Macanudo Estate Reserve Release No. 3

Estate Reserve Release No. 3 closes Macanudo’s Flint Knoll trilogy with a Churchill‑only release built on an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder aged in French oak. The filler mix (Brazilian Mata Fina, Dominican Olor and Piloto Cubano, plus Nicaraguan Jalapa) and the barrel finish produce cedar, vanilla and nutty undertones with toasted oak evident through the smoke. Reviewers place it in the mild–medium to medium lane with a smooth texture and restrained sweetness, and construction typically reads even and approachable. It’s intended as a refined, wine‑tinted Connecticut smoke—subtle oak influence, not a heavy wine bomb.