Perdomo Reserve Cabinet Series “P” Maduro Cigar Review
I just returned from a vacation in Florida where I had the opportunity
to pick up some cigars at the excellent Oasis Cigar shop in
Sunrise, Florida. If you are in (or visiting) the Fort
Lauderdale area, I recommend visiting this shop. And if you happen to
speak Portuguese, you definitely need to visit to talk to the owners.
I picked up 2 of these cigars during my visit to Cigar
Oasis. I had previously smoked and very much enjoyed another
Perdomo Reserve cigar, one of the Cuban Cafe
Series P’s, so I looked forward to reviewing this one.
Unlike the Perdomo Reserve Cuban Cafe series I
reviewed earlier, the “La Tradicion Cabinet
Series” is a maduro and the series “P” is a
perfecto 5 and a half inches long with a 55 ring gauge. The
Perdomo web site describes the Perdomo Reserve
Cabinet Series “P” Maduro cigar as featuring “a
distinguished and contemplative blend of medium bodied, double-aged
Cuban-seed tobaccos. Grown in the rich, dark soil of the
Perdomo family plantations nestled in the Nicaraguan
regions of Esteli, Condega and the Japama valley”.
Cigar
Aficionado rated the Perdomo Reserve Cabinet Series
“Red Box” or “Red Label” cigar a 92 and named it one
of the top cigars for that year.
The wrapper of the
Perdomo Reserve Cabinet Series “P”
Maduro is dark and slightly oily looking, typical for a
maduro though lighter in shade than some other maduros in my collection.
The wrapper has very fine veins running through it. The cigar has
clearly been constructed to the highest quality standards.
Unlit, the Perdomo Reserve Cabinet Series “P”
Maduro has a very pleasing aroma. A draw through the unlit
cigar revealed a definite but pleasant “punch” and the
fermented flavor you’d expect from a well-aged cigar. Drawing through
the cigar was quite easy.
Since I was attempting to smoke
the cigar while sitting next to the beach, lighting it with matches
proved to be quite a challenge. Still, once lit it burned very evenly,
requiring a turn only once to correct a slightly uneven burn. The ash
was a medium gray in color, very firm, and stayed on the cigar until
forcibly knocked off.
The flavor for the first inch or so of
the cigar was pretty strong to my taste, but very quickly mellowed out
after that. In the end, the smoke had a very pleasant flavor and a
decent body to it. There were some hints of chocolate or earthiness in
the last portion of the cigar. It burned pretty warm up to the end, and
left my head swimming quite a bit when I was finished with it, which
took close to an hour.
On a 1-10 scale, with 10 being
excellent, the Perdomo Reserve Cabinet Series “P”
Maduro rated about a 7.9 in this review. Not as good as the
Cuban Cafe series (which I rated a 9) but certainly one
I’d smoke again.