medium bodied. The finish now is citrus peel and leather with good lingering black pepper. The cigar lost a tick due to the decrease in citrus and introduction of black coffee. I rated the second third 92.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 32 minutes. The black coffee pulled back allowing the sweet citrus to come back out. The leather is light. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The finish is back to a little citrus and leather with very good lingering black pepper. I rated the final third 93. Again, this is a solid cigar that won't break the bank. You can find them around $8 apiece.
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