CAO L’Anniversaire “Maduro” Rothschild

The darkness in this one makes it look like a black hole in the humidor. Very beautiful. Burned quite even but didn´t have a flawless draw (a little bit tight). Taste ok but not overwhelming. A little sweet in the mouth. I prefer the corona or the churchill instead.

this cigar was a little tight on the draw.the flavor was good.i think because of the draw it wasnt as flavorful as it could have been

awesome looking cigar. the perfect maduro. little rough spots was the only reason it got a 9 in this category. dark as night and very oily. little hard to clip but it lit and burned pretty good. tons of smoke. i'm a fan of the brazilia and this reminded of that. however, i would put this ahead of the brazilia. they both have similar flavors: mostly pepper, some wood, coffee, little chocolate, but the CAO maduro was just toned down on the spice and pepper. i like the pepper flavor but sometimes it hits me too hard with the brazilia, especially the piranha. it was a lot easier picking up flavors than the brazilia mostly because people look for spice in the brazilia, and the pepper just overpowers everything. i played with the smoke a lot more (swishing it around, holding it in, blowing through the nose) than i would have with a brazilia. more spice than a LGCR or onyx reserve but it doesn't punch you in the face like the brazilia. i really liked that in this cigar. started out slow, and i thought this cigar wouldn't show me much, but it evened out and gave me some good flavors and depth. solid smoke indeed.

This was a nice cigar. Very Peppery zing left on tongue when finished. construction was nice and over all nice looking cigar.

Not sure if this was the 4 1/2 or 5 incher, but in any case, it was decent. It drew a little tight, but the flavor was good and the burn was even. Frankly, there are a few other maduros with a similar flavor profile that I'd sooner pick than this one - - Onyx Reserve, Romeo and Julietta Reserve, and Indian Super Fuerte to name a few - - but I wouldn't turn one of these down if offered one, either.