The Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne Sun Grown Churchill hits a sweet spot with its 7"x54 box-pressed format. This Nicaraguan puro sports a bourbon barrel-aged sun grown wrapper that's been through the brand's secret "Champagne process" - basically Nick Perdomo's magic trick for turning ordinary wrappers into golden tickets of creamy goodness. At around $9 a stick in 25-count boxes, it's that rare morning coffee smoke that won't make your wallet cry.
Initial light-up greets with toasted almonds and creamy cedar, followed by honey-drizzled cashews and white pepper mid-way. The draw's as smooth as a jazz saxophonist - effortless but controlled. Watch that ash stack up in perfect layers like geological sediment.
Here's where the "Champagne" label earns its bubbles. Vanilla bean pushes through the nuttiness while the retrohale serves up cinnamon-dusted roasted coffee. Smoke output stays moderate - enough for flavor but won't set off your smoke alarm.
Dark caramel takes the wheel with a black pepper kicker. The Nicaraguan power starts flexing here - not quite full-bodied but enough to remind you there's real tobacco under that dessert menu. Cut it before the nub unless you're chasing that nicotine buzz.
Rolled in Perdomo's Estelí factory using tobaccos aged minimum 6 years. The blend combines Estelí's pepper kick, Jalapa's sweetness and Condega's slow-burn magic. That signature wrapper gets triple-fermented and bourbon barrel-cured - think of it as the cigar equivalent of Tennessee whiskey aging.
