Camacho

Camacho is a brand founded in 1961 in Miami by Simon Camacho, a Cuban exile, according to Oettinger Davidoff's press release of 13 October 2008; the introduction to Wikipedia gives 1962. Simon Camacho died in 1990. The Eiroa family, also from the Cuban exile and led by Julio Eiroa, took over the brand through its company Caribe Imported Cigars: in 1994 according to the Davidoff press release, around 1995 according to other sources. Production, until then in Nicaragua, then moved to Honduras, where the Eiroas own plantations.

The house's emblematic tobacco is the corojo grown in the Jamastrán valley in Honduras. According to BespokeUnit, the corojo seed is attributed to the Cuban Diego Rodriguez in the 1940s, and was then replanted in Jamastrán after the nationalisation of the Cuban industry; Camacho went on to grow its own seeds. The Camacho Corojo line is made of Honduran tobaccos; its BXP version adds Pennsylvania broadleaf filler, according to the trade press in 2017.

Camacho joined the Oettinger Davidoff group on 1 October 2008; the terms were not published. At the announcement, Christian Eiroa remained chairman and the 561 employees (534 in Honduras, 27 in the United States) were retained. According to the trade press, the group bought the brand and the Danlí factory, with the Eiroas keeping their plantations according to Wikipedia. Since January 2017, the cigars have been rolled in Danlí at the Diadema Cigars de Honduras factory. In 2015 the brand added the American Barrel-Aged, rolled in the Dominican Republic, and in 2017 the box-pressed (BXP) versions of its Connecticut, Corojo and Ecuador lines.

Range Depth

• Camacho Corojo

  Wrapper Honduran Corojo · Strength Full

  A line made with Honduran corojo, grown in the Jamastrán valley according to trade press pages: all-Honduran tobaccos in the 2017 box-pressed (BXP) version, apart from the Pennsylvania broadleaf filler. A full-bodied cigar, with notes of pepper and coffee according to retailers' descriptions.

  Robusto · Toro · Churchill · Torpedo · Figurado · Gordo

• BXP

  Wrapper Depends on the line

  BXP stands for box-pressed: box-pressed versions, launched in January 2017, of the Connecticut, Corojo and Ecuador lines, with Pennsylvania broadleaf filler added. Rolled in Danlí at the Diadema Cigars de Honduras factory. The wrapper depends on the line: Ecuadorian Connecticut, corojo, or Ecuadorian Habano 2000.

  Toro BXP · Robusto BXP

• American Barrel-Aged

  Wrapper American broadleaf

  Launched in 2015: broadleaf wrapper, American binder, Pennsylvania maduro filler and six-year-old corojo further aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels. Rolled in the Dominican Republic, outside the Honduran factory.

  Robusto · Toro · Churchill

🥃 Pairings

• Bulleit Bourbon

  Bourbon

  The high-rye bourbon, spiced and dry, sits naturally with Honduran Corojo. Pepper notes common to both.

• Artisan porter

  Beer

  The chocolaty depth of an American porter complements the burned coffee notes of the Camacho Corojo.

✨ Notable limited editions

• Camacho Triple Maduro
• Camacho Diploma
• Camacho Liberty Series