CAO Amazon Basin returns for 2025

CAO Amazon Basin returns for 2025

CAO Amazon Basin returns for 2025 1600 900 Michel Arlia

Cao Amazon Basin

The popular CAO Amazon Basin from General Cigar Co., is returning for 2025. This limited-edition cigar features a unique five-country blend, with Amazonian Bragança tobacco as the standout filler.

Bragança is grown in the Brazilian Amazon, with seedlings planted a yard apart, leading to lower yields. After harvesting, the leaves are rolled by hand into dense logs called “carottes”, which undergo a six-month fermentation before being transported via canoe down the Amazon River to the STG Estelí factory in Nicaragua.

This year’s cigar comes in a single size: a 52 x 152 mm (6”) Toro. The blend includes an Ecuador Sumatra wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder, and filler from Colombia and the Dominican Republic, along with the Brazilian Bragança. It has a suggested retail price of $14.49, a 20-cent increase from 2024.

CAO Amazon Basin is packaged in rustic 18-count boxes, a signature style of the brand since 2014.