Macanudo Vintage Vintage 1997 No. IV

Very mild but wonderfully made cigar. The cigar is tightly rolled with a beautiful shade wrapper and amazingly it took me more than 1 hour to finish this robusto. The burn is slow but very even. Fans of full bodied cigars need not apply here but this is clearly one of the most refined & tasty mild smokes I've had in a long while. My only complaint is the high price when bought individually but a box of these goes for a pretty reasonable $6-7/stick.

Well, I deeply disagree wuth the ratings below...I am not a fan of Mac products, which I usually find far too mild for my taste. I bought this however after the advice of my usual Milan retailer. I smoked it yesterday evening: what a surprise. I was with a friend who was smoking a Partagas D4 and this Mac was almost at par with it, only slightly stronger....Excellent flavours of toasted nuts and hints of dark chocolate, good construction and nice looks give the full picture. A real surprise. Expensive, of course. Maybe one more year of aging has bettered the thing, if I look at the dates of previous ratings....

smooth draw, mild creamy taste from start to finish, even burn

It was hardly worth the money but I enjoyed a consistant light smoke. It went well with a dark beer like a Beamish because of the contrasting flavors.

I suppose I should expect this by now. Mac's Vintage line shows decent construction and a cigar so mild some would call it devoid of flavor.