CAO Mx2

[webjunkie]

Mark gifted me this cigar, which I now can't remember if it was the Toro or the Robusto (sorry, Mark!). CAO and I have a bit of a love hate relationship, and I don't really like the majority of their cigars. Lit this up today, and I am going to have to reevaluate my opinion of CAO a bit.

According to CAO's website:

Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Nicaragua, Dominican Rep., Honduras, and Peru.

It has a nice dark, oily wrapper that seemed to promise maduroey goodness. The Mx2 was well constructed, and had a very solid feel to it. The pre-light aroma had hints of coffee. The draw was a bit tighter than I prefer, but nothing that couldn't be managed.

Upon lighting the cigar there were strong earthy flavors. My poor palette was picking up coffee and cocoa. So far it was a very nice medium bodied smoke. The ash was a light gray and very tight. The ash did not want to fall off.

As I got further into the stick the same earthy flavors remained, still dominated by coffee and cocoa. At about the halfway point there started to be some burn issues, but they were easily fixed.

All the way to the end this was a consistent stick. I'm not very good at assigning numerical scores, but this is a very nice cigar. I haven't had a maduro in a while, and it now has me thinking about the other maduro cigars I have stashed away. This stick will not disappoint if you're looking for a good medium bodied maduro cigar. This from a guy who doesn't really like CAO. Thank you Mark for a great cigar. I nubbed this thing down to the end.

[opusfxd]

MX2 and Gol! are a good pair from CAO. At least I like em.

[mojo65]

Glad you enjoyed it. :sifone:

[moglman]

Thanks for the review, Daniel!

[drjammer]

Thanks for the review, I enjoy the MX2 and the Brazillia(sp) every once in a while.

[EPS]

Love hate relationship you hit the nail on the head with that one! I enjoy the MX2 Gordo. It’s a big smoke with nice pepper notes good if you have some time on your hands and some bourbon (not refined enough for a single malt yet!) My fave CAO is the vision however. They are getting DQ at the Smoking Cave at 8 bucks for all sizes. So it brings a pricey 17 dollar smoke back down to earth.

[jcarlton]

While I typically like Maduro more than Cameroon I like the CX2 much better than the MX2.

[webjunkie]

I'm going to have to look at the CAO lines when I get the chance. Mainly it was the America that gave me a bad opinion.

[St. Lou Stu]

While I typically like Maduro more than Cameroon I like the CX2 much better than the MX2.
We were seperated at birth. I agree 128.694%

I'm going to have to look at the CAO lines when I get the chance. Mainly it was the America that gave me a bad opinion.
And you must be my other brother! The America was a huge let down with 128.695% too much hype.

The Criollo is another good one.

CAO is my #2 brand behind Fuente for NC smokes.

[webjunkie]

We were seperated at birth. I agree 128.694%


And you must be my other brother! The America was a huge let down with 128.695% too much hype.

The Criollo is another good one.

CAO is my #2 brand behind Fuente for NC smokes.

Actually I've got a Criollo that I've been meaning to try resting in the humi, now I just have to dig it out.

I picked up two of the Americas when they came out. One I sparked up then and was disappointed. Let the other rest a few months and still it didn't do it for me. Ah well. But I'm going to have to pick up a few more of the Mx2s.