Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure is between medium and dark brown, has some lightly raised veins and a fine grit sandpaper feel. The seams are a bit raised and the top cap has raised edges. The band is holographic gold, blue, black, white and red and carries the company logo and line name. The aroma from the wrapper is a mix of cedar and fire cured smokiness while the foot brings cedar and stone fruit sweetness. The pre-light draw is just a very airy cedar, with faint amount of fire cured smokiness as well as a mild spiciness on my lips.
Seth: The Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure is great in appearance. When does a Perdomo ever look bad though? The cigar is finished with a lovely maduro wrapper that is dark chocolate in coloring. The wrapper is oily in texture with a fine grit and small to medium sized veins are present throughout. The aroma on the wrapper is of tobacco, chocolate and rich earth, while the foot has aromas of rich earth, spices, chocolate, tobacco and coffee beans.
John: The Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure comes in cellophane with a UPC sticker containing cigar details and a QR code, which tears in half when opened. The cigar features a single primary band with blue coloring and a red strip. I weighed the cigar at 18.1 grams and measured the humidity at 63.8% with the Cigar Medics Humidimeter Pro. Aromas from the wrapper included a sweet, almost raisin note, with smoky pipe tobacco underneath. From the foot, I picked up sweet tobacco and hay.
Jiunn: The Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure has an even, toothy, Colorado Maduro wrapper shade. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas indicate ample raw leather and cedar.

Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with toasted oak, bold black pepper and dark, gritty earth. At a half inch in, the black pepper loses the boldness. At three quarters of an inch in, some light leather joins the profile. The retrohale is toasted oak, earth and some black pepper. At an inch in, the leather gains some creaminess. At an inch and a half in, a bit of cocoa powder joins the profile. As the third comes to a close, the toasted oak is just ahead of the dark, gritty earth, with black pepper in the middle of the profile and some creamy leather and cocoa powder in the back half. The strength was right at medium.
Seth: The first third starts out with some dry earth and cocoa notes. Touches of coffee beans, wood, tobacco and spices are present as well with the cigar. It has a sweet spice finish, but there are some pepper qualities with the spices. Medium in strength and body.
John: The first third opens with creamy earth and espresso, as black pepper and cayenne combine on the finish and into the post draw. A delayed earth note joins on the retrohale, where the cayenne is intensified but balanced by sweet tobacco. Approaching the halfway point, the cayenne drops to a light strength and is partially replaced by light wood.
Jiunn: The first third’s flavor profile is money. Plethora of pastry breadiness and sweetness followed by cedar and effervescent milk candy. Retrohaling shows surprising levels of dried red pepper spice. The finish is long with balanced cedar, dried red pepper spice and leather. Strength and body is medium.

Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the black pepper mellows a bit. At a quarter inch in, some mustiness joins the profile. The retrohale is now toasted oak, earth and some creamy leather. At an inch in, the earth becomes even with the toasted oak up front. As the third comes to a close, the toasted oak and dark earth are even up front, with black pepper back to the middle of the profile with some creamy leather, mustiness and cocoa powder in the back half. The strength bumped up to slightly above medium.
Seth: The second third is in line with the first. Dry earth and cocoa notes. Coffee beans, wood, tobacco and spice are still present and there are some pepper notes still on the finish. Like before, the cigar is medium in strength and body.
John: Creamy chocolate and espresso lead into the second third, with earth on the finish that lingers into the post draw. That profile remains unchanged as the cigar progresses to the halfway point. Through the bottom half, the earth on the finish and post draw moves up to medium strength. Sweet tobacco and tannic wood begin to combine with the earth in the finish.
Jiunn: The second third loses out on the pastry breadiness and sweetness and instead becomes a more generic creaminess and sweetness. This combination however is shadowed by cedar, effervescence and leather. Strength moves to medium-full, while body remains medium.

Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the black pepper picks up a bit. At a half inch in, some wood bitterness joins the profile. At three quarters of an inch in, the black pepper is now right behind the oak and earth. The retrohale is now toasted oak and earth, with zingy black pepper. As the cigar wraps up, the toasted oak and dark earth are even up front, with the black pepper right behind. There is some creamy leather, cocoa powder, wood bitterness and mustiness in the back half of the profile. The strength remained at slightly above medium.
Seth: The final third is in line with the first and second. Dry earth, cocoa, coffee bean and wood notes. The finish is that of tobacco and spices. Sweet and pepper spices. Like before, medium in strength and body.
John: The final third begins with creamy earth as earth and wood combine on the finish. Sweet tobacco and mild cayenne return to the start of the draw before the halfway point. Mild bitterness quietly creeps into the finish through the bottom half of the third.
Jiunn: Within the final third, the sweetness and creaminess is entirely lost. The profile is now full of tannic cedar and effervescence. Strength and body finishes the same medium-full and medium, respectively.

Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure

Burn

Aaron: The burn was a bit wavy throughout and the cigar went out twice in the final third, requiring re-lights. The ash held on in inch and a quarter increments.
Seth: The burn was perfect from start to finish.
John: The burn was straight through the first third. It became uneven in the second third, requiring a touch-up to correct, but returned to straight in the final third.
Jiunn: Flawless burn performance, giving an even burn, tight ashes and cool burning temperature.

Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure

Draw

Aaron: The draw was fairly snug throughout, and I think this caused the cigar to go out twice in the final third.
Seth: The draw was perfect throughout the cigar.
John: Measured at 60 inches of water on the Cigar Medics Draw Machine, the draw was one notch toward the resistant spectrum, which put it in the ideal range for a draw.
Jiunn: Flawless draw as well, giving the best balance between air flow and resistance.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with toasted oak, bold black pepper and dark, gritty earth. Some light leather joined in a bit later and then gained some creaminess.. Later, some cocoa powder joined in. The second third saw the pepper mellow and some mustiness joined in. The earth became even with the toasted oak up front. The final third saw the black pepper ramp up and some wood bitterness joined in. The Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around toasted oak, dark earth and black pepper. The supporting notes were nice, but didn’t do enough to elevate the profile. Not a cigar I’d see myself coming back to, but looking forward to the other iterations of the line.
Seth: I enjoyed the Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure. It was not overly complex, but it had a nice core flavor profile from start to finish. The notes of earth, wood, tobacco, coffee beans, cocoa and spices played off one another well, and kept my interest throughout the large cigar. The burn and draw being perfect helped with the overall smoking experience and made some of the simplicities in the flavor profile be a non-issue. Honestly, in today’s market, having something smoke at a simple and solid level from beginning to end is a big deal. Good cigar, and I am interested in the other wrapper offerings. From an appearance perspective, Perdomo did a fantastic job with the bands.
John: The Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure delivered a solid start with a balanced combination of creamy earth, espresso and pepper spice. The cayenne presence in the first third was well-balanced with sweet tobacco, but the profile became more earth and wood focused through the remainder of the cigar. The second third introduced tannic wood, and the final third saw a mild bitterness creep in. Construction was excellent, with a very good burn and an ideal draw. Overall, I found the Legacy Maduro Epicure to be an average experience. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Jiunn: My experience with this cigar went like this:
First third: I think I found a Perdomo that I can truly get behind. This is exciting!
Second third: It’s not as good as the first third but that’s ok, I’ll still roll with it.
Final third: )$@@*()@#%!!#$@ wtf?

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.15

Cost/Point

$2.62

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Seth Geise

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$1.98

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John McTavish

SCORE

6.00

Cost/Point

$2.25

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Jiunn Liu

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$2.35

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Team Cigar Review: Perdomo Legacy Maduro Epicure