Cigar: CAO Vision
Size: Epiphany (6×50)
Cost: $14.00
Wrapper: Dominican
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan, Brazilian
The CAO vision has great presentation in the box, and the band is beautifully designed. The wrapper itself, though, is a little lacking in that it has a few instances of bunching and leaf defects. That aside, it smells delicious, a very strong-scented Dominican tobacco. For a Dominican (mostly) cigar, too, this is a pretty strong one. I’d put it in the medium-full category, leaning more toward medium. The prelight draw gives me some notes of wood and earth.
The first third has white pepper on the front, and transitions to an interesting sort of peppercini taste toward the back of the mouth. It’s a great cigar for autumn, with oregano, basil, and almost a tomato sauce kind of flavor. The smoke and draw are wonderful, though the burn does need some touching up from time to time. There is a hint of salt as well. This is a really different taste, which I think comes from a strong Dominican tobacco. That sweetness is their, which cuts the pepper very nicely.
During the second third, the smoke is smooth, with that tomato sauce flavor still present. Vanilla and caramel powder flavors swirl in as the tomato sauce’s spices float in and out. The flavor flickers back and forth in a very pleasant way, which makes this a very fun smoke. Toward the end of the third, there is a hint of toasted almonds.
The last third gives way to black pepper that transitions to a nice, cedary finish. there is a sort of celery salt taste, and it begins to get a little dry, but over all this is a very fun cigar to enjoy on a cool autumn day! Smoke Time: 80 Minutes.
Overall: 83
The Good
-Great flavors that are unique to this cigar.
-Great use of Dominican tobacco.
-Very fun, dynamic smoke.
The Bad
-Many wrapper defects, veins, etc.
-The burn was very funky, probably due to the wrapper having so many quality differences.
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