TheCaldwell Blind Man's Bluff Maduro Magnum takes the darkest expression of Blind Man's Bluff and gives its interior tobaccos considerably more room to speak. Unlike the Connecticut and original Blind Man's Bluff blends, the Maduro was built around a distinctly different tobacco recipe: a darkPennsylvania Broadleaf Maduro wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra binder and Dominican filler. It's classic Robert Caldwell in one respect—the tobaccos don't look like a combination assembled simply by following convention. Broadleaf brings American tobacco into the equation, Sumatra adds aromatic spice, and the Dominican core provides the foundation underneath.
At6" x 60, the Magnum changes the relationship between those tobaccos. There is proportionally more filler burning alongside the wrapper than in the Robusto, allowing the Dominican core to become more prominent. Earth, dark wood and roasted tobacco provide the backbone, while Broadleaf contributes cocoa-like richness and natural sweetness and the Sumatra binder supplies a layer of spice. Caldwell itself describes the Maduro aroundwood, earth and pepper with a surprising thread of cream, and the broad Magnum format gives that creamier quality room to develop alongside the darker tobacco.
That's what makes the Magnum more than simply the biggest Maduro. TheRobusto emphasizes the Broadleaf, theToro provides the middle ground, and theMagnum shifts attention toward the blend underneath it. For smokers who favor substantial ring gauges, it's a particularly interesting way to experience Blind Man's Bluff Maduro—broad, rich and earthy, but more nuanced than its nearly black wrapper and imposing dimensions initially suggest.
