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This Anaconda is not constricted, it draws beautifully.
by Joseph G.
on Nov 26, 2017
One of my top picks this year, and kudos to the CAO blenders for this amazing cigar. I’ve noticed Cano A. Ozgener & Company has been experimenting this year with unusual blends, new, colorful bands, and now the Amazon Anaconda. At 6” x 52, this beauty draws cool and perfect, is unbelievably rich and flavorful, and like nothing I’ve had before. The Habano wrapper is one of my favorites, and this one comes from Brazil...home of the anacondas, I presume. I bought a 5 pack, and a week later bought a box. Ratings are always so subjective, and prone to your moods, what you just ate, what you are drinking, and other lesser known factors and considerations. However arbitrary they may be, I rated this at 95 to 96. The experts may disagree, but I’m not trying to please them, only myself. This is a bold cigar, big on flavor and rich in subtle innuendo of dense jungles, high humidity, exotic woods and fertile soil. When you first light it, close your eyes and imagine all the intricate details, the landscape, and the efforts it took to bring you this cigar. It promises new experiences and produces exotic aromas, and unlike so many lesser cigars, actually delivers it to your taste buds and your imagination. I love the fact that there is no band in sight, that all you see is a tiny twisting of wrapper coiled around the head. At this ring gauge, it burns cool all the way to the nub. My fingers were burned because I didn’t want to put it down. Try a couple, then if you don’t buy a box, that’s fine...there will be more left for the rest of us.