Perdomo is a family-owned cigar company headquartered in Miami, Florida, with its farms and factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It describes itself as vertically integrated, controlling every step from its fields in Estelí, Condega and Jalapa to the finished cigar, and many of its lines use wrappers aged in bourbon barrels.
Who Is Perdomo Cigar Company?
Nick Perdomo Jr. leads the company as President and CEO. Perdomo's farms, greenhouses, curing barns, fermentation warehouses and rolling rooms are in Estelí, and its distribution center is in Miami. The company says it takes 3,054 steps to make a Perdomo cigar from seed to finished cigar, and its blends are built on tobacco aged for years before rolling.
Perdomo 20th Anniversary
The 20th Anniversary is built from tobaccos aged a minimum of eight years, with bourbon barrel-aged wrappers over higher-priming Cuban-seed Nicaraguan binder and filler. Cigar Journal named it Nicaraguan Cigar of the Year in 2014. Three wrappers anchor the line, each delivering a distinctly different experience.
Perdomo 20th Anniversary Sun Grown
An eight-year-old Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Sun Grown wrapper, bourbon barrel-aged for ten more months. Perdomo rates it medium to full: rich and earthy, with a balance of spice and hints of oak and cedar on the finish.
Perdomo 20th Anniversary Connecticut
An eight-year-old Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, bourbon barrel-aged for eight more months. The mildest of the three, rated mild to medium: rich and creamy, with a hint of honey and spice on the finish.
Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro
An eight-year-old Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper, bourbon barrel-aged for fourteen more months. Perdomo rates it medium to full: rich and complex, with semi-sweet notes of chocolate and espresso on the finish.
Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne
Perdomo says bourbon barrel-aging its wrappers started with this line, and Nicholas Perdomo Sr. named the aged wrappers the "Champagne" of wrappers. The Champagne is a butterscotch-colored Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over Cuban-seed Nicaraguan binder and filler, from tobaccos aged a minimum of six years: mild to medium, rich and smooth, with cream and cedar on the finish. Box-pressed Sun Grown and Maduro versions are Nicaraguan puros rated medium to full.
Perdomo Double Aged 12-Year Vintage
Double Aged 12-Year Vintage uses tobaccos bale-aged for ten years, then aged two more years in charred white oak bourbon barrels. The Connecticut is mild to medium, creamy, with caramel and cedar; the Sun Grown and Maduro are medium to full, the Maduro finishing with dark chocolate and coffee.
Perdomo at Sun of a Gun
Perdomo is part of the humidor at Sun of a Gun Cigars & Spirits, 1651 S Arizona Ave, Yuma, Arizona. Choose from the humidor and settle in with a pour from the bar. Sunday to Thursday 9am to 11pm, Friday and Saturday until 1am; 928-276-3500.
Frequently Asked Questions About Perdomo Cigars
Which Perdomo cigar should a beginner try first?
The Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne is a good starting point: an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, mild to medium, rich and smooth with hints of cream. The 20th Anniversary Connecticut is another mild-to-medium option, rich and creamy with a touch of honey and spice.
What makes Perdomo cigars unique?
Perdomo controls every stage of production, from its farms in Estelí, Condega and Jalapa to the finished cigar, and ages many of its wrappers in bourbon barrels after years of bale-aging. The Double Aged 12-Year Vintage takes that furthest: ten years of bale-aging and two in bourbon barrels.
What is the difference between Perdomo 20th Anniversary Sun Grown and Maduro?
Both use Cuban-seed Nicaraguan binder and filler and are rated medium to full. The Sun Grown wears a Nicaraguan Sun Grown wrapper aged ten months in bourbon barrels, rich and earthy with oak and cedar; the Maduro wears a Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper aged fourteen months in bourbon barrels, with chocolate and espresso.
