Wednesday, March 13, 2024

CAO Cigars Flathead Resonator in Review

BRAND: CAO
BLEND: Resonator

WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Connecticut Habano
FILLER: Dominican, Nicaraguan

FORMAT: 860 box-pressed
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-full
SPICE: 2.5/5

NOTES:
Chocolate | Black walnut | Mesquite-smoked salt

Its subtleness belies its size. Excellently-nuanced. Consistent. Chocolatey with tinges of warm-yeastiness. Black walnut, just the flesh, cleanly. Well-balanced fig-spiciness. Somewhat though pleasantly-purposefully structureless. Anise.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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