Macanudo

The fifth vitola for the Macanudo Emissary España line will be a box-pressed torpedo. Like the rest of the vitolas, it uses a four-country blend, highlighted by 10-year-old Spanish fillers.

Like the Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll No. 2, the cigar is a 7 x 52 Churchill. Some of the tobacco spent time aging in barrels that once held Flint Knoll’s Royal Appointment Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

STG announced a handful of adjustments to its portfolio today, which include four lines going away.

This is a sophomore release for the Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade, which debuted in 2021. The blend is based around a Connecticut-seed tobacco that is grown under shade in the Bahia region of Brazil.

No, it’s not a Spanish market exclusive. Rather, the cigar features filler tobacco grown in Riolobos, Spain.

For the 2024 release of Macanudo Gold Label, seven sizes return and there’s the new Golden Fig, a 6 x 49 perfecto.

Inspired by the search for a refined smoking experience, the filler features tobacco from Spain.

The blend of the original returns, with a binder aged in the French Oak barrels used to produce a Cabernet Sauvignon.

The wrapper is Connecticut broadleaf from the 2013 harvest.

Previous versions of the Gold Nugget have been 4 x 60, this year’s cigar measures 4 1/2 x 60.

Tercios are bales of tobacco that are wrapped inside of royal palm leaves. General Cigar Dominicana is one of two Dominican factories that prominently use this unique aging method.