This medium-bodied cigar lights up with notes of cedar and sun-dried red pepper, leading effortlessly into more balanced characteristics of toasted nuts and touches of medium-roast coffee bean, while the Honduran Olancho San Agustin wrapper delivers pleasant earthy and cinnamon notes. The company describes the profile as gradually increasing in strength to a medium-plus profile highlighted by roasted almonds, five spice and toast. CAO positions this as an homage to Honduran tobacco heritage, described as an intricate, elevated and flavorful blend with depth and flavor interwoven for a smoking experience ideal for sophisticated smoker's daytime enjoyment.
The FASA project represents CAO's innovative approach to showcasing how different wrappers affect the same core tobacco recipe, with FASA Sol manufactured at HATSA in Honduras and featuring the same interior recipe of Dominican Republic Piloto Cubano and Nicaraguan fillers from Estelí, Jalapa, and Condega, bound in a Cameroon leaf and finished with a Honduran Olancho San Agustín wrapper. The CAO FASA project was built for the everyday "Joe Sixpack" cigar enthusiast, offering approachable smoking experiences with affordable price points. As Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager at CAO, explains: "CAO FASA Sol and CAO FASA Noche could not be more alike, yet they could not be more different. They're literally like night and day."
Whether heading out for a round of nine, mowing the yard, fishing, or simply looking for a dependable smoke on the regular, the FASA Sol has the balanced flavor and quality construction to get the job done. According to CAO experts, it pairs well with Kentucky style bourbon, Nicaraguan rum, or café cortado, and was meant as a love letter to the delicacy and spicy sweetness of Honduran tobacco.