CAO Gold Maduro Robusto

CAO Gold Maduro Robusto Cigar Review

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I mentioned awhile back when the CAO Gold Maduro was announced that I was excited about this cigar. The CAO Gold is an enjoyable cigar, but I find it a bit mild to be one of my go-to cigars. The CAO Gold Maduro has the same Nicaraguan filler as the original line, but the wrapper is a Brazilian Maduro. I find CAO Cigars in this price range to be above average, and the CAO Gold Maduro doesn’t disappoint.

During my lunch break today, I stopped by the Cincinnati Tobacconist and was happy to see that they carried these. I picked up a couple of the robustos and lit one up right there. Before I get too far ahead of myself, I should mention that firstly, I gave the cigar a thorough examination of construction and armoa. Not much can be said bad about CAO when it comes to the construction of their cigars and this was no different. The wrapper, a beautiful dark brown with no overtly large veins, was firm to the touch. I grabbed a v-cutter and gave it a quick clip along with a couple of test draws and right away got a hint of flavor reminding me of Scotch or Bourbon.

I slowly toasted the foot with matches until I was billowing beautiful smokey clouds hinting of vanilla. The cigar didn’t have the spicy bite of the CAO Brazilia, but did have the same nutty tones with a more earthen body. The Gold Maduro isn’t devoid of spice, but defintly mellower than its sibling from South America. It also had a nice slow burn taking me nearly a full hour to smoke the robusto. This is one of the cigars you want to let the ash hang as long as possible so that it burns cool. It seemed to get a hint of bitterness after I knocked the ash off until it had a chance to progress a bit.

CAO’s high end cigars may be over hyped, but their mid-range ones definately aren’t. I paid $4.95 a stick for these and they were well worth the price. Great construction and a nice medium body that didn’t over power, yet did not lack in flavor either. I noticed only a faint buzz from this one, so I wouldn’t worry about grabbing at any time of day. In fact, I couldn’t wait to smoke this cigar again and lit lit up my second one on the way home from work. In conclusion, I highly recommend the CAO Gold Maduro, just be sure to keep it slow or it may turn bitter on you. My horoscope told me I’d find a new love today. Rating 8.5 out of 10.