Comments on: Perdomo Grand Cru Maduro Robusto

By: John Werner

John Werner — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:17:55 +0000

I’ve smoked several of the maduro toro sized sticks and have had good true burns on them all so far. The burn issue can be a pet-peeve for me so this is a good start. I find the maduro to be a good bit more full bodied than the natural wrappered counterpart. This is good because I like a cigar that is medium to full quite often. The flavor of this cigar starts a bit spicy, but gets less so as I got into it. The spice doesn’t seem to disappear, but rather settles down…not unusual. The flavor is a bit meaty like to me. Someone somewhere mentioned beef jerky and I wouldn’t argue. It’s noticably salty with the twist of the meaty taste as opposed to the more common salted nut taste of a Macanudo or similar stick. The woody component is recessed from this more noticeable taste, but it’s there too. Some lighter spice comes and goes. Not a tremendously complex taste, but enjoyable. It’s a cigar that I seem to notice stays consistent from right after it gets burning good until you nub it. To complement the nice burn the ash is a nice light grey mottled looking affair that holds on pretty good due to the noticeable veins which, I imagine, reinforce the strength of the ash hold. The wrapper is dark brown, bumpy, and really has a sheen to it. I like this stick a pretty good bit as I think it is not a me-too stick. Granted Nick Perdomo Jr. has plenty to choose from and, perhaps, this isn’t your cup of tea, but I can see it really isn’t a redux type smoke so hopefully it will find it’s audience and remain in the cannon for a while. Recommended to change up your own arsenal.

By: ogmeister

ogmeister — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:55:27 +0000

I was in a local B&M trying out a Cain Maduro when Chuck, a Perdomo rep dropped in. He gave me Grand Cru Maduro, which I lit up right after I finished the Cain. It’s definitely milder than the Cain, and is more complex. The draw wasn’t an issue for me, nor is the burn. I have to say though that I haven’t come close to making a cigar last 1.5 hours. The flavor profile is consistent throughout with hints of dark chocolate. I found the Grand Cru more enjoyable than the Cain. May be I’m just not ready for it yet, but I’ll keep both of them on my rotation. Variety is the spice of life.

By: J&T

J&T — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:54:30 +0000

I recieved one of these at a cigar event from the rep in my area..promised very full flavor. It might have been, but the draw and burn were so bad, I eventually had to give up on it…I enjoy the habanos reserve and was looking forward to this cigar..too bad, seems like this is a common problem with this stick..

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:23:05 +0000

I am enjoying this stick in Saratoga Springs at thhe moment.. I have to agree with the review. This is an enjoyable smoke withe burn problems, the consistent flavor on the way down to the last third. Thanks for the great review.

By: ace

ace — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:12:51 +0000

I smoked one of these Saturday along with some fellows in the shop. The cigar burned just fine, and the ash was beautiful. While the cigar had really nice flavors, everyone smoking it wondered about its place in the Perdomo spectrum. Perdomo has a great line-up of Maduros including the Lot 23, the Habano, the Patriarch, the Perdomo 2, the ESV 1991, the 10th Anniversary, and the Reserve Maduro. With all these good Perdomo Maduros out there already, and each having great flavor and, in most cases, good value, where does this cigar fit?. It is not as strong as the Habano, not as spicy as the Lot 23, and not as complex as the Patriarch. While everyone agreed that it was a good stick, nobody could think of a reason to smoke it in favor of the others, all better defined in flavor. The collective agreement was that Perdomo was competing with itself with this cigar for no clear reason.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:24:25 +0000

Tried one yesterday, with the same results. Great taste, but the burn was terrible. I thought it might have been my fault, as I was cutting grass and not paying attention. Guess not.

By: Chris (aka BeaverC32)

Chris (aka BeaverC32) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:15:20 +0000

Nice review, way to go the extra mile to do some detective work on this cigar! Will definitely pick a few up if I happen to find them locally.