Macanudo Estate Reserve Release No. 2

Estate Reserve Release No. 2 continues Macanudo’s barrel program with a Broadleaf binder aged in French oak barrels that carried Flint Knoll’s 2019 Cabernet, finished under an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. The result reads spicier and more oak‑forward than Release No. 1: toasted oak and cedar lead, supported by creamy vanilla, toasted almonds and dark‑fruit accents from the barrel aging. Filler components (Brazilian Mata Fina, Dominican Olor/Piloto Cubano, Nicaraguan Jalapa) add nutty and earthy depth while strength holds in the medium lane, occasionally nudging toward medium‑full in later segments. It’s a measured wine‑barrel experiment—more toast and tannin than sweetness—on a familiar Connecticut surface.