Jon replied to me in an e-mail, here is what he said. I also asked a few follow up questions, I will post his reply when I get it.......
Well, the 'reader's digest' condensed version of the story goes like this...
The 'idea' was born during a sales meeting in 2002. At that time, the idea was simply a suggestion for a CAO 'double maduro' cigar line. From that point forward, it took the better part of an entire year to develop the blend, packaging (boxes & bands), etc. We went through a myriad of different wrapper/binder/filler combos before we finally narrowed it down to 'Liga A' and 'Liga B.' From that point, we not only evaluated the two 'finalist' blends in-house, but also sent them out to some CAO 'focus groups,' as well. The end result was the birth of CAO MX2.
Initially, we did not purposefully seek to have a cigar with SIX different countries represented in the blend, however, after putting together all of the endless 'cocktails' of w/b/f combos, we found that what worked best for what we had in mind as the final taste was the combination of a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper, a Brazilian maduro binder, and a filler comprised of tobaccos from Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Peru. That particular combo yielded the rich, chocolate-y/spicey/complex flavor we were after. Our intent was NOT to make an "a$$-kicker" cigar that was one-dimensional (mostly black pepper) - but rather, we wanted something that was flavorful and a joy to smoke - NOT a 'challenge' to get through.
Hope this all made sense and gave you some insight to the MX2 story...