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Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

Good unique flavor.
But I'll take an Unholy Cocktail for the price.

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ah42266
Connoisseur

11 years ago

I am sure it has to age naked in a cedar humidor before it would be decent. It is a Sumatra wrapped cigar. Every Sumatra wrapped cigar I have burned needed some aging. Diesel is a Maduro wrapped smoke. How similar can they be? 🤔 The Amazon Basin would be compared to other Sumatra wrapped cigars like...

Rocky Patel Royale
Aging Room Quattro F55
Oliva Serie V Melanio
Hoyo de Monterrey
INCH Natural
Kristoff Sumatra
La Gloria Cubana Serie R

just to name a few.

madspackler
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Good unique flavor.
But I'll take an Unholy Cocktail for the price.

Mr Roso wrote:

Put some good age on it and you might just change your mind. Properly aged they are tough to beat.

Mr Roso
Connoisseur Topic Starter

11 years ago

I've got some resting, so let's see if they improve. For a deep unique flavor, the UC is good pretty much out of the box.

Thunder.Gerbil
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

ah42266 wrote:

Sumatra is a varietal, maduro is a color shade. There is no direct comparison. Any varietal of tobacco can be made "maduro".

ah42266
Connoisseur

11 years ago

Sumatra is a varietal, maduro is a color shade. There is no direct comparison. Any varietal of tobacco can be made "maduro".

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

yes, you are correct. CAO AMAZON BASIN is not have a maduro wrapper. It's a Ecuadorian Sumatra ligero wrapper. Diesel is a Pa Broadleaf wrapper that is maduro. Not similar in any way really. I have to buy a fiver for $33 at C.I. and sample.

ah42266
Connoisseur

11 years ago

Sumatra is a varietal, maduro is a color shade. There is no direct comparison. Any varietal of tobacco can be made "maduro".

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

madspackler
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

Nothing wrong with the Diesel line either. Very nice smoke right out of the box. Certainly will mellow and improve with age as well. I have a few taking a cedar nap right now.

Just found that the new CAO releases need considerably more time resting, especially compared to the OR sticks released when they were still family owned in Nashville.

Thunder.Gerbil
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

ah42266 wrote:

Maduro is a term that is used, or not used as the case may be, pretty loosely by NC manufacturers. It's origins are a color/shade on the leaf grading chart but can also be used to refer to a leaf with some extra fermentation time.

I haven't seen the CAO Amazon Basin in person, so I can't say what the color matches up to, but from the photos, it actually does look to be about the same shade as "maduro" on the color chart. Meanwhile, every Diesel cigar I've ever seen would fall more around "oscuro" than it would maduro.

I really wouldn't put too much stock in the maduro / not maduro descriptors.

You are correct in that the Ecuadorian (country of origin) Sumatra (varietal strain) Ligero (where it's located on the plant - in this case, upper leaves) isn't similar in flavor to the PA (origin) Broadleaf (varietal) maduro (doesn't mean jack ****). It's like comparing apricots and plums - both are stone fruits, they have some similar characteristics and they can cross pollinate.

sirkea
Aficionado

11 years ago

#10

I agree with Thunder-Gerbil. 🌟
Just wondering if the Nicarao Havana Sungrown makes your Top 25?

Edited by user 11 years ago | Reason: Added stuff

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