Perdomo ESV Connecticut cigars are made with tobacco that the company considers its “Estate Selección Vintage” leaf. This is described as the top five percent of leaf from the Finca Natalie Farm in Estelí, Nicaragua. Like any natural product, tobacco can be rated, and this is the best that Perdomo produces. Do you know how your local orchard has some outstanding apples that they sell in a plastic container in groups of four? Those are flavorful, sweet, and crunchy. Then it has the crappy mealy little apples that it sells at a discount in an overstuffed bag?
This is the same deal. These are Perdomo’s premium leaves.
The filler blend is Nicaraguan Ligero, while the binder is a Seco harvested from lower down on the stalk. The finishing touch comes from another country far to the south across the ocean – Ecuador. There, the natural cloud cover is ideal for growing Connecticut seed leaf, which is used for the wrapper leaf on Perdomo ESV Connecticut cigars.
We’ll let Perdomo describe the smoking experience:
“The beautiful, butterscotch-colored Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper imparts sweet hints of cream and honey. The Cuban-seed Nicaraguan binder and filler offer a rich spiciness with oaky undertones. The combination of the wrapper, binder, and fillers in this blend offers elegant flavors with rich complex aromas and a silky, smooth finish.”
It’s a beaut!
The line has a few other blends, one with a sun-grown wrapper and another with a Maduro leaf. It also has a rich history. Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage cigars were first released in 2005 to honor Nick Perdomo Sr.'s passing. Now, many years later, the blend has stood the test of time as one of the finest cigar lines produced by Perdomo.
These box-pressed cigars are made to slow down the burn and provide for a more consistent flavor. This ensures that the smoking experience of Perdomo ESV Connecticut cigars is appropriate for the company’s most high-quality leaf.
If you want Perdomo’s rarest leaf, you’ve found it.
Please enjoy Perdomo ESV Connecticut cigars at your leisure.
Perdomo’s pairing suggestion is a cappuccino, but if you don’t have a fancy machine sitting around to pull espresso and foam up your milk, a creamy coffee would do.