PCA 2023: Perdomo

As I mentioned in my coverage of the Tatuaje booth, following the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of companies trimmed down both the size and the elaborateness of their booths, and that is a group that includes Perdomo. If you go back and look at the company’s booth from the 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, you’ll see the contrast; the booth was huge, there were multiple displays of the company’s entire portfolio, and lest we forget, there was a full-size, maybe even plus-size drum kit that Nick Perdomo would take to a couple of times per day. Not to mention the overhead LED halo ring, something that at the time seemed more appropriate in an NBA arena than at a cigar trade show.

But since the 2021 trade show, the Perdomo booth has been stripped down a good bit, yet it doesn’t seem to be slowing down business as there were seemingly always more retailers than tables available when I stopped by the booth, and plenty of people wanting to talk to Nick Perdomo.

As for what was new in the booth, I might have to give Perdomo the award for worst kept secret, as the company celebrated its 30th anniversary with a new cigar that had been teased all around social media but had yet to receive an official announcement. It is a cigar that Nick Perdomo said “encapsulates not only the essence of our team’s dedication to the finest quality and craftsmanship, but it also represents our longstanding commitment to our cherished patrons.”

Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut 

As you read this post, you’ll begin to see a trend with the blends, so let’s kick things off with the Connecticut version, which uses a bourbon barrel-aged wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and filler, some of which have been aged for 15 years. According to a press release from the company, this blend has a smooth, creamy complexity with hints of caramel and cedar on the finish. While all of the 30th Anniversary blends are regular production, they will initially only be available at 75 retailers, though that number will be increasing in the future as Perdomo is able to ensure that it can supply its retailers with the cigars.

It is available in five box-pressed sizes.

• Wrapper: Ecuador (Connecticut)
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut Robusto (5 x 54) — $12 (Box of 30, $360)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut Epicure (6 x 54) — $12.50 (Box of 30, $375)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut Churchill (7 x 54) — $13 (Box of 30, $390)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut Gordo (6 x 60) — $13.50 (Box of 30, $405)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Connecticut Torpedo (7 x 54) — $14 (Box of 30, $420)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: November 2023

Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro 

This version gets a maduro wrapper, which the company says contributes to a “bold, sweet complexity with slight hints of dark cocoa and coffee on the finish.”

It is available in five box-pressed sizes.

• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Robusto (5 x 54) — $12 (Box of 30, $360)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Epicure (6 x 54) — $12.50 (Box of 30, $375)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Churchill ((7 x 54) — $13 (Box of 30, $390)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Gordo (6 x 60) — $13.50 (Box of 30, $405)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Torpedo (7 x 54) — $14 (Box of 30, $420)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: November 2023

Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown

Rounding out the trio is the version with a Nicaraguan sun-grown wrapper, which gives this blend “a rich, spicy complexity with slight hints of oak and almond on the finish,” according to a press release.

It is available in five box-pressed sizes.

• Wrapper: Nicaragua (Sun Grown)
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown Robusto (5 x 54) — $12 (Box of 30, $360)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown Epicure (6 x 54) — $12.50 (Box of 30, $375)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown Churchill (7 x 54) — $13 (Box of 30, $390)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown Gordo (6 x 60) — $13.50 (Box of 30, $405)
• Perdomo 30th Anniversary Box-Pressed Sun Grown Torpedo (7 x 54) — $14 (Box of 30, $420)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: November 2023