Camacho Triple Maduro (Old Label)

[Hardheaded]

Is it worth picking up a few to see how different they are? I ask because I have a few of the new label ones and have not tried them yet, but only hear good things about the old label ones. Are they the same blend? Maybe I'm blind, but I did not find much on if they actually changed the blend or not on these.

I have a B&M locally that has an almost full box at a halfway decent price. I will probably grab a few anyway, but I thought I would ask opinions from anyone that has had both.

[projectsunfire]

same blend. Just a different band

[Hardheaded]

Thanks for that. I guess my next question then is how do they smoke with a few years of age on them? I might be adding them to my christmas list that I give to my wife every year for cigar ideas.

[Elco69]

same blend. Just a different band

Are they the same blend? I thought Davidoff changed it a bit after they bought Camacho. I could be mistaken but I do taste the difference between the 2. I loved the original triples and would go deep on those, but I got a fiver of the new ones and even after 6 months or so of rest I couldn't stomach getting past half way. But hey like what you smoke and smoke what you like.

[projectsunfire]

Are they the same blend? I thought Davidoff changed it a bit after they bought Camacho. I could be mistaken but I do taste the difference between the 2. I loved the original triples and would go deep on those, but I got a fiver of the new ones and even after 6 months or so of rest I couldn't stomach getting past half way. But hey like what you smoke and smoke what you like.

I have seen it noted that it's the same and also that it's a re-blend. Everyone seems to have a differing opinion. But according to the director of marketing for Camacho the Connecticut and the Triple are the only 2 that were NOT re-blended


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[Elco69]

I have seen it noted that it's the same and also that it's a re-blend. Everyone seems to have a differing opinion. But according to the director of marketing for Camacho the Connecticut and the Triple are the only 2 that were NOT re-blended


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Thanks! Maybe I should have let the new triple rest longer. I chalked it up to the blend because it wasn't harsh or anything, just tasted funny

[StogieNinja]

Thanks! Maybe I should have let the new triple rest longer. I chalked it up to the blend because it wasn't harsh or anything, just tasted funny

Keep in mind that while it may not have been "reblended", they're using different crops than they were a few years ago when the labels changed. So it's not the same cigar as it once was, even if the "blend" didn't change. Personally, I liked these several years ago, I do not now. Part of that is the change in my own palate, but I do not think they are as good as they used to be either.

@Hardheaded if your B&M has old-label ones, definitely pick some up. A few years of downtime may have smoothed the profile a bit, but probably still well worth the purchase if you like the profile.

[Yarddog]

From what I've read about the older stuff, and this is pretty much across the board, but subject to people's opinions, of course, the older Triple Maduro was a slightly but better blend. OP, I would suggest you try one, make your own decision, and if you like 'em...buy 'em all. There is a finite supply of them.

[Sticky B]

This is always something of a curiosity to me. Is it just that a different band makes people change what they think?

Now it's been said that the company has released a statement that it's not a re-blend, but people are still swearing it's different. It could be because of the yearly tobacco changes, etc. but then wouldn't that mean that people might have noticed some small change from year to year without a band change? Seems odd that all of the sudden there's a non-cigar change (band design) and now suddenly everyone can taste some type of difference, when technically the blend was always "slightly changing" based on yearly crops since it came out, right?

Placebo effect?

Or could it just be that everyone who smoked the old one has smoked some well-rested cigars, while the new ones haven't been sitting in B&Ms for a year or more before consumer purchase?

Who knows

[StogieNinja]

This is always something of a curiosity to me. Is it just that a different band makes people change what they think?

Now it's been said that the company has released a statement that it's not a re-blend, but people are still swearing it's different. It could be because of the yearly tobacco changes, etc. but then wouldn't that mean that people might have noticed some small change from year to year without a band change? Seems odd that all of the sudden there's a non-cigar change (band design) and now suddenly everyone can taste some type of difference, when technically the blend was always "slightly changing" based on yearly crops since it came out, right?

Placebo effect?

Or could it just be that everyone who smoked the old one has smoked some well-rested cigars, while the new ones haven't been sitting in B&Ms for a year or more before consumer purchase?

Who knows

This was widely debated back when the branding changed, and I'll grant you that it could easily have been placebo effect, but I just don't think so. Something changed, at least to my palate, and I was smoking a LOT of maduros back then. A number of FOGs who had been in love with the cigar agreed something had changed, regardless of what the makers said.

It also makes sense that as the new owners reblended all their other cigars and likely were sourcing a lot of new raw material, that the "blend" for the Triple Maddy didn't change, but the quality of the ingredients shifted quite a bit. For example, take a chocolate cake recipe that calls for 1lb of baking chocolate. The difference between Sharffenberger chocolate and Hersheys chocolate is going to be huge, and it's going to taste entirely different, even though in both cases you'd be adding "1lb of baking chocolate" just as the recipe called for.

To have that sort of change happen at the same time all the other cigars were completely re-blended and the ownership changed hands seems to be the most-likely scenario, at least in my opinion.