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Brazilian wrapper · Medium to full

CAO Brazilia: flavour profile and cigars like it

CAO Brazilia is a medium to full hand-made cigar. It has a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper over Nicaraguan filler. Published tasting notes mention toasty, earthy, nutty and floral.

On our flavour map it leans toward fruit and flowers, with earth and leather behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Juan López Selección No. 1 and Cohiba Siglo I.

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What does CAO Brazilia taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • toasty
  • earthy
  • nutty
  • floral

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperBrazilian Arapiraca
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthMedium to full
Made byGeneral Cigar Co. (CAO), Honduras per Holt's
SizesSamba 6.25x54 · Amazon 6x60 · Lambada 6x50 · Box-Press 5.25x54 · Gol! 5x56 · Corcovado 4.25x60 · Minis 3.5x20

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: coffee and dark chocolate notes, even burn, easy draw and good value.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in the Nordics, Estonia and Canada.

Cigars like CAO Brazilia

  1. Juan López Selección No. 170% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanMore caramel sweetness, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  2. Cohiba Siglo I67% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanMore caramel sweetness, less cocoa and coffee, a step milder.
  3. Davidoff Winston Churchill61% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumMore cocoa and coffee, less fruit and flowers, a step milder.
  4. Diplomáticos No. 261% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanMore earth and leather, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  5. Perdomo Lot 23 Sun Grown58% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumNicaraguan filler too, more earth and leather, less fruit and flowers, a step milder.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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