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Launched in 2014, Amazon Basin is CAO's small‑batch experiment built around rare Bragança tobacco from the Brazilian Amazon. The blend pairs that filler with an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder, settling into a medium to medium‑full profile. Expect an early, stewed‑fruit sweetness that evolves toward oak, leather and pepper. The line's Amazon‑focused presentation—including a rustic coiled tobacco‑stem band on some releases—underscores the concept's rainforest roots.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Ecuadorian Sumatra
• Earth, toasted oak, coffee/cocoa, stewed fruit, black pepper, cedar

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

CAO America is the brand's U. S. ‑themed barber‑pole series, pairing Connecticut Broadleaf and Connecticut Shade wrappers and leaning toward fuller‑bodied blends. Some iterations highlight 100% ligero fillers and the line commonly registers earth, leather, cream and oak with nutty or cocoa accents on the finish. Notable frontmarks include the Monument, Landmark and Potomac, and CAO has revisited the concept with limited, U. S. -grown releases.

• Made in United States
• Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf & Connecticut Shade
• Cream, oak, earth, leather, nutty

CAO America 250th Anniversary is a limited‑edition American puro built from U. S. Broadleaf and Connecticut Shade wrappers with a U. S. Havana Connecticut binder and a filler that includes Pennsylvania tobacco. Shipped as a single box‑pressed Robusto (5. 5 × 55), the cigar is presented as medium‑full in body and was released as a commemorative, single‑format production.

• Made in United States
• Medium-Full
• U.S. Broadleaf & U.S. Connecticut Shade
• Dark chocolate, leather, dried fruit, espresso

Bella Vanilla is CAO's flavored, dessert‑leaning line finished with a Cameroon wrapper over a Dominican blend and infused with Madagascar vanilla. Positioned in the mild/mellow lane, the cigars commonly offer pronounced vanilla and cream notes with generally solid construction, even burn and a consistent draw across samples.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Mild
• Cameroon
• Vanilla, cream, mild spice

Bones is a regular‑production line built around a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper with a Connecticut Shade binder and fillers from Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Rolled at STG Estelí and offered in four distinctive vitolas, the series sits in the medium‑to‑full lane and frequently presents coffee and maduro sweetness up front, with cedar, wood and black pepper and leather or nutty notes later in the smoke. The boxed presentation—complete with dice and a felt lid—underscores its social, roll‑and‑smoke intent.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Coffee, wood/cedar, black pepper, vanilla, nuts, cocoa

Brazilia is built around a Brazilian Arapiraca maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, generally positioned in the medium‑full to full strength lane. Tastes commonly open to toasty, earthy and nutty notes and transition into mocha/espresso, molasses and black pepper. Offered in multiple frontmarks, including large gauges and box‑press formats, it's CAO's heavier‑handed, late‑night option.

• Made in Brazil
• Medium-Full
• Brazilian Arapiraca
• Toasty, earthy, nutty, floral, black pepper

BX3 is CAO's Brazilian‑forward X‑series cigar, centered on a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper with an Arapiraca binder and Brazilian filler components. Produced at STG's Estelí factory and offered in Robusto, Toro and Gordo, the line commonly delivers espresso and dark chocolate over cedar and earth, with black pepper and a touch of cinnamon/molasses sweetness. Reviewers praise the concept and many samples' construction while noting occasional burn or draw variability.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium‑Full
• Brazilian Mata Fina
• Espresso/coffee, dark chocolate, cedar/wood, earth, black pepper, cinnamon, molasses

Cameroon pairs a naturally sweet Cameroon wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder and long‑filler to produce a mellow‑to‑medium cigar noted for balance and steady construction. Common tasting notes include cocoa, toasted wood, nutty sweetness and coffee, and the line's reliable profile and steady build have earned strong critical attention. Regular sizes cover a traditional range from Robusto to Perfecto.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Cameroon
• Cocoa, dried wood, nutty, toasty, coffee

Cherrybomb is a flavored, dessert‑style entry built on a Cameroon wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and Dominican long filler. Positioned mild‑to‑medium, it foregrounds cherry and candied black‑fruit notes over a creamy vanilla core and is offered mainly in compact formats—corona, tubo, petit corona and cigarillos—for brief, aromatic sessions.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Mild‑Medium
• Cameroon
• Cherry, black currant, vanilla, citrus, sweet

Reintroduced in 2014, Colombia centers on Colombian‑grown Cuban‑seed tobacco finished with a Honduran Jamastrán wrapper and a Cameroon binder while being produced in Nicaragua. The cigar sits in the mild‑to‑medium lane, favoring toasted grain, light nuts, coffee and a polite sweetness, with generally steady—if occasionally variable—construction and draw.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Mild to Medium
• Honduran Jamastran
• Toasted nuts, coffee, cedar, light sweetness

Consigliere revives the Sopranos‑era CAO blend using a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper with a Honduran binder and fillers from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Offered in three core sizes and sitting in the medium strength lane, the line delivers cream, coffee and cocoa with cedar and intermittent black pepper. Reviewers praise its flavor transitions and steady burn while noting occasional draw variability.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Brazilian Mata Fina
• Creamy sweetness, cocoa and coffee, cedar, black pepper, earth, nuts

Eileen's Dream is an infused, mild Flavours release built on a Dominican filler with a Cameroon wrapper and a Connecticut Broadleaf binder. Infused with Irish‑cream elements—Irish whiskey, coconut milk, sweet cream and white chocolate—it produces dessert‑forward notes of vanilla, hazelnut, cocoa and cream across its compact frontmarks.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Mild
• Cameroon
• Chocolate, Cocoa, Vanilla, Cream, Whiskey, Hazelnut

FASA Noche is the darker, Connecticut Broadleaf‑wrapped half of CAO's FASA series, built on a Cameroon binder with Dominican Piloto Cubano and Nicaraguan fillers. Listed as Medium–Full, it typically presents molasses, dark‑roast coffee/espresso, toasted cedar and white pepper. Debuted in 2024 and produced at STG Estelí, Noche emphasizes syrupy density and steady pepper.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Molasses, dark roast coffee/espresso, white pepper, chili powder, toasted cedar, earth

FASA Sol pairs a Honduran Olancho San Agustín wrapper with a Cameroon binder and Dominican plus Nicaraguan fillers to create a wrapper‑driven, medium‑to‑medium‑plus smoke. Launched into regular production in 2024 and rolled in Honduras, Sol leans toward bright toast, cinnamon and roasted‑almond character with steady building wood and coffee/earth undercurrents.

• Made in Honduras
• Medium to Medium-Plus
• Honduran Olancho San Agustin (OSA Sol)
• Ceylon cinnamon, toasted bread, roasted almonds, light five‑spice, earth

FASA Sombra closes CAO's FASA trilogy as the shade‑grown counterpart, finished with an Ecuadorian shade wrapper over a Cameroon binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. Introduced in 2025 and produced at General Cigar Dominicana, it sits in the mild–medium lane and favors cream, hay, toasted cedar and almond notes for a smooth, restrained smoke profile.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Medium
• Ecuadorian Shade (Connecticut-seed)
• Creamy butter, hay, toasted cedar, almonds, mild earth

Introduced in 2022 as part of CAO's Arcana series, Firewalker pairs chincagre‑aged Masatepe filler with a Nicaraguan binder and an Ecuadorian Habano Rosado wrapper. Smoking in the medium strength lane, it shows earthy, toasted‑cedar framing, steady pepper and a distinctive dried‑fruit sweetness from the chincagre process. Independent reviews praise its aroma and sweetness while noting some construction variability.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Ecuadorian Habano Rosado
• Earthy, toasted cedar, black pepper, dried fruit, leather

Flathead, launched in 2013, is a box‑pressed series built around a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and a Connecticut Habano binder over Dominican and Nicaraguan ligero fillers. Noted for a medium‑to‑full, leathery profile, the line delivers dark cocoa, espresso and pronounced black‑pepper retrohale. Its signature flattened cap and heavy press pair with motorsport‑themed extensions that swap wrappers to adjust strength and texture.

• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Sweet, fruit, leather, black pepper, earth

Flathead Speed Shop is a medium‑bodied extension of the Flathead family built around an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés binder and Nicaraguan/Dominican fillers. Produced in Nicaragua and presented in large box‑pressed formats, it opens pepper‑forward and settles into leather and espresso notes, emphasizing balance and steady control.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Ecuadorian Habano
• Earth, hay/dried wood, nuts, pepper, leather, espresso

Flathead V19, launched in 2019, is a box‑pressed, flat‑capped extension of the Flathead family using a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over a Connecticut Habano binder with Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. Placed in the medium‑full lane, it produces thick, chewy smoke with dark chocolate, molasses and cedar and a pronounced black‑pepper retrohale. The limited, small‑batch release emphasized concentration and chew.

• Made in Honduras
• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Dark chocolate, black pepper, cedar, earth, coffee, molasses

Flathead V23 is a limited, motorsport‑themed 6 × 60 box‑pressed gordo released in 2013 and produced at STG Estelí. Built with a Honduran Jamastrán wrapper and a Nicaraguan Habano binder plus multi‑country fillers, it sits in the medium‑to‑full lane and leans on earth, nuts and raisin sweetness with a peppery finish. The release emphasized visual showmanship—Gulf racing colorway and a tufted leather box lid—alongside a big, chewy smoke.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Honduran Jamastran
• Earthy, nutty, raisin, peppery

Gold is CAO's Ecuadorian Connecticut‑shade line, wrapped in Ecuadorian Connecticut over a Nicaraguan binder and filler to produce a mild–medium profile. Expect cream, toasted‑nut and cocoa notes with a light pepper finish. Though pale in appearance, Gold offers more flavor density than its wrapper color suggests and remains a classic, approachable Connecticut choice.

• Medium
• Ecuadorian Connecticut
• nut, cocoa, sweet herbal earth, cedar, light pepper, leather

Gold Honey is a honey‑infused, mild member of CAO's Flavours family, pairing a Cameroon wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and Dominican filler. Finished with Florida orange‑blossom honey, the series is offered in short formats—Corona, Petit Corona and cigarillos—designed for brief, sweet sessions.

• Mild
• Cameroon
• Honey, sweet, mellow

Gold Maduro keeps the buttery core of the Gold program and dresses it in a dark, oily Brazilian maduro over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The cigar leans toward a mellow‑to‑medium strength with tasting notes of coffee, cream, butter, cocoa and caramel moments, an oily mouthfeel and generally steady burn across classic sizes.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Brazilian Maduro
• Coffee, cream, butter, cocoa

Italia spotlights Italian‑grown Habano‑seed tobacco blended with a Honduran wrapper and binder and Nicaraguan and Peruvian fillers. The line emphasizes larger formats and delivers a spicy, slightly sweet and earthy profile presented in a fuller strength lane with generally reliable construction.

• Made in Italy
• Full
• Honduran
• Spicy, creamy, fruity, sweet

Maduro pairs a heavily fermented Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper with an Ecuadorian binder and Dominican/Nicaraguan fillers to produce a medium–full cigar. The hot fermentation yields an oily, dark appearance and steady burn, with peppery spice up front, toasted dark chocolate in the middle and a long, creamy finish.

• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Peppery, toasty, chocolate, rich

Moontrance is a flavored line built on a Dominican filler with a Cameroon wrapper and a Connecticut Broadleaf binder, infused with bourbon vanilla and Georgia peach. Positioned as mellow and dessert‑style, the cigar presents pronounced vanilla and peach sweetness early that transitions into nuttier, earthier tobacco notes later in the smoke.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Mild
• Cameroon
• vanilla, peach, caramel, bourbon, nutty

Mortal Coil, the inaugural Arcana release, pairs Dominican andullo in the filler with a Connecticut/American Shade binder and a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper to produce a medium to medium‑full smoke. The cigar leans leathery with dark‑fruit sweetness—fig, raisin and dark cherry—layered over cocoa, earth and baking spice. Produced in limited quantities at STG Estelí, it delivers a concentrated Broadleaf experience.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• American Broadleaf
• Dark cherry/raisin, cocoa, earth, baking spice

Mx2 is CAO's double‑maduro concept—Connecticut Broadleaf on the outside with a Brazilian maduro binder over a filler blend from Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Peru. The profile opens with sweet maduro notes of cocoa and molasses supported by a peppery, cedar‑driven backbone. The line is known for solid construction and even burns.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Sweet, rich cocoa and molasses up front with cedar, black pepper and earthy backbone

Nicaragua is CAO's Nicaraguan‑centric line introduced in 2018, blending fillers from Estelí, Condega and Jalapa beneath a Honduran Jamastrán wrapper and binder. The cigars sit in the medium‑full strength range and typically open peppery before evolving into toasted nuts, vanilla and occasional coffee or dark‑chocolate accents, with consistently even construction and a clean draw.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Honduran Jamastran
• Vanilla, pepper, toasted nuts, toasty

Orellana is a 2019 Amazon‑series release that pairs a toothy Brazilian Cubra wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder and fillers that include Brazilian Bragança. Rolled at STG Estelí and commonly sold as a 6 × 52 toro, it smokes medium to medium‑full with pepper, dark fruit, cedar and coffee notes. The series is visually distinct for its espresso‑brown Cubra wrapper and the twisted‑tobacco band extending toward the foot.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Brazilian Cubra
• Dark fruit (black cherry/plum), black/red pepper, leather, cedar, coffee/espresso, baking spice

OSA Sol launched in 2011 to showcase a sungrown Honduran Olancho (San Agustín) wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder with Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. Presented as a mellow–medium, wood‑and‑pepper smoke, the line is noted for the wrapper's rustic, slightly oily appearance and even construction, with the Lot 50 vitola frequently called out as the most expressive.

• Made in Honduras
• Medium
• Honduran Olancho San Agustin
• Cedar, pepper spice, earth/wood, subtle cocoa, sweet undertones

Pilón, launched in 2015, is a Nicaraguan‑focused line that emphasizes a pilón fermentation method to deepen wrapper color and flavor. Built with an Ecuadorian Habano (Viso) wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, it sits in the medium to medium‑full lane with cedar, nuts, cocoa and pepper notes. Pilón Añejo is an aged sibling that increases maturation for a richer, more savory expression.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Ecuadorian Habano (Viso)
• Cedar, nuts, cocoa, pepper, baking spice

Pilón Añejo is a process‑driven line using circular pilón fermentation followed by two years of post‑roll aging. With an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Honduran Habano binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers, the cigars sit in the medium to medium‑full range and commonly show earth, toasted cedar, caramel‑like tobacco sweetness, baking spice and cocoa/coffee with reliable construction and burn.

• Made in Honduras
• Medium-Full
• Ecuadorian Sumatra
• Earth, caramel, toasted cedar, baking spice, cocoa, black pepper

Session, blended by Rick Rodriguez and introduced around 2019, pairs a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper with a Dominican binder and Dominican/Nicaraguan filler. Produced in the Dominican Republic and sold in three frontmarks—Shop, Bar and Garage—the line aims for a medium‑bodied, approachable profile featuring coffee and mocha, cedar, pepper and restrained sweet notes like cinnamon and raisin.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Medium
• Connecticut Broadleaf
• Chocolate, cinnamon, earth, nuts

Steel Horse launched in 2015 as a motorcycle‑themed offshoot of Flathead, built around a Connecticut Habano Grueso wrapper with a Brazilian Arapiraca binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua. Favoring large gauges, the line sits in the medium‑to‑full strength lane and typically shows leather, oak, coffee, black pepper and dark chocolate, paired with motorcycle‑themed packaging and formats.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Connecticut Habano Grueso
• Leather, oak, coffee, black pepper, dark chocolate

Stokk is a limited Arcana collaboration that stages a two‑act tasting: Dominican andullo up front, then Cyprian Latakia later. Presented with a U. S. Broadleaf‑style wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and filler listing Dominican andullo, Cyprian Latakia and Honduran tobaccos, the cigar is placed in the medium–full lane as a concept‑driven, limited production release.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• US Broadleaf
• Toasted oak, earth, Latakia smoke, black pepper, smoky meatiness

Thunder Smoke, the third Arcana installment, is CAO's first cigar to feature South African tobacco blended with leaf from Zimbabwe and Cameroon. Paired with a Honduran Olancho San Agustín wrapper and a Mexican San Andrés binder over an all‑African filler, the documented 6. 5 × 52 toro tends to smoke medium with cocoa, cedar, earth and dried‑fruit notes. The release was produced as a limited Arcana expression.

• Made in Dominican Republic
• Medium
• Honduran Olancho San Agustín
• Cocoa, cedar/wood, earth, black pepper, raisin

V21 (Flathead V21) is a 2021 Flathead extension using a Mexican San Andrés wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder over Nicaraguan and Dominican ligero fillers. Presented in large box‑pressed gauges, the line targets smokers who want molasses, leather and concentrated espresso‑like smoke in a heavy, chewy format.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Mexican San Andrés
• Molasses, leather, earth, dried fruit, coffee, nuts, vanilla

Vision is CAO's Cameroon‑wrapped statement line, first released in 2007 and reworked in 2020. Modern editions pair that Cameroon exterior with an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan, Honduran and Dominican fillers. Often encountered in Churchill format and smoking in the medium‑to‑full lane, Vision centers on leather, espresso and cedar with black pepper, and is as well known for illuminated, humidor‑style packaging as for its flavor profile.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium-Full
• Cameroon
• Leather, espresso/coffee, cedar/wood, black pepper, nuts, sweet

Vision 2022 is a limited 6 × 52 toro rolled at STG Estelí and presented in a two‑tray, LED‑lit humidor box. Built with a Honduran Jamastrán wrapper, a Nicaraguan Habano binder and habano fillers from Condega, Estelí and Jalapa, it sits in the medium strength lane and offers cedar, charred‑wood, black pepper and dried‑fruit or bakery‑spice notes.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium
• Honduran Jamastran
• Charred wood, pepper, raisin, cinnamon

Zócalo is CAO's Mexican San Andrés (morrón)‑wrapped cigar blended over a Cameroon binder with all‑Nicaraguan filler. First released as a limited 6 × 60 in 2018 and returned to regular production with additional sizes, it smokes medium to medium‑full and delivers earth, mocha or cocoa, cedar and pepper with an early dark‑fruit note. Production is handled at STG Estelí.

• Made in Nicaragua
• Medium to Medium‑Full
• Mexican San Andrés Morrón
• Earth, cocoa/mocha, cedar, black pepper, dark cherry