Tonight I’m smoking the Perdomo lot 23 Maduro. The picture shows a brown band mine came with a shinny blue trim band however. It feels solid, tight rolled and heavy. A little lumpy and bumpy with some thick veins. The draw is slightly tight. Right off the light, there’s a nasty black pepper punch on the retrohale, with a toast flavor follow through on the palate. It’s defiantly not a toothy wrapper. Into the first third I’m getting a coco, coffee and some wood notes. The coffee seems to come through in the retrohale with the pepper. Medium body so far. The pepper does settle down. Ash is falling off at about one inch, even burn line. I’ve paired this with a black coffee. I almost want to say chocolate but it’s not sweet, so I will have to leave it at coco. Rounding second base, not much transitioning, still building off the first thirds profile. I had this one in the 69% humidor for about two weeks. Good smoke output. The strength is medium low. It seems to be a short finish. Pretty good construction, I’m into the second third with the burn line still even. Theres a very slight creaminess, still lots of pepper no spice. That coffee is holding in there nicely. The smoke is a little sharp in the back of the throat, I did cough a couple times. Nice aroma coming off of it. There’s some leather coming through the draw now. The flavors that it does give off seem balanced to one another. Rounding third base, still smooth leather, coffee, pepper, and coco. For $7 I don’t think you can go wrong with this cigar. The retrohale has gotten a lot smoother than when I lit it up. It does seem to be giving off chocolate more than coco just slightly. It’s an enjoyable cigar, nothing really to complain about. Maybe a little toasted nuttiness towards the end. Pretty consistent profile throughout. I’m going to score this at 88 points.
