CAO Vision Catalyst

Appearance: 2 banded cigar that says "CAO Vision" on the top band and a second band that says "No 385653". Both bands have a white background. This has a criollo wrapper on the cigar.

Pre-light: Just smells like your normal cigar tobacco.

Taste of the cigar: This cigar had a woodsy, and nutty taste to it.

Construction: Held an average ash. The draw was a little tight. The cigar required a few touchups.

Strength: This was a medium cigar.

Summary: This cigar was ok to me. This cigar was very average. I stopped smoking it with 2" left on it. I don't think they are worth the price. I could smoke a Tatuaje Brown label for this price. I give it a 7/10

But still not a great value. I will reiterate that this is a fine cigar for under $10 but not over. After a year of down time though this cigar has settled beautifully. Cedar and nuts predominate. Burn and draw near perfect. Aroma even more outstanding than before. Since they hype must have died down by now, try to find these cheaper and stock up.

This has become one of my favorites. The longer they sit the better they are (duh!) They become more sweet with time and a bit less peppery. The burn is razor straight. I keep em at 68% humidity.They are tightly packed but I have never had one with anything less than a perfect draw. I understand that they are kept in the cigar press whereas most cigars are pressed for @ 2 1/5 minutes. Are they worth the price? Hmmm! That's up to you.

This cigar has a nice construction and look to it. Draw and burn were good and the medium bodied cigar produced lots of smoke. Flavors of roasted nits, with wood and toasty notes. A good cigar, but not worth the price tag.

very well made and nice light spice almost powder flavor. this is a medium smoke with mild smoke volume. May be great with age. Not sure if I will spring for a box

Wonderful Cigar. Perfect draw and construction. I did not want this one to end. However, it's not one I will always keep around due to the cost. But when in the mood to hit the >$10 tag I'll go to this one.

Average Cigar , big price tag, cool box! Was it the apprentice's day to roll, i mean it looks like a 4 year old capped these stogies! oh yeah did i mention the cool box?

This is a fine smoke, for which I am glad especially for the price. It has classic CAO construction and burn, darn near perfect. And the flavors in this smoke were delicious. Very complex with flavors of leather, wood, and spice. Over all this is an excellant smoke, if the price was a lot lower I would enjoy this smoke a lot.

A buddy shared one of these during a binge night of four consecutive smokes; with this being the fortunate first (all others were full-tilt and well aged). I find CAO consistent on construction and appearance; just different flavors. No exception; it looked great and had a balanced draw and nice burn. A nice toasty aroma as well with an even medium body that did not have great depth but pleasant flavors throughout. We burned these down to the nub, but my dress was not blown completely up due to the pricing. I am guessing that this wrapper is cameroon seed grown somewhere else? Looked and tasted more like a connecticut shade than a genuine cammie. If you love the packaging, have the $, and are a mild-medium fan; go ahead they won't disappoint. Otherwise if you want a stellar high dollar cammie go buy a Fuente Hemingway or Don Carlos.

I was worried because of the price I paid for the box, but I turns out I really liked it. Good spice and wood flavors. I started medium bodied and developed to med-full.

Wow, I was so excited to try this stick. It had a special sweetness that I cannot pinpoint. Body was on the medium side and the contruction was wonderful.

Talk about a solid smoke. This is it. 1st class construction and burn. Toothy, dry, clean, aromatic wrapper promising to be just delicious. Flavor was steadily leathery and aroma from beginning to end was unbelievable. I found it drew perfectly. The flavor never varied much and the finish was quite short. All things considered - a GREAT $5-8 cigar but only a fair $12 stick.

A nice Dominican wrapper and an all around good smoke. Likely will never live up to the price or presentation, but still a good cigar.

May not be worth 12 bucks but it is a great smoke.Medium bodied that draws well great construction.

I was lucky enough to get a few of these from the RTDA. While it had a decent mild/medium taste, it is not worth slamming $12 down for it! There are WAY too many smokes that are much better than this at half the price, even less!! The packaging while awesome, the smoke doesn't live up to all the flash. A decent burn, one-sided flavor. Maybe the public release thats coming out will be better?
Interested in seeing follow-ups on this one.......