OneOff Perfecto

This is a cigar whose time has come—the first commercially produced cigar made with leaves grown without chemical fertilization and insecticides. Since 1950, pesticide use has increased 50-fold so it's unlikely there's been a smoke like this for the past sixty years. One look at the ring on this stick and Baby Boomers are going to wax nostalgic. There's no writing on it, no decoration, just the forked symbol that was an icon of the 60's counterculture. Now a Nicaraguan cigar adopts the peace symbol as well as the concept of organic. Alice Waters, guru of organic veggies, would likely be pleased that "natural" applies not just to lettuce anymore! With OneOff, organic tobacco has arrived. Fortunately, it doesn’t taste like it might be better for us than other cigars. On the contrary, organic makes for a deliciously complex and unique taste. The absence of chemicals leads to a deeper, crisper tobacco flavor that has been enjoyed by very few in recent years—until the advent of this stick. The medium-bodied OneOff consists of a hearty long-leaf blend of ligero grown in the fertile soils of Nicaragua, cloaked by a dark, leathery Cuban-seed wrapper from Honduras. Light up and experience a rush of flavors—cherry with leathery and spicy notes—followed by more subtle ones: cinnamon and black pepper among them. OneOff received several well-deserved '90' ratings and our panel concurs this is a great premium smoke. A cigar this good warrants that pricey Oregon pinot noir you've been saving.