Review Notes: This was part of the Commerativo sampler. About 18 months in the humidor. Mine burned just fine. No complaints there. The flavor was on the nutty side with a very strong long-lasting finish. It was an OK cigar, but it’s not on my must buy again list.

Review Notes: Wow! This is a brute, even after at least six years in my humidified closet. Full body, all sorts of pepper, and a nice dose of wood. Well rolled, slight uneven burning, but not enough to cause problems. A reddish brown, shiny wrapper. If you "like 'em" strong, this is a must try. Not for beginners. Avoid smoking these on an empty stomach. In fact, should those with young children ever catch their kids smoking, a good punishment would be to make them smoke one of these CAO eXtreme cigars down to the nub. Should be enough to stop them from ever even thinking about smoking for the rest of their life. LOL

Review Notes: I was a little disappointed at first that I even had this one. I dashed into my local tobacco humidor to buy a couple of things and wasn't paying enough attention and meant to grab a CAO Cameroon, but got this one instead. . . sorta like accidentally grabbing the box of low-fat Pop Tarts. But in then end it turned out OK. This thing looks fantastic and severe, the edges were so sharpt you could almost cut yourself, and the cap came to such and extreme point, it looked downright painful. It was nicely spicy and robust if a little one dimensional. The draw was great and the burn just OK.

Review Notes: A good tasting, nutty flavored, med/full bodied cigar with great aroma. But like others have said, the draw is tight at the beginning, you can't put it down or it goes out, and it has uneven burn characteristics. Acquired a bit of harshness at the end that stopped me from taking it down to the label, but up until that point it was a good smoke.

Review Notes: I went into my shop looking to try a CAO gold and found they were all out. Saw this, and decided to try this one. Went to the park and lit it up. Got an even burn, or at least the best i could with a square cigar. After 2 minutes, the bottom wouldn't burn and I had to relit this cigar at least 5 times before I decided it wasn't worth the trouble. The wrapper gave it a bit of spicy nutty taste but the smoke itself when drawn had no substance. Add to that the frustration of constant relighting and slightly bitter and hot taste every time and I tossed it after smoking a little more than halfway. Not worth the money. Appearance - interesting, but nothing special. Construction - not bad flavor - lacked value - not worth it