Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro

In the world of Macanudo cigars, a vintage year comes along only when a harvest yields small quantities of filler, binder and wrapper leaves whose qualities are superior. Those quantities, which total less than one in one thousand leaves, are then set aside for a given year’s Macanudo Vintage Cabinet Selection.

Macanudo Vintage '97 Maduro employs a dark, sultry Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper that's been patiently aging for 13 years. Inside, a densely flavorful blend of vintage tobaccos from the Dominican, Nicaragua, and Brazil. This combination allows for a smooth, rich smoke that's mellow to medium-bodied. Notes of coffee, chocolate, spices, and cedar are present throughout the cool, slow burn.

But probably the most interesting feature of this Macanudo Vintage installment is the band. An interesting (and apparently patented) stainless steel cigar ring.