Cigar Reveal #250

JC Newman
Diamond Crown Maximus

The JC Newman Diamond Crown Maximus is perhaps the most prestigious cigar in the JC Newman portfolio, and retails for between $14-20 per cigar. One reason for that is, in order to complement to the wildly successful Diamond Crown line, they enlisted the help of two legendary cigar families, the Fuentes (to make the cigar) and Olivas (to provide the tobacco). After years of collaboration, for the company’s 110th anniversary, J.C. Newman launched a full-flavored, bold cigar that could only be created by these three cigar masterminds, the Diamond Crown Maximus.

Carlito Fuente’s very best master rollers put together the specially aged Dominican filler tobaccos and Ecuadorian wrapper, exclusively grown on the El Bajo region of the Oliva’s Ecuador plantation. El Bajo sits in a pristine valley where the mountain’s natural minerals and nutrients, washed down by centuries of rain, have made the soil exceptionally rich; perfect for growing tobacco.

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Diamond Crown Maximus
Anatomy

  • Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Republic

  • Ecuador Sun Grown

Diamond Crown Maximus
Flavor Notes

First Third

Dark Fruit

Earth

Hay

Dark Fruit

Earth

Hay

Second Third

Dark Chocolate

Espresso

Coconut

Dark Chocolate

Espresso

Coconut

Final Third

Roasted Almonds

Malted Barley

Molasses

Roasted Almonds

Malted Barley

Molasses

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Reviews + Notes

Leaf Enthusiast

The Diamond Crown Maximus is a cigar that really delivers when you stop to concentrate on what it’s delivering in terms of flavor profile. It’s complex with a nice sweetness that carries through most of the way, while giving varying amounts of pepper, earth, cedar, and citrus. It’s surprising that this comes out of the Fuente factory as it bears little resemblance to anything else they do. If you can get it close to the MSRP, I highly recommend it.

Cigar Coop

While the Diamond Crown Maximus is not a cigar that will overpower you with strength or body, it’s a great example of a cigar that is full-flavored. Along the way there is a nice amount of complexity in terms of flavor nuances and flavor transitions. The problem was the balance in the second half as the increase in cedar notes really threw things off. The goal of this cigar was to produce a full-flavored and spicier cigar – and there certainly is a market for a cigar like this. While I do believe J.C. Newman delivers on producing a full-flavored, spicy cigar; it simply was one that didn’t fit my flavor profile. In the end at $14.75, I’d recommend trying a sample first and seeing if this is the right cigar for you.

Cigar Aficionado

The easy draw of this dark, oily cigar offers notes of earth and leather that take on a very creamy quality before a graham cracker and raison sweetness. 

90/100