CAO Italia Positano

Sports an attractive dark brown wrapper; much darker than most Colorado Maduros. Feel is firm but light in the hand. Luscious pre-light aromas of leather, dark chocolate and charred wood. Has a fairly loose draw which makes it an easy cigar to smoke with big plumes of smoke. However, it became a tad hot and harsh toward the last 1/3rd. Starts out very smooth and on the milder side with lots of chocolate. Transitions after the first 1/3rd into more of a spicy coffee and woodsy flavor. Overall quite a solid maduro.

I did not enjoy this cigar at all. I only smoked 1" of it before giving up on it. It had a weird almost burnt toast taste to it.

Great looking smoke. Starts out a bit harsh with a loose draw. Massive smoke. Mellows out into an everchanging smoke that loses that too loose draw and still provides a good volume of smoke. Was an great bargain as a freebie, but I still prefer all the Brazilias and Bratalias.