Macanudo is a brand of

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produced by the General Cigar Company in the

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. It is noted for its mild flavor and light café (or '' claro'') Connecticut shade wrapper, but is also available in a darker maduro wrapper, catering to a range of preferences among cigar aficionados.

History

Macanudo was originally the name of a frontmark produced in

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by the makers of the

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n brand of Punch. In 1971, General Cigar, which had acquired rights to the name outside of Cuba, introduced a completely distinct Macanudo as a brand unto itself. It was developed in Jamaica under the leadership of Ramón Cifuentes, a veteran of Cuban cigar maker Partagas. Production shifted from Cuba after the

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there in 1959, first to

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, then to the Dominican Republic in October 2000. Later in the 1960s, Culbro^{clarification needed''">Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed''/sup> and General Cigar acquired Gradiaz Annis, maker of Gold Label cigars and the Temple Hall factory that owned the Macanudo brand name, ushering in a turn towards hand-rolled premium cigars. Macanudo, a small label made in limited quantities for the market in the United Kingdom

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, was seen as the principal vehicle for growth in the premium cigar category. A careful effort was made to reblend the product for the large American marketplace (then and now subject to a ban on Cuban tobacco, the industry's gold standard) using select binder and filler from the Dominican Republic

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, Jamaica

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, and Mexico

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and Connecticut shade-grown wrapper. Mass advertising was conducted in support of the brand, which by the early 1990s had grown into the best-selling premium cigar label in the United States.Marvin R. Shanken, "Interview: Edgar Cullman, Sr.," ''Cigar Aficionado,''vol. 3, no. 1 (Autumn 1994), pp. 55–71.

Macanudo cigar line

Macanudo Café

* 8-9-8: 7" × 45
* Ascot: 4" × 32
* Baron de Rothschild: 6" × 42
* Caviar: 4" × 36
* Claybourne: 6" × 31
* Court (tube): 4" × 36
* Crystal (glass tube): 5" × 50
* Diplomat: 4" × 60
* Duke of Devon: 5" × 42
* Duke of Wellington: 8" × 47
* Duke of Windsor: 6" × 50
* Duke of York: 5" × 54
* Hampton Court (tube): 5" × 42
* Hyde Park: 5" × 49
* Lords: 4" × 49
* Majesty: 6" × 54
* Miniature: 3" × 24
* Petit Corona: 5" × 38
* Portofino (tube): 7" × 34
* Prince Philip: 7" × 49
* Prince of Wales: 8" × 52
* Thames (tube): 6" × 50
* Trump: 6" × 45
* Tudor: 6" × 52
* Library Edition "The Good Earth": 7" × 45

Macanudo Robust

* Ascot: 4" × 32
* Baron de Rothschild: 6" × 42
* Duke of Devon: 5" × 42
* Hampton Court (tube): 5" × 42
* Hyde Park: 5" × 49
* Petit Corona: 5" × 38
* Portofino (tube): 7" × 34
* Prince Philip: 7" × 49

Macanudo Maduro

* Ascots: 4" × 32
* Baron de Rothschild: 6" × 42
* Crystal (glass tube): 5" × 50
* Diplomat: 4" × 60
* Duke of Devon: 5" × 42
* Hampton Court (tube): 5" × 42
* Hyde Park: 5" × 49
* Prince Philip: 7" × 49

Macanudo Vintage 2000

*I: 7" × 49
*II: 6" × 43
*III: 5" × 43
*V: 5" × 49
*VIII: 5" × 50
*X: 6" × 54
*Demi - 97's: 4" × 36

Macanudo Gold Label

*Crystal (glass tube): 5" × 50
*Duke of York: 5" × 54
*Hampton Court (tube): 5" × 42
*Lord Nelson: 7" × 49
*Shakespeare: 6" × 45
*Somerset: 5" × 54
*Tudor: 6" × 52

See also

* List of cigar brands

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