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Punch sets sail for the New World Connecticut by A. J. Fernandez.
Today we go with a Private Cellar, vintage 2013, Rocky Patel.
Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Nick Perdomo, the owner of Perdomo Cigars, for a few minutes to hear about their recent price increase and his three forthcoming brands. The Perdomo Small Batch is just now showing up in stores. The release of the Special Craft Series and Factory Tour Blend is imminent.
In summary, the price hike is only the fifth in the 25 year history of the Company, and is approximately 3% overall. The Perdomo Small Batch cigar is made with the smaller tobaccos from the Double Aged Vintage line, thus the sizes are smaller than typical. There will only be 3,000 boxes per shape and wrapper. These will only be carried by 530 retailers. The Perdomo Special Craft Series is a beer paring cigar project headed up by Arthur Kemper, the company’s vice president. The Factory Tour Blend is a stout cigar that comes in a wine case which holds 960 cigars.
This Maya Selva Cumpay is a Nicaraguan puro with a Habano wrapper which I picked up a few months back. It is the first of the Cumpay line I have tried and here are my abbreviated notes on it.
Having just finished reading the Internet, Punch celebrates by pulling a recently acquired Epicurean Carnavale lancero out of his humidor.
General Cigar announces that Punch Rare Corojo will make its annual return to retail beginning on February 16, 2015. The seasonal collection will welcome a new frontmark and a limited edition size available exclusively this year.
While Draw is hibernating through a Arctic vortex in Kansas, Punch takes advantage of the beautiful Phoenix weather and starts working his way through a Rodrigo Cigars sample pack; starting with a Habano Clasico.
Punch gets hold of a Flor de Selva by Maya Selva and sees if this Frenchie tickles his palate.
I was overjoyed when I scored one of these, as the Psycho 7 is one of my few go-to cigars, and I was very excited when I heard they were coming out with a maduro. This is scheduled to be released in a few weeks at this year’s International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailer’s Annual Convention & International Trade Show (July 19–23, 2014). Here are my observations on this unbanded pre-release sample.