CAO Amazon Basin 2024 Release
Like past releases, it’s a 6 x 52 toro that uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Brazil, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. The highlight of the blend is the Brazilian filler, which includes a tobacco called Bragança, which General says can only be harvested every three years. The tobacco plants are spaced out further apart from one another than normal—the company says a full yard—and once harvested, the leaves are rolled into tubes called carottes for six months of aging. General says that tobacco is then shipped out of the rainforest via canoes.