CAO Black

[FSU Stogie]

Well, I picked up a box of these about a year back. Needless to say, I enjoyed them all very much, but I saved one to give some age to. After about a year of sitting, I lit up last week. All I can say is, I thought cigars were supposed to get better with age?! This cigar was nothing like the ones I had remembered a year ago. The ones a year ago were, so I remember, flavorfull and earthy with a good amount of spice to em. This was mild, monotone, and boring with almost no really bold taste to it! I felt like it was a waste of age. All and all I was thoroughly disappointed in how this cigar aged and married with the others and if I do get more of these, they will be smoked immediately. Who knows, maybe my taste has just changed?

-Ben

[MikeD]

Not all cigars get better with age.  It seems to me that CAOs, in general, actually become worse with age.  I had written up a whole theory, called MikeD's CAO Theory (duh!), on this on Stogiechat v1.0.  If I remember it all, perhaps I'll post it again.

[CigarGuy]

I hope that's not true across the board.
I have a Soprano Boss resting that I thought I'd let sit for awhile.
It's in there with some powerful sticks so I'm curious to see how it changes.