My opinion of Honduran tobacco is well documented. For one reason or another, I have never been able to find a brand or a company that has made a cigar that I like that comes from this little country. The tobaccos from there are world renown, but they haven’t suited my particular palette which just goes to show you that a cigar’s value is individual to only one person. There are many cigars that I don’t like that sale extremely well.
Camacho is a very famed name in cigars. They are known for their super intensity cigars that knock the socks off of you. I have a pretty funny story involving one of their cigars. One Saturday morning last fall I was going to go to a cigar tasting event around lunch time. I got up early that day and went and played 18 holes of golf without eating breakfast. After playing golf, I drove over to downtown Memphis to visit my local tobacco shop that had the tasting.
If you are ever in Memphis, check this place out. It reeks of ambiance. The place is called the Tobacco Bowl and it is on Madison. You can view their website at www.memphistobaccobowl.com.
Anyway, I got there and they were giving away free cigars and I chose the strongest cigar that they made. I got myself a Newcastle ale beer and started smoking away. I downed the drink to fast so I decided to get a couple of double shot espressos to finish my smoke off with. Well, I learned that day that no food, strong cigar, espresso, and beer do not mix well. I was as sick as a dog for the rest of the day. I barely managed to get back over the bridge to my house where I promptly got in bed and moaned for the rest of the day. I did manage to eat a few saltine crackers. Anywho, eat before you smoke one of these cigars…The labels should carry a warning on them.
The cigar today, as I mentioned, is from Camacho. This one is considered to be one of the strongest from their company. I figured it was about time to give this company another review and give Honduran tobacco another chance as well. This cigar, to begin with, is freaking huge. It has a fat ring gauge and is chock full of tobacco. It reminds me of the La Gloria Cubana Series R # 7 which looks just about the same. One of the things that drew my attention to this cigar was the very, simple and old world style layout of the cigars. The cigar box is a long black box that is filled with un banded cigars. The box is large enough to fit 100 cigars. It looks like it just came from the factory. Personally, I love this. The simplicity is very attractive.
You might want to have a large gauge cutter when you get ready to smoke this one so that you can get a good clean large cut. I would also recommend warming the foot of this cigar for a while because there is a ton of tobacco to get lit. It took me about 4 matches to get this one fully going. There is a ton of smoke that comes with this beauty. Thick, rich voluminous smoke rings rise in the air as I gently puff away.
I really like the flavor of this cigar. It has a earth rich taste to it. It reminds me of some of the Dominican cigars I have had lately. I would say it is a full bodied cigar. The taste is not overpowering. This surprises me greatly. Generally, large ring gauge strong cigars have a bad tendency to overpower the palette and prevent the full taste of the blended aged tobacco to come alive in your mouth. Camacho has done a great job of blending and keeping the tobacco’s in check so that not one taste over powers the other.
The cigar is very easy to draw. For a cigar this large and full of tobacco, I am surprised and just how easy it is to draw. The cigar construction has been perfect. I am thoroughly impressed by this Camacho cigar.
I will have to give this cigar two thumbs up. I am quite happy to have found a Honduran cigar that I not only can stand, but would smoke again. The only downside to this cigar is the price. I paid around $7.75 for this one. If you took your time, you could be smoking this cigar for two hours or more, so bang for your buck, it is a good deal. You will need to be sitting down and taking your time to enjoy this one.
I have found that after looking the cigar up on the internet, I overpaid for this cigar. The MSRP is around $5.00 to $5.50 for this cigar. The shop that I went to was quite high. If you can get this cigar for around $5.00 you got a great deal and a good smoke.
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