What is the blend and typical flavor profile?

The Extra Añejo typically shows an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder with filler led by Brazilian Bragança plus Colombian and Dominican leaves. Expect dense smoke with early earth and toasted oak, a stewed‑fruit or raisin sweetness that moderates as the cigar develops, and later notes of chocolate, pepper and mineral finish.

Was the Extra Añejo widely released or limited?

The Extra Añejo was issued as a limited production and is most commonly documented in a 6 x 52 Toro presentation in editorial coverage; published reports and reviews reference a single limited run.

How strong is the Extra Añejo?

Reviewers place it in the Medium–Full strength lane; many tasters called the smoke medium to medium-plus with notable earth and oak backbone and peppery accents.

What does 'Extra Añejo' mean for this line?

In this it signals that finished Amazon Basin cigars were aged for an additional two years in a cedar-lined room, which reviewers say softens harsher edges and emphasizes toasted-wood and earth notes while muting some early sweetness.

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About CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo

Amazon Basin Extra Añejo is the Amazon Basin formula given an additional two years of cedar rest. Built on Brazilian Bragança filler with an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder, the result is a medium–full cigar with denser smoke and solid construction. Flavor moves from dark earth and toasted oak into stewed‑fruit sweetness, cocoa and mineral notes. The release was issued in limited production and is commonly found as a 6 × 52 Toro.

Made in Nicaragua
Medium-Full
Ecuadorian Sumatra
Earth, toasted oak, stewed fruit/raisin, black pepper, light chocolate

Cedar Aged

CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo

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CAO Amazon Basin Extra Añejo is the Amazon Basin blend aged an additional two years in a cedar‑lined room, preserving the Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and filler featuring Brazilian Bragança, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Placed in the Medium–Full lane, it opens on earth and toasted oak with an early stewed‑fruit sweetness that mellows as the cigar progresses. Issued as a limited Toro in January 2023, the release emphasizes aged sweetness and rounded transitions.

Sizes

Toro (6.0" x 52)

Strength

Medium-Full

Country of Origin

Nicaragua

Wrapper

Ecuadorian Sumatra

Binder

Nicaraguan

Filler

Brazilian Bragança, Colombian, Dominican Republic

Year Released

2023

Flavor Profile

Earth, toasted oak, stewed fruit/raisin, black pepper, light chocolate

This is the Amazon Basin recipe given time: finished cigars were rested for two extra years in a Spanish‑cedar aging room to smooth sharper edges and concentrate fermentation notes from the Bragança leaf. The Extra Añejo keeps the Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and Nicaraguan binder while delivering a medium–full mouthfeel—dark earth and toasted oak up front, an early raisin‑like sweetness that recedes, then chocolate and sweet‑wood moments on the retrohale. Construction is generally solid across samples, and the extra aging makes the profile noticeably rounder and a touch sweeter than the core Amazon Basin expression.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Extra Añejo uses the same Amazon Basin ingredient list but the finished cigars are allowed to rest in a Spanish‑cedar aging room for an additional two years. That extra rest mellows harsher edges, deepens toasted‑wood and oak notes, and lets fermentation‑driven fruit sweetness integrate into darker chocolate and mineral tones.

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