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.
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