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CAO Italia Piccolo Cigar Review
Written by Bobby Rica, Friday, 03, December 2010
- Brand: CAO Italia
- Shape: Short Panatela
- Wrapper: Honduras
- Ring: 38
- Filler: Nicaraguan/Italian/Peru
- Size: 4
- Binder: Honduras
Review
Like all CAO cigars, Italia’s are made in Honduras, from Honduran wrapper and binders. It's the filler that's unusual here and gives the line its name: Habano seed, but grown in Benevento, southern Italy, exclusively for CAO (or so they say). This is blended with tobacco from Nicaragua and Peru to make the filler.
Now whether this really makes a difference or is all hype, I don't know. But I have found the various CAO Italias to have a distinctive, full-bodied flavor that's made the line a staple in my humidor. It's a cliché, but the Italia really is the cigar I can't refuse.
