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Review: OpusX ForbiddenX Maduro Phantom

In 2002, Arturo Fuente and Prometheus teamed up to release the Prometheus 2002 Limited Edition FFOX ForbiddenX Humidors. They were described as the tenth anniversary for Fuente’s OpusX, however, most will remember that while the Rosado wrapper used for OpusX was planted in 1992, it wasn’t released until 1995. The release contained a collection of [...]

Review: Ashton VSG Estate Reserve Corona Gorda

For those of you that don’t know… In 2001, Prometheus and Ashton teamed up to release the Ashton VSG Estate Reserve, or VSG ER, a hybrid cigar that took the Dominican Chateau de la Fuente Sun Grown Rosado wrapper from the Opus X line of cigars and the filler and binder from the VSG line of [...]

Review: OpusX Reserva D’Chateau

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar that has been in my humidor for a few years now, the Fuente Fuente OpusX Reserva D’Chateau. This cigar is from 2007 and one of the reasons I am reviewing it is I believe that OpusX cigars really turn into something beautiful in that 3-5 [...]

Review: Opus X 952R

For those of you who don’t know, in 2002 Fuente partnered with Prometheus to release the so called Forbidden X Humidor, a limited run humidor (only 100 made) with 100 cigars priced at $10,000.00 each. Fifty of the cigars included in the humidor were fairly rare smokes and vitolas (for example, there were 5 of [...]

Review: Opus X Love Affair (2009)

For those of you that don’t know… During every Christmas season for as long as I can remember, the Fuente Family has released their “Holiday Releases” which are mostly cigars that are only available, in “large” quantities, for a short time. Usually Hemingway Maduros, all sorts of sizes of Añejos, and some various Opus X sizes. [...]

Review: OpusX ForbiddenX BBMF (Natural)

If you asked 100 cigar smokers for their ten cigars they would someday like to smoke, the odds are that the OpusX “Big Bad Mother F*cker” would be on quite a few of the lists. The cigar has an iconic look that makes it hard to miss and they are not easy to find, even [...]