The CAO Flathead V554 Camshaft measures 5 1/2x54 with a very dark, Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper featuring a smooth texture and a toasty aroma. In this cigar there are Nicaraguan binder and fillers. This new line from CAO was just released in 2013 and has a lot of hype. Let's get it lit up and see what it's all about.
When you get the cigar lit up, you immediately get very deep earth/grass flavors and on the finish, you get some floral notes with a very mild spice. The flavors are very light at this point, but you can tell that it's a full strength cigar. The burn is very even, it has a nice snug draw, and it's producing a lot of good thick smoke.
The 2/3's point brings more of a sweet, oily chocolate flavor with a spicy earth flavor on the finish. I did get a hint of peat, but it only lasted for a couple of seconds. I mentioned above that the flavors were light, and through this point, it seems they are getting a little bit lighter. The cigar is increasing in strength as we head into the 3/3 point.
3/3's to the end only brings a slight change, and it's a little nut flavor that has come in. So through this point, I'm getting a sweet, oily nutty flavor with a mild spicy/earthy finish. Overall, this cigar didn't impress me. The only reason is that I'm not a fan of cigars that focus more on strength than flavor, and that's what this stick seemed to do.
Stogie Rite score: 80
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