A Pilon is a carefully layered stack of tobacco leaves that helps ferment the tobacco to maximize the flavor and color of the leaves. Dating back to 19th century Cuba, this natural method of fermentation delivers a superior taste and appearance that can’t be reached otherwise.

CAO Pilon uses this time-honored method to give you a cigar with a rich, deep color and a superb depth of flavors with hints of oak, spice, creaminess, woodsy, and sweet cocoa notes.

Full Specifications:

Country: Nicaragua
Ring Gauge: 58
Length: 6
Strength: Medium to Full
Box Of: 20s
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Habano Viso
Binder: Nicaraguan

History of CAO

CAO was founded in 1968 and their factory is located Estelì, Nicaragua. While the company is rich with history, their passion is creating new cigars using unique and rare tobaccos. Many of their artisans have been with them for decades, rolling all sizes and shapes of cigars, their knowledge ensures that every CAO has the same high quality. Most of the artisans start in the same way at CAO, when there is an opening CAO looks to the relatives of their employees first, making is a real family-run company.

When they arrive on the first day, they enter a world of rigorous training, where our experienced workers teach them our way of making cigars from the ground up. They learn bunching first, and how the buncher and roller must work in unison with perfect timing and rhythm. Only once they master that can they move on to more advanced techniques. Everyone starts at the beginning, at the lowest rung on the ladder. In the factory, you have to prove yourself before you can move up. Of course, their learning never really stops. It takes years to master the art. But gradually they learn more and more, they work their way up, and one day they’re students no more. They become the teachers, and the art gets passed on.

CAO has two advantages that many other cigar brands don’t have, a license to do anything and the leaves to pull it off. The type of tobacco, the origin or the packaging used bare no restrictions. CAO also has the largest inventory of tobacco and best access to rare, small-batch leave in the business. That means they can do things that no one has ever tried before, like making the Flathead or Pilon.

More information on: http://caocigars.com/

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