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Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber: flavour profile and cigars like it

Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber 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. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Aganorsa Leaf Cerberus and Perdomo 20th Anniversary Sun Grown.

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

Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber cigar
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What does Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • natural sweetness

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

WrapperNicaragua Jalapa Sun Grown
BinderNicaragua Condega
FillerNicaragua Estelí
StrengthMedium to full as published by perdomocatalog.info
BodyMedium-Full
Made inNicaragua
Made byPerdomo Cigars
FactoryTabacalera Perdomo, Nicaragua
SizesRobusto 5.5×54 · Epicure 6.5×54 · Gordo 6×60 · Churchill 7×54

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

What reviewers say

  • thecigarauthority.com: 93 points, Robusto, 5.5 x 54 (2016)In our words: Sweetness shifted toward roasted flavours. Grain and nuts emerged late. A sponsor sampler supplied the cigar.

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 Special Craft Series Amber

The line. Released in 2015 for beer pairings. The names identify wrapper variants, with no beer infusion claimed. cigar-coop.com

Cigars like Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber

  1. Aganorsa Leaf CerberusClosest matchCorojo wrapper · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more earth and leather, about the same strength.
  2. Perdomo 20th Anniversary Sun GrownAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
  3. Ashton SymmetryAlso fitsHabano wrapper · FullMore pepper and spice, a step stronger.
  4. AVO Syncro South America RitmoAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, about the same strength.
  5. Graycliff Chateau Grand CruOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Perdomo Special Craft Series Amber as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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