#22 2024 Cigar of the Year

#22 2024 Cigar of the Year: Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown Epicure

SPECIFICATIONS

Wrapper: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Sun Grown
Binder: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan
Filler: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera Perdomo
Epicure: 6 x 54
Price: $12.50

Sponsor: Yes
Samples Provided for Initial Review: No
Review: Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown Epicure
Appearances on Countdown (By Year/Company): 4 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)

The Details

The #22 Cigar of the Year for 2024 is the Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown Epicure.

As the name indicates, the cigar commemorates 30 years of Perdomo Cigars. The Sun Grown is one of three blends that make up the Perdomo 30th Anniversary line. The cigar was unveiled at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. For the final packaging, Perdomo’s Arthur Kemper and Nicholas Perdomo III kept the design under wraps from CEO Nick Perdomo until the night before the trade show. The packaging was shown to Nick, who was quite pleased with it. The next day, the world got to see the 30th. A few months later, Perdomo shipped its 30th-anniversary line to retailers. As mentioned, the Perdomo 30th Anniversary line includes three blends. Each is denoted by a different wrapper: Connecticut, Sun Grown, and Maduro. It’s the Sun Grown that lands on this spot on the Countdown.

The Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown is a 100% Nicaraguan puro. It features 100% Nicaraguan-grown tobacco from the Perdomo family farms. The cigar is highlighted by a 15-year-old Cuban-seed Sun Grown wrapper aged in bourbon barrels. The Epicure measures 6 x 54, and production comes from Perdomo Cigars’ Tabacalera Perdomo facility in Estelí, Nicaragua.

The Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown delivered a unique flavor profile consisting of notes of milk chocolate, natural tobacco, oak, cedar, pepper, and a “red hot” candy-like note. Keeping with the theme of the cigars on this countdown, the notes were medium-bodied, countered by medium strength.

For Perdomo Cigars, this is the fourth time they have landed at least one cigar on the Countdown. Meanwhile, if you are keeping score on this year’s Countdown, this cigar is the sixth one from Nicaragua to land on the 2024 Countdown.


 

REFERENCES