Macanudo Maduro Diplomat by Altibier Review

[altbier]

One of my favorite cigars is the Punch Champion, so when I swung into the expensive cigar store in Richmond to see what they had and laugh at the prices, I saw these on the shelf. So I paid $6 and took one home.

I never new Macanudo made maduros, so I thought what the hell.

It is a well constructed cigar, little to no vein, a slight hint of oil on the leaf which was a beautiful dark brown. I laid it next to a champion and they were identical size and shape. They say hand made on the band, but I am assuming hand made means hands used an automatic roller to make these.


Cigar lit easily and had a nice draw to it. I would label the flavor as medium, not a as strong a other maduros I have had (Macanudo prides themselves on not making strong cigars, so this is par for the course)

Flavor was quite good and I decided to pair it with some 20 year old Pappy Van Winkle. Quite a good combo!



It burned well and slow and held its ash all the way until I tried to type something.

then the ash fell on my keyboard and rolled off!

interesting cigar and one I will try again if I can find it at a better price.

cheers!

[paperfireman]

LOL your my hero right now i think i am goin to make that pick my desktop. Have you ever tried the robusto? The Maduro is the next one i wana try Glad you liked it or at least wanted to try it again.

[NCRadioMan]

Great review. I had my first Mac maddy on the Macanudo Bus a few weeks ago at JR's. Pics sould be up soon at cigarworld.com. I was really surprised at how mild, if you will, that maduro is. I enjoyed it very much.

The Robust Mac is supposed to be alot stronger, never had one. I havn't seen that vitola you had, altibier, at any stores around here, but the other ones run $4-6. I've got one cooking in the humi now. May have to move it up in rotation.




NCRM

[croatan]

Originally Posted by altbier

I just did that about four minutes ago, making that probably the eighth time I've ashed on my laptop since I started reading this forum. So, not only is Club Stogie encouraging me to spend lots of money on cigars, it may also be cutting into my computer budget.

[voidone]

Nice review Altbier

The Mac Maduros was actually what got me into maduros to start with a few years back, and the Diplomat shape got me hooked.
Coming to think of it, I have a few stowed away from a boxsplit last summer.

I think I just might need to try one to see if they have improved.

[Jason Love III]

Nice review Altbier....Ever try a LFD El Jocko? Little bastid's got some KICK to it.

[Gurkha]

The Macanudo Maduro Diplomat is an excellent maduro smoke, and not too large a cigar to be smoked during the work day. Highly recommended if you like the flavor of a maduro. Another maduro I tried recently is the Gurkha Doble Maduro. The Gurkha has a far more pronounced flavor than the Macanudo.

[jgros001]

Originally Posted by Jason Love III

Nice review Altbier....Ever try a LFD El Jocko? Little bastid's got some KICK to it.

Thumbs up over here on the El Jocko

[RumblePen]

Originally Posted by altbier

They say hand made on the band, but I am assuming hand made means hands used an automatic roller to make these.

Now why do you assume that?'

And have you tried these yet:
http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?pa...itemcode=FCGO5

[miki]

Thanks for the review. I'm going to have to try one of these one day, looks like a really nice cigar, didn't have a Macanudo for a long time.