Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure is medium tan with some raised veins present, The seams are smooth and the caps well applied. The band is holographic gold, black, white and red and carries the company logo and line name. The aroma from the wrapper is a musty mix of wood and earth while the foot brings cedar, construction paper, stone fruit sweetness and some mild spice. The pre-light draw brings aged cedar, stone fruit sweetness and some dusty earth. There is also a mild spiciness on my lips.
Seth: The Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure is a beautiful looking cigar. The band pops against the golden wrapper, and I love how black pops off a Connecticut wrapper. It’s elegant in appearance, but it’s still very approachable. The wrapper sports small to medium sized veins, and it is silky in texture. The cigar is firm in hand with aromas of cedar, cream, sweet spices and earth. Golden hay coloring. Nice coloring of Claro with some Natural and Colorado aspects.
John: The Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure comes in cellophane with a UPC sticker that includes cigar information and a QR code. The entire sticker comes off when the cellophane is opened. I weighed the cigar at 17.6 grams and measured the humidity at 59.4% with the Humidimeter Pro. Aromas from the wrapper included sweet tobacco, clover, wood, hay and barnyard. From the foot, I picked up a sweeter tobacco note along with prune, hay and aged wood.
Jiunn: The Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure has an even golden brown Colorado Claro wrapper shade. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas consist of construction paper, slight barnyard and fresh black pepper spice.

Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with toasted cedar, earth and some bold, but slightly creamy, black pepper. At a quarter inch in, the creaminess of the black pepper becomes a bit fuller. The retrohale is a lightly musty mix of toasted cedar and earth. At an inch in, the earth increases to become even with the toasted cedar up front and the creamy black pepper has mellowed a bit. At an inch and a half in, some mustiness joins the profile. As the third comes to a close, the toasted cedar and earth are even up front, with creamy black pepper a fair bit behind and some mustiness just behind the middle of the profile. The strength was right at medium.
Seth: The first third opens with a great cedar and creamy profile. There are soft spices present, and I am picking up some cinnamon with mocha qualities. Touches of raisin are present as well with tobacco and dry earth. Right around the medium level for strength and body.
John: Creamy tobacco starts things off with sweet wood on the finish. White pepper shows up on the retrohale at medium-minus strength before receding to light levels. As the first third settles in, coffee develops on the retrohale and carries the profile to the halfway point.
Jiunn: The first third opens up with a plethora of toastiness, sweetness and creaminess. It almost feels like I’m having slightly burnt toast that I buttered and drizzled sweet condensed milk on. There’s also nice subtleties in cedar and dried red pepper spice that does a good job of providing tannins. Retrohaling amps up the pepper spice and wood notes. The finish shows layered cedar and roasted nuts. Strength and body is medium.

Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the creamy black pepper mellows a bit more. At a half inch in, a light chocolate note becomes present. The retrohale is now a lightly musty mix of toasted cedar and earth along with some black pepper. At an inch and a half in, the light chocolate note has departed. As the third comes to a close, the toasted cedar and earth are even up front, with creamy black pepper in the middle and the mustiness a bit behind. The strength remained at medium.
Seth: The second third is like that of the first. Cream and cedar qualities with tobacco and dry earth. Cinnamon, mocha and raisin qualities are also present on the finish. Like before, the cigar is right around the medium level in strength and body.
John: The second third begins with creamy tobacco leading off, combining with coffee. Wood and light pepper make up the finish. Mildly bitter hay joins in as the third progresses. A barbecue quality moves into the center of the retrohale around the halfway point.
Jiunn: The second third transitions to a flavor profile that leans towards citrus and cedar as compared to sweet buttered toast of the first third. The citrus and cedar combination is fortified by minerals and wood tannins. Although entirely different profiles, this combination works and is equally tasty. Strength and body remains medium.

Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the earth takes a slight lead in the profile and the overall profile is now a bit dry. At a half inch in, the creamy black pepper is now pretty mellow. At three quarters of an inch in, some light wood bitterness joins the profile. The retrohale is now just toasted cedar and earth with some light wood bitterness. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper loses the creaminess, picks up a bit and is a bit sharp. As the cigar wraps up, the toasted cedar and earth are back to even up front, with mustiness and slightly sharp black pepper in the middle of the profile with some wood bitterness in the background. The strength bumped up to slightly above medium.
Seth: The final third delivers a flavor profile of raisins, tobacco, mocha, cream and cedar. Sweet spices present on the finish with some earthy qualities. Like before, medium in strength and body.
John: The final third opens with tobacco sweetness, followed by wood and mildly tannic wood on the finish. There’s a general dryness to the profile as it settles in. Mild pepper joins the retrohale, while mildly bitter hay adds to the finish through the bottom half.
Jiunn: The final third shows a lackluster offering of minerals and cedar. It’s certainly not as eventful as the first two thirds. Strength and body finish the same medium.

Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure

Burn

Aaron: The burn was a bit wavy throughout, but never needed any attention. The ash held on inch and a quarter increments,
Seth: The burn was perfect from start to finish.
John: The burn was very straight through the entire review process.
Jiunn: Perfect burn performance providing an even burn, tight ashes and cool burning temperatures.

Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure

Draw

Aaron: The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.
Seth: The draw was perfect throughout the cigar.
John: I measured the draw at 55 inches of water with the CigarMedics draw tester. Subjectively, I found it 1-1/2 to 2 notches towards the resistant spectrum, which is just outside the ideal range.
Jiunn: The draw was also great, giving the ideal air flow and resistance.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with toasted cedar, earth and some bold, but slightly creamy, black pepper. Later, the earth increased to become even with the toasted cedar up front. and then some mustiness joined in. The second third saw the creamy black pepper mellow a bit. A light chocolate note joined in for a bit and then departed. The final third saw the earth take a slight lead in the profile and the pepper mellowed a bit more. Later, the pepper lost the creaminess and became a bit sharp and the toasted cedar and earth became even once again. The Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around the toasted cedar and earth. The creamy black pepper was a nice touch, but didn’t really elevate the profile. Overall, not a cigar I’d really see myself coming back to and none of the cigars in the Legacy series really hit for me.
Seth: I enjoyed the Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure. I enjoyed all the Perdomo Legacy offerings. The Connecticut is a great Connecticut offering that delivers those classic cream and cedar flavors with a nice mocha and sweet spice quality. The construction and draw are perfect throughout, and it is a good-looking cigar in hand. This is a cigar I would come back to and highly recommend. It is not overly complex, and there is not a lot of transitioning, but there is a great core flavor profile with the cigar. It is consistent from stick to stick, and it is simply solid from start to finish. It never goes downhill.
John: The Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure started out with creamy tobacco, sweet wood and some enjoyable retrohale complexity. The second and final thirds, however, introduced dryness and bitterness that took away from the balance and overall enjoyment. Excellent construction kept the experience smooth, but flavor progression didn’t maintain the promise of the first third. There isn’t enough here on the flavor profile to make the Connecticut Epicure a standout for my cigar shopping list. Total smoking time was 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Jiunn: A Perdomo that I can truly get behind. Success! This Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure goes toe to toe with some of my favorite shade offerings such as Espinosa Crema, Matilde, etc. It’s not the same as those profiles, but it works well with how well the profile shows fullness in flavors and transitions. It’s about time I found a winner in this brand. Let’s keep this going.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.65

Cost/Point

$2.39

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$1.98

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John McTavish

SCORE

5.95

Cost/Point

$2.27

Scoring System

Jiunn Liu

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$1.98

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Team Cigar Review: Perdomo Legacy Connecticut Epicure