New Perdomo Lot 23 Cigars Released

It is not often that a new line of cigars comes along that is truly exceptional. It was a pleasure, therefore, to learn of the new Lot 23 cigar line from Perdomo that is exceptional in several ways.

Lot 23 Cigars from Tabacalera Perdomo

The newest cigar line from Tabacalera Perdomo S.A., Perdomo Lot 23, was released last month at the 2006 RTDA show in Las Vegas. It is a very special line, named after one of the company’s prestige tobacco farms near its factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. One of the things that makes the Perdomo Lot 23 special is that both the filler and binder for the new cigar are made exclusively from Cuban-seed tobacco grown on that one highly fertile farm.

“Perdomo Lot 23 is very special for our company because it was a project that my father, Nicolas Perdomo, Sr., pioneered as we started to expand our growing operations in 2000,” said Nick Perdomo, Jr. “My father and I selected a plot of land near our factory that was untouched. We cleared the entire field, ran thorough soil analysis and carefully prepared the grounds. This land was so fertile that we knew it would provide some incredible tobacco, and it did. I believe that we have met my father’s strict expectations of quality throughout our growing operations and our manufacturing facility. The final product is a premium cigar that is extremely flavorful and is available at a very competitive price point.”

A very competitive price point indeed. In fact, a price so low for a cigar of this quality that I found it hard to believe when I first heard it.

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Part of the reason that the price surpirsed me was the time and care that have gone into the production of this cigar line. Tobacco for the Lot 23’s was planted in September of 2000 and harvested in January of 2001. The crop was fermented for a year between January of 2001 and January of 2002. It was then bale aged for over three years before the tobaccos were finally rolled into cigars in 2005 and aged for release in 2006.

The cigars are packaged by the 20 in rustic cedar boxes. Inside the box is a detailed pen and ink drawing, seen in the photo, above, which was done by Perdomo’s new Director of Marketing, Daniel Colón. Prior to his recent promotion, Daniel was a graphic artist.

Each box of Lot 23 cigars also includes a card showing a complete history of the cigars in that particular box: the month the tobacco was grown, when it was harvested, when it was fermented, when it was aged, the name of the farm supervisor, up to the people who hand-selected the tobaccos — Nick Perdomo Sr. & Nick Perdomo Jr., of course

Perdomo Lot 23 is a medium to full flavored cigar that offers a well-balanced, complex smoking experience with a rich, smooth finish. Perdomo Lot 23 cigars box

The deeply-aged, Ecuadorian Connecticut-shade wrapper lends not only stunning aesthetic appeal, but it adds an elegant creaminess to the robust Nicaraguan fillers.

The cigars are offered in four traditional sizes: Robusto (5”x 50); Toro (6”x 50); Churchill (7”x 50), and Belicoso (5 ¾”x 54). Suggested retail prices range from $4.25 to $5.00 per cigar.

Look for a review of the Lot 23 cigars here at Cigar Envy soon.

Posted on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 at 2:51 pm.