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Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Maduro wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua and Cuba. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are HVC Edicion Especial 2015 and Padrón Thousand Series Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro cigar
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What does Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • earth and leather
  • pepper and spice
  • cocoa and coffee

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperNicaragua Maduro
BinderNicaragua, Cuban-seed
FillerNicaragua, Cuban-seed
StrengthMedium to full as published by perdomocigars.com
BodyMedium-Full
Made inNicaragua
Made byPerdomo Cigars
FactoryTabacalera Perdomo, Estelí
SizesFigurado 4.75×56 · Robusto 5×54 · Epicure 6×54 · Super Toro 6×60 · Torpedo 7×54 · Churchill 7×54

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • halfwheel.com: 88 points, Robusto, 5 x 54 (2020)In our words: Chocolate accompanied pepper and earth. The final section became dry, with an otherwise clean finish.

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro

The line. The box-pressed blends were introduced in July 2020. They replaced Champagne Noir and Champagne Sun Grown. halfwheel.com

Cigars like Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro

  1. HVC Edicion Especial 2015Closest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Padrón Thousand Series MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Rocky Patel Bold by Nish PatelAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa SolitaAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Padron Black PB-97 NaturalOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Maduro as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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