CAO Sopranos Soldier

A typically great Soprano. All the sizes are excellent tasting, looking, and burning. My favorite cigar hands down.

I had this at a cigar lounge. $14. Very good smoke. Expensive, but worth it once and a while. I may have enjoyed it more if I was sitting at "The Bing" though.

A nice looking cigar with a dark wrapper. Excellent draw and burn, with a nice long ash. The flavor was kind of bluh though. I did get gints of coffee and black cherry, but it got bitter about half way through. This one didn't live up to the Soprano name.

weak draw at first,nice flavors,burned uneven,got stronger draws, enjoying it,and then poof! it was over..your better off with a brizilian,but it looked cool.

...a nice, spicy smoke. Like a punch in the mouth from a mob enforcer. Good construction. Solid burn and draw. A little over the top for my tastes....but I enjoyed it. Better have something big to go with it...cuz by itself...it will recreate Sonny's "tollbooth scene" in your mouth.

At first glance it is a beautiful cigar. Nice dark wrapper offset by the classic Soprano red. It lights well, holds a great ash, firm in feel... all to be expected from a CAO cigar. The taste only moderately delivered. It wasn't as powerful as I had anticipated and it had a rather short last. Expect for not living up to expectations, the taste was fine... I just expected heavier.

Never been impressed with CAO products. Heard all the hype on this line, and of course being somewhat of a Soprano fan, I said what the hell, let's give it a try. Cigar looks great with the contrasting red and black bands, and the sun spots on the wrapper really had me going thinking I was going to get into something special, but unfortunately that was not the case. Taste was alright, but very "green" tasting and earthy, got somewhat better in the middle but did not last long enough before returning to the same boring taste. Burn was even but draw was tight, solid construction. They got somethings right on this one, but got equal amounts wrong. Glad I did not pay full price for this, but as least I can say I finally had one.

This medium-bodied cigar had some nice flavors of nutmeg and nuts. It was constructed nice and I enjoyed the first half before it went to a hotbox.

This CAO is a well made cigar. Its appearance makes you think you in for a big powerful smoke. Big surprise. you're not. I have found the draw to be too easy on these. Almost hollow. The balance of flavours are interesting, although too indistinct and mild for my taste. Not as muddled as the MX-2. Burned even and cool. At times little body or flavour could be experianced. Perhaps a after lunch smoke? At any price this cigar disappoints. Whats going on with CAO??

Good tasting but had burn issues. At $14.50 a stick, it can easily be replaced by others at less than half the price.

lincoln got it right .... "I couldn't enjoy the smoking experience because I spent the whole time wondering why I didn't get another Anejo and a bag of powdered doughnuts instead." ROFL, dude!

My local got these in and I had to try a couple, despite realizing that the marketing was 80% of the price. A solid 5 dollar cigar masquerading as a superpremium. Nice taste, good construction, but just creamed by the low value. Gotta give a cut to the mob, huh?

This is probably my favorite CAO product. While CAO always turns out a wonderfully constructed cigar, I have not found one that I really love. I like cigars that are big, bold and chewy. Maybe a little sweet - like a maduro. Well, this one is alot closer to that. Med/full, rich and slightly sweet. Great construction and great packaging. The downside is the price. Tony Soprano must have his fingers in this pie. But for the price it would make my regular rotation.

This cigar is outstanding with a great taste from start to finish. A little pricy but extremely good smoke.

A decent cigar, but I liked the L'anniversare much better. Decent draw, no major burn issues and decent flavor...just not worth the asking price. Now I imagine that CAO has to up the price due to giving something back to Time Warner (parent of HBO) for the use of the show name, but come on guys....

I saw that CA just gave this a 90+ rating. I give it about an 85. Give me the 2 Padron 4000's I could have bought for the same money!

Awesome cigar. But as mentioned before its real pricey. I've had all 3 sizes and can vouch that each is very enjoyable. I love CAO products and this one is no exception. Not something you'd want to buy to many of. I'll buy one every now and then. But way too pricey. You should probably sit down while smoking it.

i agree with forgetaboutit (don't know the spelling he used). You have to ask yourself, as i didn't, if you can trust a company that's putting out ten freaking blends from the same tobacco. I should have thought immediately, "surely, these people can't be THAT creative". I bought this cigar at the same time that I bought a Padron Diplomatico Maduro (11.50) and an Arturo Fuente Anejo Reserva #48 (9.00). I got this cigar for 12.00. What a freaking idiot, huh? Terrible burn, decent draw, manly flavor. I couldn't enjoy the smoking experience because I spent the whole time wondering why I didn't get another Anejo and a bag of powdered doughnuts instead. This cigar is worth three dollars. From now on, I'm going to be very leery of C.A.O.'s new brands.

Awesome cigar, and long ash. Well made as all of CAO's products are. Try it and you won't forget.

I'm a CAO fan, So I'm critical about anything new lately. A nice medium body smoke but is WAY over priced. I paid more for this than an OPUS X at the same shop. Not worth the money! Other CAO's are much better and you could have bought any 2 for the price of this one! But, it's a decent smoke that burns well.

This cigar is simply gorgeous, the wrapper is flawless and the construction is nearly perfect. A nice medium bodied cigar that is packed with flavor and remains consistent down to the nub. The price tag is steep, but this is a top notch cigar that delivers.