CAO Gold

Perched on a hilltop with steep, twisting streets and painted wooden buildings is the lovely Ecuadorian town of Zaruma. Inside some of the buildings are white-skinned, blue eyed locals of Spanish stock crushing rocks then passing them through sluices to wash off the mud.

In Nicaragua, a man finishes packing his belongings and embarks on a journey to Zaruma. Because he knows, as do the Zarumans, there's gold in them, there hills.

Man's quest for gold is relentless. As was the quest for a cigar that was light and easy to smoke, yet glittered with flavor. Then one day, the search was over when a leaf born of a Connecticut seed grown in Ecuadorian soil was used to encapsulate filler and binder from Nicaragua. Flawlessly constructed, this nugget of smoking pleasure delivers a smooth buttery flavor laced with vanilla, cream and nutmeg creating an escape that is nothing less than golden.