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Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario (Sun Grown)

Over the past few months I’ve acquired a few of these in both wrappers, some I’ve picked up at a more reasonable price, others given or traded me, whatever the case… I’ve been fortunate. These were originally made to commemorate Fuente’s 90th Anniversary (hence why the band says 1912 and 2012), however due to packaging [...]

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: Arturo Fuente Añejo No.60

Today we will be taking a look at a brand new line extension release from the Arturo Fuente Añejo line, The Añejo No.60. In case you were unfamiliar with the Añejo line here is some basic info on the line and how it came to be. In the Late 1990’s hurricane George swept through the [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Destino Al Siglo 13

Today we will be looking at quite a rare cigar, the Arturo Fuente Destino Al Siglo 13. This cigar and blend was created to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia in 2002. Unfortunately due to packaging delays the cigars were not released when they were first supposed to be. However in [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Añejo No.77 “Sand Shark”

For those of you that don’t know… The Fuente “Shark” vitola of cigars is one of the most recognizable sizes of cigars on the planet…It is a Round to Square shape, with the cap being a more normal rounded cap, but as the cigar progresses to the foot, the shape gradually squares up until it [...]

Review: OpusX El Scorpion (Natural)

Today we will be taking a look at a unique OpusX cigar vitola, the El Scorpion. As with the Chili Pepper (which we reviewed here not too long ago) this cigar comes in the 22 Count CFC Humidor released every year by Prometheus for the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. Here are a few pics of [...]

Review: Cigar Family 10th Anniversary (CF10)

[Editor's Note: This cigar was gifted to me and smoked with Luke (Benzopyrene on the boards) while sitting on his back porch at his house in Houston, Texas. The box that is in the photos is also his. He also opened up a bottle of Havana Club "Gran Reserva" that we partook in while smoking, [...]

Review: OpusX Chili Pepper

In 2004, Arturo Fuente teamed up with Prometheus to introduce the OpusX 22 box set. The set included 22 OpusX cigars, one of which had never been officially sold in retail settings before, the Fuente Fuente OpusX Chili Pepper. Various occasions had seen the cigar handed out privately, but it had never been offered for [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Flor Fina 8-5-8 Rosado (2002)

For those of you that don’t know. In 2002, the Fuentes produced a one time release in the extremely popular 858 blend with a Rosado wrapper. There were only 87 boxes of 50 sent out to 29 retailers nationwide who won a Arturo Fuente contest. The Rosado wrapper was not an Opus creation, but was [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic Sun Grown

For those of you that don’t know… In 2003, the Fuente Family released a special cigar as a promotion for dealers who won a contest…165 boxes of 25 Hemingway Classics with a Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper were released, and as far as I know (after quite a bit of research) those 4,125 cigars are the [...]