Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown

Like many businesses, there are a number of cigar companies that are generational, meaning they pass down from parents to their children, sometimes across multiple generations. Recently, Perdomo has started focusing on the next generation.

That has largely come by way of a pair of projects bringing together Nick Perdomo Jr. and Nicholas Perdomo III. Perdomo Jr. is the one who co-founded Perdomo Cigars with his wife, Janine, in 1992. Perdomo III, their son, has probably been around the business for as long as he’s been alive, but is officially the company’s national director of sales, a position he assumed in June 2019.

However, the Perdomo lineage goes back even further, as Perdomo Jr.’s father and grandfather both worked in the Cuban cigar industry.

Where this current story jumps off is in late 2024 and early 2025, starting with teasers and finally an official announcement about a project called Perdomo Legacy, which would encompass three cigars blended by Nicholas Perdomo III in honor of his father and Perdomo Jr.’s 60th birthday celebration.

In 2026, the project would add a new chapter called Perdomo Legacy Father & Son. Like the Legacy line, it is built around a hybrid tobacco developed by the company that combines a habano-seed with a Cameroon-seed. However, this time each Nick created one blend on their own, while they would team up on a third blend.

Perdomo III developed the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Maduro, the two teamed up on the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Connecticut, while Perdomo Jr. blended the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown.

For this blend, Nick Perdomo Jr. selected the hybrid leaf for both the wrapper and binder, while the filler comes from Nicaragua’s Condega, Estelí and Jalapa regions.

The company says that all of the tobacco used in this project is from the 2011-2016 harvests, which is the reason why this is not a regular production offering.

“Working together with my son on these incredible and unique blends has been a truly rewarding experience. Perdomo Legacy Father & Son reflects our shared passion for tobacco, our respect for our customers, and our commitment to quality,” said Perdomo Jr., the company’s president and ceo, in a press release. “Seeing the next generation bring their vision to life makes the future of Perdomo Cigars extremely exciting.”

Like the majority of the company’s other lines, the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son comes in three wrapper options; however, it’s only one vitola as opposed to the usual four or five. That vitola is a beefy, box-pressed 6 x 48/60/52 gran figurado.

The cigars debuted at Two Guys Cigars in New Hampshire in May, while other retailers will likely be getting them in the fourth quarter of 2026.

• Cigar Reviewed: Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown
• Country of Origin: Nicaragaua
• Factory: Tabacalera Perdomo S.A.
• Wrapper: Nicaragua (Cameroon-seed/Habano Hybrid)
• Binder: Nicaragua (Cameroon-seed/Habano Hybrid)
• Filler: Nicaragua (Condega, Estelí & Jalapa)
• Length: 6 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 48/60/52
• Shape: Pressed
• MSRP: $15 (Box of 50, $750)
• Release Date: May 20, 2026
• Number of Cigars Released: Limited Production
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

The Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown is a chunky cigar and feels pretty substantial in the hand, with both the press and the figurado shape contributing to the initial experience. The middle section of the cigar is covered by a pair of bands, and while it has become more commonplace, I still find it somewhat unique to use the color green on the bands, as I remember once hearing that the color represented young tobacco and thus not something a manufacturer would want on their bands. In terms of their firmness, all three cigars feel like a typical box-pressed cigar, with some give on the outer layers and a firm core. The third cigar feels a touch softer than the other two, so I’m curious if I’ll be able to notice a difference once smoking the cigar. The three wrappers all feel supple and slightly oily, which in turn gives the cigars a pretty smooth texture as there isn’t much in the way of veins. That’s not to say there’s no texture, but it’s subtle undulations rather than the bumps of veins. The first cigar looks good, the second is nearly equally as good except for a small vein that prevents a flat seam line, while the third cigar has a cap that is cut with a section of the circle trimmed out for some reason, and it seems that the seam lines appear darker than on the other two. Beyond that, the heads of the cigars look a bit flatter than I might have expected, but there’s no issue with it. The first cigar has an aroma off the foot that is light and vibrant, reminding me of sticking my nose in a bag of wheat bread. There’s not a lot of sweetness or pepper, the latter of which is a contrast to the second cigar, which is peppery enough to get me sneezing. The wheat bread is both richer and more developed, and it gets a pat of butter on top. The third cigar is the best of the bunch, with an apple and cinnamon combination making the breadiness lean towards being a breakfast pastry, while the pepper is mellower. The first cigar’s cold draw is quite open with little resistance, with a flavor that is a bit drier and thus a bit more textured, with some dry black pepper on the finish. The second cigar’s draw is firmer but not obstructed, and while I get a mellower flavor compared to the first cigar, I get a lot more tingle on my lips. The third cigar’s draw splits those two spots, loose but not wide open, while the flavor is a bit mellower with subtle hints of Ritz crackers.

The first puffs of the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown are like an amped-up version of the cold draw, with a dry, somewhat toasty profile that has more of the crisp black pepper. Retrohales have even more black pepper and aren’t shy about delivering a hearty tingle to the nostrils. At varying points in the first third, touches of soil begin to join the profile to deliver a bit of intensity. The third cigar has a notably softer smoke and a more airy profile, reminding me a bit of a lighter, whipped creaminess as opposed to a heavier, denser expression. If anything, it’s a more interesting contrast to the peppery retrohales than what the other two cigars offer. The first thirds are a bit of a Goldilocks situation, with the third cigar the best of the bunch, and the other two a bit less enjoyable. Flavor is medium to medium-full, body is medium-plus and strength is medium-minus. The first cigar’s burn line is a bit uneven, but not problematic enough for me to touch it up. Beyond that, the three cigars perform well and don’t need any attention.

After the flavor mellows just a bit during its progression through the first third, the start of the second gives it a bit more vibrance. It’s still dry with a woodier expression, but now with a little bit of tangy sweetness, while some pepper drives the finish. That flavor that doesn’t show up in the second cigar, which, given what a pleasant addition it was to the first cigar, I find to be a bit of a disappointment, and it is more tangy than sweet in the third cigar. While I haven’t tasted the hybrid leaf used for the wrapper and binder on its own, if I had to guess, it’s delivering a good bit to the profile as this section gets going. The tangy sweetness builds little by little, and there are times I get a little cedar in there as well. Past the midpoint, tangy sweetness begins to retreat a bit, giving way to some earthiness, and while this sounds like a fairly deep, complex profile, it’s shallower than it sounds. The flavors are quite good and my taste buds want to dive in further, but there’s just nowhere for them to go. This subtle transition of flavors takes the cigar to the end of this section. Flavor is medium-plus, body is medium and strength is medium-minus, though with only the slightest feeling of nicotine. Construction is good but not great, as there are some touch-ups needed across the cigars, and it seems the combustion needs a slightly quicker smoking rate than it did in the first third.

The Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown begins its final third by staying dry but picking up some earthiness, and like the rest of the profile, it’s on the dry side while also adding some pepper. That said, the third cigar has some creaminess, and like earlier, it’s light and airy rather than concentrated and heavy, and easily my preferred expression of the blend. The tangy sweetness that I found in the second half seems to have quietly exited the profile; I can’t say I noticed a sudden departure, but it’s clearly no longer in the mix. The home stretch of the cigar does a little shuffle step between the flavors it has previously offered, sometimes more woody than earthy, other times the inverse, and then sometimes with the pepper leading. It finished up medium-plus, body is medium and strength is still medium-minus. A handful of relights are needed across the three cigars, with the final third struggling the most with combustion, but though the draw, burn line, and smoke production are all very good.

Final Notes

• Perdomo has said that the plan is to release the cigars twice per year. So while it’s not a limited edition, it won’t be available to order whenever a retailer wants.
• For comparison, the Perdomo Legacy came out in five sizes per blend, while the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son came out in just one size.
• I covered Perdomo at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, where Nick Perdomo Jr. and Nicholas Perdomo III spoke about this project.
• Nick and Janine Perdomo also have a daughter, Natalie, who worked for the company for about a year as advertising manager before continuing her education to get a law degree. The farm where the wrapper is grown is called Finca Natalie.
• The Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown started out flirting with delivering nicotine strength, but I can’t say I ever got any of it.
• The cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.

• The company lists these as a 6 x 48/60/52 figurado. The numbers above are the measurements we found for the three cigars used for this review. Because of the taper, we don’t take ring gauge measurements of cigars like this.
• Charlie Minato passed along a note about the weight of the first cigar, saying there’s about a half of an MKULTRA weight variance between cigars one and two. It was an interesting point, given I just reviewed the latest Illusione ~ULTRA~ MKULTRA.
• And yes, the difference in weight is notable when holding the first and second cigars side-by-side. There’s also a notable difference between the second and third cigars.
• Final smoking time was right at three hours on average.
• For whatever it’s worth, in the moment, I didn’t feel like it took three hours to smoke any of these cigars, but looking back at it, the relights didn’t help. I’m also sure that if I weren’t smoking these for a review, that time would be a good bit lower.
• Site sponsor Atlantic Cigar Co. has a listing for the Perdomo Legacy Father & Son Shade Grown, but as noted above, it won’t be available until Q4 2026.

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