Monday, August 31, 2009

CAO CX2 94.255




This is the first cigar in the CAO Commemorative box I am smoking thru. What a great start. I still tend to prefer Camaroon wrappers and this cigar had great flavor all the way thru. A very easy draw and was fun to smoke. The only weird thing about this cigar was it seemed to not have long leaf tobbacco? The ash seemed to not get very long before it would drop off, this is different than a lot of the cigars I smoke. Cigar.com has a good write-up of this one:
The CAO CX2 is the world’s first cigar to feature both a Cameroon wrapper and binder. Following in the foot steps of its big brother, the MX2 (Maduro x 2) this is an excellent cigar for aficionados who enjoy cigars from Cameroon region of Africa.
CAO CX2 is a favorite among Cameroon wrapper lovers. In 2003, the success of the CAO MX2 (Maduro times two) was unprecedented. Upon the cigars release it was one of the most demanded hand made sticks on the market, and continues to this day to be both very popular and very scarce. With the blends overwhelming success, several years later, CAO launched the CAO CX2 (Cameroon times two), which features two Cameroon wrappers and a medium to full-bodied blend of Nicaraguan tobacco.
Cameroon wrapper tobacco is some of the worlds most coveted wrapper leaf. The tobacco grown in the Western region of Africa has a rich flavor, but is very delicate and susceptible to damage, giving each plant a low yield of usable leaf. This makes Cameroon tobacco more expensive and harder to find. By combining two of these rich wrappers in one cigar, CAO has made a ground breaking discovery that is changing the way people think about cigars from this corner of the world.

CAO Commemoratives

Had purchased these on sale and had them in my humidor for six months.
I have gotten into a rut of smoking cigars from my stash and have not smoked
any new ones in a while, so I will work my way thru these over the next couple
of weeks.

1 Criollo Pato
1 CAO Cx2 Belicoso
1 CAO Italia Ciao
1 CAO Cameroon Belicoso
1 CAO Maduro Toro
1 CAO Black Toro
1 CAO Black Ltd Torpedo