In 2007, Camacho Cigars released an Executive Travel Bag that included five different blends, all in Camacho’s signature size, the 11/18 perfecto vitola. One of the cigars included in the bag was the CLE Limited Edition, which was said to be the personal blend of Christian Eiroa, Camacho Cigars former president. A quote from Eiroa in an interview published by Cigar Weekly has more information on the blend: The CLE was done one time only for the Bag. We’re refining the blend. It’s 90-95% done, but there’s something missing. I can’t say what it is, but I’ll notice it when we get it right. I just follow what people tell me what they want. We made strong cigars and then people asked for something different, that was more creamy, so we came out with the [Camacho]10th Anniversary Box Press.Now the CLE is refined and we want to keep that refinement, but add depth. The new cigar won’t be called CLE, maybe ‘Camacho Plus’ or something like that. We hope to have it out in the first quarter of 2009 as a standard-production line.It will be strong, starting at maybe ’6′ out of 10, but then the focus will be on creaminess and ...
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