2004 CAO L'Anniversaire Trois Diamant Maduro Corona

[jrfoxx]

Cigar:
2004 CAO L'Anniversaire Trois Diamant Maduro Corona

Specifications:
Year of Manufacture/Box Codes: 2004

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper Color: Maduro

Wrapper type: Connecticut Broadleaf

Filler: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic

Binder: Ecuador

Vitola: Corona (5.5x42)

Manufacturer: Tabacalera Perdomo

Factory: Nicaragua

Humidimeter Reading: 64%

Environment:

Temperature: 53 Degrees

Humidity: 48%

Wind: N/A (22mph)





Setting: In my favorite spot as usual, looking at the snow capped mountains.
I love how it looks when just the tops are snow covered. Very beautiful. Very fortunate to have such a beautiful view here.

Paired with: Iced coffee

A 2003 Cigar Aficionado rating of 87, with the comments of “Pressed and attractive, this cigar has cream and vanilla notes, with a cedary, gummy character. Medium in body”

Let’s see how it fares after 18 years…

A dark, smooth wrapper with only slightly visible seams, no veins, a long, smooth cap, having an overall attractive appearance.

A hard bunch and slightly tight cold draw, which opened up nicely after a couple runs through each end with the PerfecDraw, and had a very light taste of plain tobacco.

An even burn, gray, typical ash structure, flat coal and a perfect draw.

Excellent smoke volume and a fragrant, aroma of wood and floral notes.

Ample richness, body, and flavor of perfectly balanced predominantly woody taste, with lighter hints of herbal and floral flavors. Very mild in strength.

In the second half, the richness, body, and flavor increased noticeably while retaining a perfect balance of the same flavors, and no increase in strength.

Finish/aftertaste was a modest woody taste the entire length, and some burn on the tongue in the second half.

Overall,of excellent character and just a great cigar, with a final score of 94 out of 100.

Another fine cigar compliments of Bruce aka @Ljutic



I friggin love cigars

[Ljutic]

Now you have been though both, I must admit the box pressed maduro Robustos were my favorite from the CAO line back at the time these were put down to sleep. Those boxes didn't have a chance to age and are long gone.

[jrfoxx]

You dont seem to be alone about those. During my research for info on this one, a lot of hits for those came up, so they were clearly quite popular.

I have definitely enjoyed both the Magnums and the Coronas, and honestly couldn't say i liked one more than the other, as the Magnum only scored a few points higher, and the small amount could easily be be explained by something as simple as mood at the time, weather conditions, just happenstance when scoring, etc.

Of everything you sent, the CAO's may be my favorites of them all though, not that almost all the others weren't very good or better too, but I'm already a big CAO fan, so i was very happy after the first few puffs of each when I learned that they aged well and I was in for a real treat.

Have only the Cameroon Corona left, and will be sad when its gone, along with the other remaining 4 other various smokes. Its been a great experience smoking all of them, regardless of the score they received, and I have enjoyed doing my Weekly review of each one. I feel its been a good learning experience and I got to smoke some great cigars from before my time smoking cigars, in the process.

Thanks again for the generosity of sending me all these, and i hope that maybe one of my reviews has prompted you to smoke a long neglected cigar you had forgotten how good they were, before you gave, sold, or traded them all away.

I friggin love cigars

[Ljutic]

I'll get back to them eventually. I've just been taking a break for the last 10 years or so.

Started revisiting my old pipe hobby over the last couple of years. Putting away things today that I can look forward to enjoying 10 years from now. So much easier to store and care for than cigars too.

[jrfoxx]

I'll get back to them eventually. I've just been taking a break for the last 10 years or so.

Started revisiting my old pipe hobby over the last couple of years. Putting away things today that I can look forward to enjoying 10 years from now. So much easier to store and care for than cigars too.

I don't know how you are able to have the patience and smoking stash, to be able to just sit on things for 10+ years.

I definitely couldn't do it due to space limitations, supporting my 3 cigar a day habit, and with only a pretty small collection compared to the majority of people seem to have.

But i imagine having a walk in humidor helps, as there would be plenty of space for it, but I'm just able to afford enough give or take a bit, to supply my 3 a day habit, with nothing extra to be buying things to age.

I friggin love cigars