This was my first smoke of the day, a CAO eXtreme Toro, it lasted about an hour and 15 minutes.
Nice firm construction/box press, little bit of wrapper problem when I snipped the tip, but it did not persist.
Somewhat of a muttled chocolate/coffee taste, maybe a little bit woody (I find it hard to describe some flavors) similar to a Padron 1964 if you ask me, but down a couple levels, muted flavors, the last half started to get pretty good and strong, towards the end it got spicy which was nice, and it never not hot. The ash held on for well over 1 inch, and burned pretty even.
I would say this is a medium smoke if you ask me. The CAO eXtreme Robusto was a nicer smoke, but maybe that was because I had it in the humidor longer.
Nice firm construction/box press, little bit of wrapper problem when I snipped the tip, but it did not persist.
Somewhat of a muttled chocolate/coffee taste, maybe a little bit woody (I find it hard to describe some flavors) similar to a Padron 1964 if you ask me, but down a couple levels, muted flavors, the last half started to get pretty good and strong, towards the end it got spicy which was nice, and it never not hot. The ash held on for well over 1 inch, and burned pretty even.
I would say this is a medium smoke if you ask me. The CAO eXtreme Robusto was a nicer smoke, but maybe that was because I had it in the humidor longer.