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

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

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Aganorsa Leaf La Validación Corojo and Illusione Garagiste.

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

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

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness

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

WrapperNicaragua Sun Grown
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: 80 points, Churchill, 7 x 54 (2020)In our words: Strong pepper overtook early sweetness. Loose draws and burn corrections affected the experience.

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 Sungrown

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 Sungrown

  1. Aganorsa Leaf La Validación CorojoClosest matchCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Illusione GaragisteAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Jaime Garcia ReservaAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Saint Luis Rey Carenas UltramarAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAbout the same strength.
  5. Gurkha Classic Havana BlendOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.

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

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