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Double Maduro From C.A.O.
Posted: Friday, August 01, 2003
By David Savona
C.A.O. International Inc. is putting the finishing touches on C.A.O. MX2, which it plans to unveil next week at the Retail Tobacco Dealers of Ameirca trade show. The MX2, which stands for double maduro, has maduro wrappers and binders, the former Connecticut broadleaf, the latter Brazilian tobacco.
The cigar is a veritable United Nations of tobacco, with leaves from Nicaragaua, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Peru also in the blend.
"It has six countries in it," said C.A.O. vice president Tim Ozgener. "It's a complex blend which I find intriguing, especially when you see the trend going to puros." Puros are cigars made with tobacco from a single country.
Cigar Aficionado Online accompanied Ozgener on a recent trip to Honduras, where the MX2s are being made, and test-smoked early versions of the cigars, which were light. Ozgener increased the strength for the final blend, which he compares to melted dark chocolate.
The cigars will come packed in black velvet-covered boxes of 20 that include the names of the roller and supervisor, the table number and even the time of day that the cigars were made.
The MX2 will come in boxes of 20, and will come in three sizes, two of which have hip names: Rob measures five inches by 52, Toro is 6 by 54 and Beli, a figurado, measures 7 by 56.
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