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Camacho Corojo Robusto$5.49 (Limit of 5)
Size: 5″ x 50
Wrapper: Honduran Corojo (5th Priming) Binder: Honduran Corojo (Ligero) Filler: Honduran Corojo (3rd Priming)
An old favorite in a compact size: The Camacho Corojo is a fine Honduran puro fashioned entirely from “Original Corojo.” Corojo is a strain of tobacco originally grown in the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba, used primarily as a wrapper; the name is a reference to the palm trees which grew at the entrance to that particular plantation, El Corojo. Camacho’s prized “original” seeds were smuggled out of Cuba in the 1960s and planted in the Jamastran Valley of Honduras, a microclimate with growing conditions which result in tobacco very similar to the original Cuban varietal. The wrapper of this week’s C.O.W. is corojo of the fifth priming, (the level of the plant from which the leaves are harvested; different primings offer different levels of flavor and/or strength); the binder is ligero; and the filler is of the third priming, all of which add up to a spicy mélange of rich flavor and potency. A damn fine cigar, especially at this week’s price!
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