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Size: 6” x 47
Vitola: Grand Corona
Wrapper: Dominican Rosado

Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: Fresh
There is no harder cigar to find from the Fuentes than the 8-5-8 Rosado.
They are prized as collector’s items, so I was interested in seeing how such a rare cigar actually tasted.
The appearance of this cigar doesn’t suggest anything special.  The reddish tint and few [...]

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Size: 6 ¼“ x 44
Vitola: Lonsdale
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: Fresh
Angelenos is a new cigar distributed by Prometheus and made by the Fuentes.  It was made to celebrate the people of Los Angeles.  OK…
This cigar is a little different than I expect, for whatever reason I expected more strength from this cigar.
It’s pretty mild, smooth [...]

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Size: 5 3/8″ x 52 
Vitola: Torpedo
Wrapper: Cameroon
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: 4 months
So if you know me, you know that I am not a huge Fuente fan.  I find them to be over hyped on average and overvalued.  Unfortunately this Don Carlos Belicoso is no exception.

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Size:  6″ x 47
Vitola:  Grand Corona
Wrapper:  Candela
Origin: Dominican Republic
From the Vault:  I’ve been putting off this Candela for a while as you need to be in a special mood for a candela cigar.
It’s no surprise that this is a very, very mild cigar.  The process of making a candela wrapper halts fermentation and therefore yields [...]

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Size:  7” x 36
Vitola:  Long Panetela
Wrapper:  Connecticut Shade      
Origin: Dominican Republic
From the Vault: This cigar is super old.  I’m guessing 8 years or more but I’m not sure.  I believe the Centennial gave way to the Centennario, but don’t hold me to it.  Tabacelera Fuente makes this for JC Newman, makers of Diamond Crown and Diamond Crown Maximus.

This [...]

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Size:  6 3/4″ x 44
Vitola: Lonsdale
Wrapper:  Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: Dominican Republic
From the Vault:  This has at least five years on it, but I’m not sure of the date because this was before I labeled my cigars.
These cigars, made by the Fuentes for the JC Newman Co, are traditionally very mild.  Take a mild cigar and age [...]

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Size:  5 1/2″ x 52
Vitola: Torpedo
Wrapper:  Dominican Rosado
Origin: Dominican Republic
This cigar is already is not yet available at my local, Empire Cigars (formerly Capital City Cigars), but I’m sure it will be soon.  I picked this up several years ago, and not being a HUGE Opus X fan, just figured I’d smoke it when I got [...]

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Size:  5 ½ ” x 52
Vitola: Torpedo
Wrapper:  Dominican Rosado
Origin: Dominican Republic
Normally I bash these, but this one has been sitting around for a while, and it did impress me.
This cigar is very popular.  The folks at Fuente did a good job making the Opus X and an even better job marketing it.  By limiting the [...]

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Size: 5 5/8″ x 46
Vitola: Grand Corona 
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: Dominican Republic
Ah, the Anejo.  Long sought after for it’s… long sought after-ness.  The Arturo Fuente Anejos are limited releases, usually made available around Father’s Day and Christmas and are always a tough thing to find. The Fuente Whores love them.  I had a pretty large [...]

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