AVO XO

Avo is my all time favorite brand. Like many, I began my cigar journey many years ago favoring the milder smokes. I smoked a ton of macanudos, montecristos, red dots, and la gloria Cubanas, and loved them all. I eventually settled on the Avo Classics as my preferred cigar. What you can expect from anything Avo has to offer us a perfect performance. Flavor is on the mild side, but complex, creamy, and smooth. The XO is a slight ramp up in flavor from the classic, as it flirts with medium flavor, adding a nice pepper flavor that builds and rescinds from puff to puff. It has all the awesome creaminess of the classic line, but with a slight intensity that wakes up the tastebuds. Hands down, this is a phenomenal cigar that I highly recommend.

I ordered a few single cigars along with a box. The singles arrived without a hydration pillow and were dry.

I like them, that's why I order them.

mediocre

greatsmoke

Best smoke. Never a deal?

Consistant

really great cigar.

As with many of the other AVO cigars, there's something slightly unusual about the flavors in this one, and I'm not even sure how I'd classify it. There are dry and sweet elements here with occasionally strong and dark tones such as leather turning to dried almonds at points. At points, I even identified what I can only describe as "freshly toasted french bread". It's a complexity that goes beyond the usual profiles into something of a journey as you try to imagine what will come out of it next.

I continue to reorder this cigar. It's outstanding - smooth and flavorful. You won't go wrong with this one.

Has now, maybe surpassed Perdomo Gran Chu as THE BEST CIGAR for me, EVER. The awesome mix of 'earthly' and subtle flavors of fresh/clean leathers is perfect. NEVER harsh and thats all the way through to the end. Pretty pricey but worth a smoke or 2 on the weekends, just as a treat for your self. Smoke this cigar.

One of the best cigars you'll EVER smoke! No matter where it's from! Flavorful yet not over powering, makes a bold statement yet is very subtitle. Consistent thru the entire smoke and NEVER harsh. Try it, you'll see!

I m not on the warm beach . This is the next best thing

excellent!

This is my favorite robusto. It's well constructed, typical of the AVO brand and is correctly defined as mild to perhaps a medium cigar. It's a perfect smoke before dinner and matches well with drinks, be it beer, wine or distilled spirits. As a short cigar, it's consistently good throughout and does not burn hot with finishing. If you want to show someone the difference between a good smoke and premium smoke this is the one.

wonderful smooth smoke that I enjoy relaxing on the beach!

I've heard it said that when one opens a box of real Cuban cigars, the aroma is of sweet hay and straw. I don't know if that's true; I've only bought singles while traveling, and even then a percentage of them were surely fakes. I took my guillotine and nipped the endoff the Preludio lancer and drew a breath of air through the unlit cigar. There it was...that telltale scent of sweet hay and morning air blowing over clean wheat straw. Then I lit it. Soft...so soft. Medium bodied smoke that carried a subtle, sweet pecan and hazelnut flavor. The woodiness was not tannic. Nothing overtly bitter or "oak-like" about it. Cedar? Not quite. Hickory? Closer. Construction is beautiful. The wrapper feels...well, plush under the fingerpads. Velvet comes to mind. The burn was absolutely even and slow. For slowly it would have burned, had I not tried to nurse on it as a hungry newborn. There is nothing negative to be said at this cigar. Yes, it is luxury priced. Yes, it might be a special occasion smoke for some. So? Make up an occasion and smoke one of these, please. You'll thank me and perhaps, name your first-born after me.