Perdomo Sort and Final Markings?

[Tyler]

I didn't see this asked before but is there a significance to the Perdomo stickers on every box, that have sort and final on them, other than letting the manufacturer know who sorted and did the final inspection? Or are they some kind of grading on how good the box is? I had always thought it was just to show who sorted and did the final check but today I received a couple of boxes in the mail and one had the letter B for the final and the other had the number 12. :sh

[Emjaysmash]

Do you have a pic of what your referring to? I'm slightly confused.

[Tyler]

Do you have a pic of what your referring to? I'm slightly confused.

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[Tyler]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/reptman34/ff961418.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/reptman34/1cdff680.jpg

[Tyler]

Also, are all Perdomo Lot 23 boxes from 2008? Or atleast say 2008 on the card inside?

[Drez]

i thinks its just a QC marking and not a grading marking.

[T.G]

i thinks its just a QC marking and not a grading marking.

Bingo.

That's all those stickers are - it's just a way for Perdomo to know who worked on that particular box. That's all.

[T.G]

Also, are all Perdomo Lot 23 boxes from 2008? Or atleast say 2008 on the card inside?

Can you toss up a picture?

[Tyler]

You guys and your picture fetishes geeze... Haha let me go get the box and take a picture.

[Tyler]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/reptman34/c55e38fd.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/reptman34/538d4145.jpg

[T.G]

You guys and your picture fetishes geeze... Haha let me go get the box and take a picture.

What are you wearing right now?

Picture please.

:dr:dr

[Drez]

What are you wearing right now?

Picture please.

:dr:dr

:lr:lr:lr

[Tyler]

Lol I'm wearing a silk....your sick man.

Haha so did the pictures of the cigars show up?

[T.G]

Ok - you weren't that clear as to the context of the 2008 as written on the card, so yes, the picture helps.

If the tobacco was aged until 2008, they were probably rolled in 2009.

The cigar has been around longer than that, 2006 for the naturals and 2007 for the maduro, so that's probably just a box that the vendor has had for some time.

[Tyler]

What about the Connecticut? I believe these are different than the Naturals as most vendors have Naturals Connecticut and Maduro. I always thought natural and Connecticut were the same in the Lot 23?

Also, would that make these any better or worse?

[T.G]

What about the Connecticut? I believe these are different than the Naturals as most vendors have Naturals Connecticut and Maduro. I always thought natural and Connecticut were the same in the Lot 23?


No mention of Connecticut tobacco on Perdomo's website. It states that these are Nicaraguan puros, and all tobacco coming from the same farm plot.

Here's what Perelman's CigarCyclopedia has:

---BEGIN
PERDOMO LOT 23
Handmade in Esteli, Nicaragua.
Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua

Introduced in 2006, this is a medium-to-full-bodied blend which features interior tobaccos
grown on a single 103-acre lot near Esteli, Nicaragua. The crop was harvested in 2001 and
aged until 2005 when it was rolled with Connecticut Shade wrappers. Nicaraguan natural shade
and maduro wrappers were used on all sizes starting in 2007. All sizes are offered in all cedar
boxes of 20.
---END

So it looks like I was off on my dates a bit, and if I'm reading what Perelman wrote correctly, the Connecticut wrappers are no longer being used.



Also, would that make these any better or worse?

It makes them older.

Since the primary and secondary fermentations are past at this point, "better" is just a matter of how you like the flavors. Some people like aged NCs, some people like fresh NCs. It's just a personal taste really.

[Tyler]

I saw that too but they are still for sale everywhere online and stores so I doubt they stopped production 6 years ago. Unless it is all back stock which would be a hell of a lot.

[T.G]

*shrug* ok, so if that's correct, and I don't know if it is or not (vendors don't always update sites correctly), then there are three capas for Lot23 in production. Doesn't change the years they started the production though.

Now, where's that photo of what you're wearing right now?

[Tyler]

Haha thanks for helping me try to decipher this. I guess I should just light them up and stop overthinking.

You don't get it!! Lol

[Emjaysmash]

Haha thanks for helping me try to decipher this. I guess I should just light them up and stop overthinking.

You don't get it!! Lol

LOL If you're worried you can send them to me and I'll take care of them for ya! :r

[T.G]

You don't get it!! Lol
:sad


BTW - want to add that Cigarcyclopedia is (or, more accurately, was) a good reference, but not infallible. There's actually a number of minor errors in there, often on countries of origin for the tobaccos used. Could be due to one of their errors in compiling the volume or they didn't update information when it changed or could be due to a cut sheet being sent out by the manufacturer that has incorrect information on it. Also manufacturers don't always list every cigar they make on their websites either. And Nick makes a shitload of cigars.

[Tyler]

Haha no way! I am gonna smoke them and find out. I will have to wait a while though because the Texas heat got to them so they were warm and very humid when I opened the boxes up to let them breathe. I sat them in the coolidor and they should be ready to go in a few days. I am itching to try one of the Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne Figurado, I have only tried the epicure but it was a great smoke.

[Drez]

Perdomo get LE a :tu from me. Haven't been to the shop yet but a buddy of mine goes all the time and always picks me up a couple. I always keep a few 10th anni maduro on hand and thanks to Eric Im gonna pick up a bundle of the fresh wheel :D