Origin : Honduras Format : Robusto Size : 5 x 50 Wrapper : Corojo (Honduran) Filler : Corojo (Honduran) Binder : Corojo Ligero (Honduran) Hand-Made Price : ~$7 each
In 2013, Camacho did some rebranding and also updated a few of their blends to match up to their “Bold Standard” tagline. The new blend for the Camacho Corojo is similar to the old blend and remains a Honduran puro, but they have amped up the bold flavor and body with new primings. Let’s check it out.
Origin : Honduras Format : Corona Size : 5.5 x 44 Wrapper : Honduran Criollo Filler : Honduran Criollo and Dominican Piloto Cubano Binder : Honduran Hand-Made Price : ~$5 each
Just before the IPCPR trade show in 2013, Camacho Cigars launched an aggressive makeover of their line in a campaign they called the “bold standard.” While a complete re-branding has been part of this campaign, the changes in Camacho’s lines are more than band-deep. The blends have also been consolidated and transformed, with Camacho choosing to focus on just seven different cigar lines (excluding special & limited editions). Camacho Criollo is one of those regular lines, available in seven different sizes: Robusto, Corona, Toro, Figurado, Gigante, Churchill, and Robusto Tubos. I had the chance to try the Camacho Criollo Corona.
Origin : Honduras Format : Figurado Size : 6 x 54 Wrapper : Honduras Filler : Honduras Binder : Honduras Hand-Made Price : $7 each
This week’s review is over a quite popular brand of cigar. Camacho is one of the most sought after Honduran cigar brands on the market.
Camacho cigars was founded in 1961 by Simon Camacho and acquired by the Eiroa family in 1995. In October 2008, the brand become part of the Oettinger Davidoff Group. A few months ago, the whole line of Camacho cigars was rebranded / reblended, in the process some of the well-known blends were discontinued, such as Coyolar or Select. Other lines were not only reblended, but also renamed – this is the case with the Havana. It is now called Criollo. Today’s review is for the Camacho Havana Figurado, which was bought before the reblending.
Origin : Honduras (Eiroa/Camacho) Format : Petit Corona Size : 4 x 48 Wrapper : Rosado (Origin?) Filler : Dominican & Nicaraguan Binder : Honduran Hand-Made Price : $7.50-$8.00
For some reason, over the last year, I have ignored the Room 101 brand at my local B&M even though they came highly recommended from the store manager. To me, a cigar blended by Camacho (Eiroa family) didn’t sound appealing since, truthfully, I never really cared much for them. Camacho’s have always been lackluster but very serviceable cigars. Somehow, Matt Booth, the head of Room 101, has teamed with the Eiroas and squeezed what seems to be the best thing I have smoked out of that factory. Check out below what makes this partnership so great.
Origin : Honduras Format : Figurado Size : 6 x 48/54/48 Wrapper : Honduras Maduro Filler : Honduras Maduro Binder : Honduras Maduro Hand-Made Price : ~$11-15 each
Up for review this time is the much acclaimed Camacho Triple Maduro. In typical American style if something is good, more of it must be better. So this cigar became the first to sport all Honduran Maduro tobacco. I smoked the 11/18 which tapers at the head and foot of the cigar.
Origin : Honduras Format : Perfecto Size : 6 x 52 Wrapper : Honduran (Corojo) Filler : Honduran Binder : Honduran Hand-Made Price : ~$200 for the travel bag (see below)
This little puppy, known as Christian’s Blend, is currently unique to the Signature Blends travel bag, which only includes 4 CLEs, is an extremely limited and hard to find cigar. Thanks to Matt for hooking me up on the BOTL forum.
Origin : Honduras Format : 11/18 roll (~ Toro) Size : 6 x 54 Wrapper : Habano Filler : Honduras Binder : Honduras Release : 2009 Hand-Made Price : $100 for 5 cigars
Every summer since 2002, Christian Eiroa releases a special summer cigar in the Liberty brand. The Camacho Liberty 2009 was released in July of 2009, and only 40,000 of these were made. The filler and binder are grown in the Eiroa’s farm in Jamastran, Honduras. For those lucky enough to have a cigar from each release, this would be an interesting comparison among all of them. This is my first experience with the Liberty brand.