Quick Smoke: Camacho Liberty 2006
6 Feb 2010
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,†“hold,†or “sell.â€
This slightly-tapered perfecto includes 44-year-old Pelo de Oro pre-embargo Cuban filler tobacco from the former DWG Cigar Company in Lima, Ohio. It is finished with a shiny Cameroon wrapper. Only 40,000 were made (the one I smoked was number 28,573). It’s a distinctly medium-bodied smoke with nutty flavors, leather, and loads of cedar. The taste is consistent, though enjoyable throughout, and the Liberty 2006 has excellent construction with a white ash.
Verdict = Buy.
photo credit: Stogie Guys
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good smoke……you cant buy it anymore, can you?
I, too, had a good experience with this stick shortly after it was released. The pre-embargo leaf is truly just a sprinkle and mainly a marketing gimmick, but the stick itself is nice with a good wrapper.
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You make an excellent point. There isn’t that much Cuban tobacco in this and I suspect the Cuban tobacco has little if any effect on the flavor, but it does make for a nice story.
I’ve read (but can’t confirm) that for a company to advertise a cigar as using “pre-embargo Cuban” tobacco it only has to have a minimum of 1×1 inch of Cuban leaf.