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Stogie Video Review: Camacho Select

Written by Stogie Review
Published January 15, 2007
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At this point, I was pleasantly surprised by the medium body of this cigar. This prompted me to check out the Camacho Cigars website where I found that this particular line was modeled after the personal preference of Julio Eiroa. Julio prefers the Medium body over the Full bodied powerhouse cigars that generally come out of the Camacho factories.

Once I reached the second third of this stick, the spice that was developing faded and I could no longer taste it on the palate. I could, however, pick it up when the smoke was blown through my sinus cavity. I found this to be very interesting as I don't typically pick up spice in one place. It is generally on both the palate and sinuses. The peppery flavors I mentioned before began to build slightly, which blended well with the leathery tones that made up the base flavor. The finish continued to be short and smooth making for a nice all around smoke.

As I came to the final portions of this cigar, the leathery base faded and became a rich and typical Honduran tobacco flavor. The spice was now back on the palate and building fast while the peppery notes faded. The body was also beginning to build as it reached the medium-full range. The finish was getting a little longer on the palate but remained nice and smooth. The draw was still firm but was producing a little less smoke at this point.

After a little over an hour it came time to lay this cigar to rest. Overall, I think that this was a very nice change of pace for a Camacho. While I enjoy the full bodied Camacho cigars very much, this was a well needed break from the full bodied cigars I was accustomed to smoking.

With a price point of 5.95 per single, I think that it may be a little overpriced. It lacked some of the complexity that I have come to really enjoy in the Perdomo Reserve Cameroon, which is in the same price range. I think this is more in the league of the H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon and the 4.50 price range.



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Stogie Video Review: Camacho Select
Published: January 15, 2007
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Filed Under: Tastes: Smoking
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#1 — January 28, 2007 @ 00:21AM — Chuck

Why don't you try rotating the cigar, you're burning the hell out of it. And you screwing up a perfect good cigar!!!

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