What makes it not worth the hype, then? I´m just playing devil´s advocate, but it seems like you have nothing but good things to say about it:

Quote Originally Posted by Maduro Man View Post
Great Stick...very enjoyable smoke...lit well and burned even from start to finish...smoke that was produced was a THICK creamy white and the bouquet was also very enjoyable...taste was very complex but not harsh...this cigar was over an hour of pure joy..etc.
I personally think that CAO is a marketing-gimmick-ridden company (although, granted, not to the point of Gurkha status), but it seems like if you really did enjoy the cigar as much as you said, then price wouldn´t even matter.