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Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata Intrepido
By Jesse | December 7, 2009 |
CAO’s latest cigar has a more traditional feel than some of the releases they’ve done in the past few years. La Traviata is an old Cuban brand back from the turn of the 20th Century that began its life in Tabacalera Cubana, Agramonte no. 106. CAO resurrected the brand and tried to stay true to its traditional roots in taste and presentation. It boasts a Ecuadorian Habano Wrapper, Cameroon Binder along with Nicaraguan and Dominican Filler.
The Intrepido is 7 X 54, a larger cigar than what I typically smoke, but this is what I reach for on Monday afternoon when I’m finishing up work from home. I usually finish it up just in time to sit down for dinner around 2 1/2 to 3 hours to smoke.
One of the big things I’m looking for in a cigar is consistency I’ve smoked close to 20 of these and everyone has been dead on. The last one gave me a little trouble with the draw at the start, but quickly corrected by cutting a bit more of the cap off.
The cigar doesn’t go through any big flavor changes as you smoke it, a constant medium-full cigar. Cedar, Leather and pepper are the dominate flavors with a hint of black licorice rounding it out. The La Traviata has a creamy finish that lingers on the palate for a bit especially in the first 2/3’s of the cigar.
Verdict: The suggest price of this cigar is $4.95 to $5.75 and very good cigar for the price. I’m usually not one to call watch how others rate a cigar, but I wanted to mention that Cigar Insider gave this a 93 Rating making it CAO’s highest rated cigar in over 10 years. The CAO La Traviata is one of two cigars that I think are the best bang for the buck. Inexpensive, good flavor and consistent.
Disclosure: All cigars for this review were purchased by me, no freebies this time.
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Well the result of my twitter cigar review summed up. The CAO La Traviata Review has been posted. http://ow.ly/JG5z
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
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December 7th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Reading @cigarjack take on La Traviata… http://tinyurl.com/ylr43mk
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December 7th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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December 7th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I have the opportunity to smoke a few of these and I agree, good smoke at a great price point!
December 7th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Nice review.
December 8th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Still haven’t seen it in stores yet, but I’ll keep an eye out!
December 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Is there going to be a demo?
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December 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Are there going to be free dlc ?
What about a joe madureira artbook in some collector edition ?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Good job guys! Keep em coming.
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:13 am
How much Exploration is there in the game?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:15 am
What kind of length are we looking at (matron)?
The footage shown so far looks very action-oriented, but they keep saying it’s almost Zelda-like. What’s on offer besides the action? And why aren’t we seeing some of that too?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
are they worried about releasing on the same day as bayonetta?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Is there a sequel planned?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:25 am
seeing that there is Playstation Home outfits coming will there be a Home Space aswell?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Will there be several beasts you can change into is it just the one.
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:33 am
will you be able to swim or does water = instant death
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
People only really heard about this game when it started to get good reviews, whats their opinion on Darksiders overall lack of coverage and hype?
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Thanks loads. Questions sent.
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December 9th, 2009 at 11:14 am
any collectors edition ??
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December 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Lighting up a La Traviata for my lunch break smoke. http://ow.ly/Kk7N
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December 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
1. Are there any other melee weapons besides the sword?
2. If there are other melee weapons is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game?
3. Are there other projectile weapons besides the gun?
4. If there are other projectile weapons besides the gun, is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game.
5. Are there counter attacks? More specifically, if you time a certain action to occur just at the moment an npc strikes, will the player do a unique move that puts him at an advantage to follow up with a sequence of strikes?
6. How many levels of upgrades to the character and his weapons have?
7. Can low level NPCs be dismembered without a quick time event?
8. Are there ways to reflect projectiles NPCs shoot towards you back to the NPC that shot the projectile or other NPCs nearby?
9. Can the character disarm NPCs that have weapons and use those weapons?
10. Is there any vertical or horizontal wall running?
11. What abilities does the horse have other than being a conveyance?
12. Does the main character get any other companions besides the horse?
13. Wouldn’t this game have better sales prospects if it was released from April-August 2009 so it didn’t have to compete with Bayonetta, Dante’s Inferno, or God Of War 3? This game looks good and looks like a worthy purchase, but there’s a version of Bayonetta that got a perfect score from Famitsu and the notoriously hard to impress Edge magazine. It seems to me that this good looking game would have even better sales prospects if it had less fierce competition.
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December 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
1. Are there any other melee weapons besides the sword?
2. If there are other melee weapons is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game?
3. Are there other projectile weapons besides the gun?
4. If there are other projectile weapons besides the gun, is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game.
5. Are there counter attacks? More specifically, if you time a certain action to occur just at the moment an npc strikes, will the player do a unique move that puts him at an advantage to follow up?
6. How many levels of upgrades to the character and his weapons are there?
7. Can low level NPCs be dismembered without a quick time event?
8. Are there ways to reflect projectiles NPCs shoot towards you back to the NPC that shot the projectile or other NPCs nearby?
9. Can the character disarm NPCs that have weapons and use those weapons?
10. Is there any vertical or horizontal wall running?
11. What abilities does the horse have other than being a conveyance?
12. Wouldn’t this game have better sales prospects if it was released from April-Auguste 2009 so it didn’t have to compete with Bayonetta, Dante’s Inferno, or God Of War 3? There’s a version of Bayonetta that got a perfect score from Famitsu and the notoriously hard to impress Edge magazine.
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December 9th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Wow. Just wow. Hat’s off to FeaturePreacher. Hand him a beer and a hooker while your at it. He deserves it. *claps* Seriously. Good job there. Too bad I already sent the questions off
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December 10th, 2009 at 1:03 am
So there’s no chance of sending those questions to them?
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December 11th, 2009 at 3:02 am
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December 11th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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