Quick Smoke: Macanudo 1968 Robusto

Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,” “hold,” or “sell.”

Released in 2008 to commemorate the year Ramón Cifuentes began producing Macanudo, the 1968 line is blended with a dark Havana-seed Honduran wrapper, a Connecticut binder, and Dominican and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. The Robusto (5 x 50) commanded a price of about $8.50 when it first debuted, but now it can be found for around $5. That makes this medium-bodied cigar a good buy, especially given its fine combustion and tasty profile of dry wood, licorice, spice, and cashew.

Verdict = Buy.

–Patrick A

photo credit: Stogie Guys