jorel
New Member
A few months ago, I jumped on a 5-er offered by a fellow BOTL from CP of the CAO MX3 made for Drapers (no expert here - says so right on the label!).
Big fan of CAOs. Overall, I think they are extremely well made with great flavor. Most CAOs I've had are very interesting to smoke. Rarely do I find them "one dimensional." Some of my favorites are the Brazilia and Italia (and wow the Bratalia). I'm also partial to "regular" CAO maduros.
Frankly, I'm a big fan of maduros - actually my preferred wrapper. I thought perhaps the combination of the CAO brand/reputation with the beloved maduro in triplicate would be nirvana.
Maybe it was too much of a good thing. The cigar was beautifully constructed, per CAO style. Cutting the cap revealed a great, earthy yet sweet maduro. The vitola lit well with no burn problems. The draw was great. You can see the pic in the amazingly dark wrapper.
I tried to love it, per se, but it didn't love me back. I kept hoping for a wow factor filled with maduro - but instead I didn't really get much flavor at all. It smoked well enough - but never got interesting. I never had the great maduro experience I was expecting. I was sharing another from my stash with a buddy - and without prompting - he had similar experience.
I gave one away - which means I have a pair left. Will let them sit for a while longer and try again!
John
Big fan of CAOs. Overall, I think they are extremely well made with great flavor. Most CAOs I've had are very interesting to smoke. Rarely do I find them "one dimensional." Some of my favorites are the Brazilia and Italia (and wow the Bratalia). I'm also partial to "regular" CAO maduros.
Frankly, I'm a big fan of maduros - actually my preferred wrapper. I thought perhaps the combination of the CAO brand/reputation with the beloved maduro in triplicate would be nirvana.
Maybe it was too much of a good thing. The cigar was beautifully constructed, per CAO style. Cutting the cap revealed a great, earthy yet sweet maduro. The vitola lit well with no burn problems. The draw was great. You can see the pic in the amazingly dark wrapper.
I tried to love it, per se, but it didn't love me back. I kept hoping for a wow factor filled with maduro - but instead I didn't really get much flavor at all. It smoked well enough - but never got interesting. I never had the great maduro experience I was expecting. I was sharing another from my stash with a buddy - and without prompting - he had similar experience.
I gave one away - which means I have a pair left. Will let them sit for a while longer and try again!
John
I love the Mx2's, particularly the box press, and this is on my hit list of a must try smoke. I was gifted one recently by a great botl here for the purpose of giving to a friend as a birthday smoke. He loved it, maybe you just got some duds, though two smoked in tandem with similar experiences leaves that hard to believe. Hopefully when you smoke the other two later down the road they are great.
