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CAO Black Bengal

CAO
Black Bengal
TORO
86

Cigarbench score

86 / 100

26 reviews on record.

Reviews

26

on record

Price

$3.56

Average, per stick.
An unsourced average, not a live quote.

average

Elevation · actual size
6″50 RG

6″ × 50 toro · Connecticut, Ecuador wrapper · Nicaragua binder · Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua filler · medium-full strength

I · The blend

WrapperConnecticut, Ecuador
BinderNicaragua
FillerHonduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
OriginHonduras, Nicaragua
ColourColorado Claro
StrengthMedium-Full

II · Cheaper than this

Matched on size, shape, strength and a trustworthy score. Not a taste claim. Only cigars with 20 or more reviews are listed.

Cigars International CI Legends Series Don Pepin Garcia - Yellow5.7″ × 54 · Corojo · Nicaragua · medium-full · 26 reviews5.7″ × 54 · Nicaragua · medium-full$1.6055% less · 885 Vegas Series A Archetype6″ × 50 · Costa Rica · medium-full · 26 reviews6″ × 50 · Nicaragua · medium-full$1.1568% less · 88Man O' War (Original blend) Robusto5.5″ × 50 · Ecuador · Habano · medium-full · 25 reviews5.5″ × 50 · Nicaragua · medium-full$3.395% less · 88Rocky Patel Sun Grown (Natural) Robusto5.5″ × 50 · Ecuador · medium-full · 21 reviews5.5″ × 50 · Honduras · medium-full$2.3833% less · 875 Vegas Series A Apotheosis5.5″ × 55 · Costa Rica · medium-full · 21 reviews5.5″ × 55 · Nicaragua · medium-full$2.5528% less · 87

III · What people taste

Counted words in the 26 reviews we hold. Never a quote, never our opinion.

spicenamed in 12 of 26 reviews46%
smoothnamed in 11 of 26 reviews42%
coffeenamed in 9 of 26 reviews35%
cedarnamed in 8 of 26 reviews31%
peppernamed in 8 of 26 reviews31%
creamnamed in 7 of 26 reviews27%
sweetnamed in 7 of 26 reviews27%
nutnamed in 6 of 26 reviews23%

IV · The rest of the CAO house

Black VR Cathedral6″ × 52 · Brazil · medium-full$2.70Amazon Basin Extra Anejo6″ × 52 · Ecuador · Sumatra · medium-fullArcana Mortal Coil Toro6.1″ × 50 · Connecticut Broadleaf · full$9.24Vision Prana6.25″ × 52 · Corojo · Dominican Republic · medium-fullFuma Em Corda Toro6″ × 58 · Honduras · medium-full

The score blends 26 reviews from every source we hold, shrunk toward the mean so a cigar with three reviews cannot outrank one with three hundred. How the score is built
Price is one retailer's per-stick quote, not an average, and it is not live.
We do not judge plume or mould from a photo, and we do not tell you when a cigar is ready. Read r/cigars' pinned guide for that.