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Macanudo Inspirado White: flavour profile and cigars like it

Macanudo Inspirado White is a mild to medium hand-made cigar. It has a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade, aged six years wrapper over Nicaraguan (Estelí, Jalapa) and Mexican San Andrés filler. Published tasting notes mention creamy, spice, cedar, honey and walnut.

On our flavour map it leans toward cream and nuts, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Matilde Serena and La Invicta Nicaraguan.

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What does Macanudo Inspirado White taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • creamy
  • spice
  • cedar
  • honey
  • walnut

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut Shade, aged six years
BinderIndonesian
FillerNicaraguan (Estelí, Jalapa) and Mexican San Andrés
StrengthMild to medium
Made byGeneral Cigar Co. (Macanudo, Dominican Republic)
SizesRobusto 5x50 · Toro 6.5x50 · Churchill 7x48 · Gigante 6x60 · Tubo 5x50

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: mild and creamy, easy draw and good value.

Some say: wrapper splits on some and uneven burn, light smoke.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in the Nordics, Canada and the United States.

Cigars like Macanudo Inspirado White

  1. Matilde Serena100% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, same strength.
  2. La Invicta Nicaraguan91% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, a step stronger.
  3. Kristoff Connecticut79% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, less caramel sweetness, same strength.
  4. Flor de Copán Classic (Línea Clásica)79% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, more cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  5. Macanudo Café78% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · MildSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, less pepper and spice, a step milder.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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