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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
The Perdomo Legacy line, a trio of cigars that Nicholas Perdomo III created in honor of his father, Nick Perdomo Jr., has gone on sale at Two Guys Smoke Shop, which held the official launch event earlier this week.
The line is centered around a new Cuban-seed/Cameroon-seed hybrid that was developed by Perdomo and grown on the company’s Finca Natalie farm in Estelí, Nicaragua. The company says that the mineral-rich volcanic soil created the perfect environment for cultivating a rich, flavorful tobacco that delivers a unique balance of strength, sweetness and spice.
All of the lines use it in one form or another. For the Perdomo Legacy Maduro version the hybrid leaf is used for the binder. A Nicaraguan-grown maduro leaf covers the Perdomo Legacy Nicaraguan Maduro, with the hybrid binder underneath that and a Nicaraguan filler making the core of the cigar. The wrappers are aged for 10 years, but they then get a minimum of 14 months in bourbon barrels for aging. Like the Legacy Connecticut, its binder is the new shade-grown hybrid. It’s medium-to-full-bodied, with notes of semi-sweet chocolate and espresso on the finish, according to the company.
All three blends are available in the same three sizes and price points:
Robusto (5 x 54) — $13 (Box of 24, $312)
Epicure (6 x 54) — $13.50 (Box of 24, $324) REVIEWED TODAY
Churchill (7 x 54) — $14 (Box of 24, $336)
Gordo (6 x 60) — $14.50 (Box of 24, $348)
Belicoso (6 x 60) — $15 (Box of 10, $150)
The Gran Belicoso is notable for two reasons: first, it gets a box-press, and it is offered in 10-count boxes as opposed to the 24-count boxes used for the other sizes.
The cigar is medium to golden brown and well made. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were pear, brown sugar, citrus peel, and a lot of black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2 to 8. Nice start.
At the first third (28 minutes) the brown sugar is down. I still had pear and citrus peel. Now there is a touch of cinnamon and dark chocolate. And of course, the black coffee. The cigar is medium bodied and the finish is black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. But the brown sugar has significantly decreased. However, the cigar notes still work. If the brown sugar were in the amount I'd like to see it would easily score a 96. As it is, I rated the first third 94. Still a very good score but I would like much more brown sugar.
As I moved through the second third (59 minutes) not much changed. The cigar is now full bodied and there is a little more dark chocolate but other than that the notes are the same. The finish is unchanged. I held the score of 94.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 33 minutes. In this section the brown sugar made a modest surge. It is now more noticeable and it helps the cigar. It didn't get to the point I'd like but the increase was nice. I still had pear, light citrus peel, a lot of dark chocolate, and black coffee. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is unchanged. The brown sugar increase pushed the final third score up to 95. This is a very good dark noted cigar with modest sweetness. Good cigar.
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