billybarue
Luvin' me some Lagavulin
And for my 100th post. It's been reviewed earlier, but since this is my first review I felt compelled to start another thread.
CAO Criollo Pato (4.7 x 50)
Size: (4.7 x 50”)
Wrapper: Criollo (not sure what that is)
Filler: Nicaraguan
Condition/Age: 72 F, 65 RH ---- stored 4 months
Vender: Sampler from CBID
Setting: Back patio. “Hot, damn hot, Africa hot, Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot” – I’m in Louisiana after all. Upper 80’s, humidity is low for here.
Drink: “Beer? It’s 10:00 AM! OK, Scotch?”
Coffee --- half 8 O’Clock Columbian beans/half Espresso beans
Light – wooden matches, I screwed up the burn a little and charred the wrapper too much.
Construction: Solid, no veins, knot on top
Burn: Not bad, took a phone call almost caused it to go out. One touch up in the middle. One off burn toward end that self corrected.
Time: 1 hr
1st impression a little bit sharp, probably from charred wrapper. Soon gave way to the spice/pepper most talk about in this cigar. Knowing this would be my first review I paid attention to the cigar this time and sure enough I noticed a change in flavors in a cigar for the first time. By middle third it began to mellow and mix with kind of sweetness - spice kind of drifted away. Middle third cigar was in it’s stride with medium strength creamy smoke. Also noticed never left aftertaste and the aroma was excellent, but I love the smell of most cigars. Probably should have purged it once more, because toward end became a little sharp again.
OVERALL: Liked it a great deal – say 8.5 out of 10. Thought I would be blown away by my first CAO though and that didn’t happen. Next up is the Black and Brazilia, – we’ll see how they do.
Recommendation: Try it definitely. If you spy a sampler on CBID and CAO Patos are part of it I think this is a great place to score a few to try.
CAO Criollo Pato (4.7 x 50)
Size: (4.7 x 50”)
Wrapper: Criollo (not sure what that is)
Filler: Nicaraguan
Condition/Age: 72 F, 65 RH ---- stored 4 months
Vender: Sampler from CBID
Setting: Back patio. “Hot, damn hot, Africa hot, Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot” – I’m in Louisiana after all. Upper 80’s, humidity is low for here.
Drink: “Beer? It’s 10:00 AM! OK, Scotch?”
Coffee --- half 8 O’Clock Columbian beans/half Espresso beans
Light – wooden matches, I screwed up the burn a little and charred the wrapper too much.
Construction: Solid, no veins, knot on top
Burn: Not bad, took a phone call almost caused it to go out. One touch up in the middle. One off burn toward end that self corrected.
Time: 1 hr
1st impression a little bit sharp, probably from charred wrapper. Soon gave way to the spice/pepper most talk about in this cigar. Knowing this would be my first review I paid attention to the cigar this time and sure enough I noticed a change in flavors in a cigar for the first time. By middle third it began to mellow and mix with kind of sweetness - spice kind of drifted away. Middle third cigar was in it’s stride with medium strength creamy smoke. Also noticed never left aftertaste and the aroma was excellent, but I love the smell of most cigars. Probably should have purged it once more, because toward end became a little sharp again.
OVERALL: Liked it a great deal – say 8.5 out of 10. Thought I would be blown away by my first CAO though and that didn’t happen. Next up is the Black and Brazilia, – we’ll see how they do.
Recommendation: Try it definitely. If you spy a sampler on CBID and CAO Patos are part of it I think this is a great place to score a few to try.