Añejo and Opus X Reference

[NorCalCigarLover]

Thanks Kirk! anybody know where I can get one of those Millennium humidors? beautiful!

 

[bfreebern]

Thanks Kirk! anybody know where I can get one of those Millennium humidors? beautiful!

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Good luck! They sold for $5,000 in 1999.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

Prometheus 2001 Limited Edition Ashon VSG ER Estate Reserve Humidor

Production:
50 Red Madrona
20 Yellow Eye Maple
30 Green Eye Maple
100 Macassar
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200 Total Units

Dimensions: 15.75"(W) x 14.25"(D) x 14.75"(H)
Weight: 36 LBS.
Storage Capacity: 300+ cigars


Blend: The blend of these cigars was created specifically for the Prometheus 2001 Limited Edition humidor. The Ashton VSG Estate Reserve cigars used the legendary Chateau de la Fuente wrapper that up until then, had been used only on the Fuente Fuente Opus X.

Each humidor contained 100 Ashton VSG Estate Reserve Cigars in 9 Ssizes:
15 Special Size #1..........8.0 x 49
15 Special Size #2..........6.o x 49
10 Belicoso No.1..............5.25 x 52
10 Corona Gorda.............5.75 x 46
10 Enchantment...........4.375 x 60
10 Robusto.........................5.5 x 50
10 Sorcerer............................7 x 49
10 Spellbound....................7.5 x 54
10 Torpedo.........................6.5 x 55

MSRP: Unknown

Photo credits: Humidors by Prometheus and cigar from Moki's Rare Cigars site.

 

[NorCalCigarLover]

Thanks Kirk! anybody know where I can get one of those Millennium humidors? beautiful!

[snapback]205442[/snapback]​

Good luck! They sold for $5,000 in 1999.

[snapback]205444[/snapback]​

Yikes! :0

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

Prometheus 2004 God of Fire Humidors

Production:
Red Eye Maple ( 40 )
Yellow Eye Maple ( 15 )
Macassar Ebony ( 15 )
Blue Eye Maple ( 15 )
Shiny Black Lacquer ( 15 )
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100 Total Units

Dimensions: 12.4"(W) x 14.4" (D) x 14.4" (H)
Storage capacity: 300 cigars

Each humidor contains:
50 God of Fire by Don Carlos 2004 Cigars
50 God of Fire by Carlito 2004 Cigars

MSRP: $6,000.00

2004 God of Fire Cigars

2004 God of Fire by Don Carlos

Size: Churchill 7.00 x 48
Wrapper: Chateau de la Fuente, Dominican Republic
Binder: Ecuador
Filler: Dominican Republic

2004 God of Fire by Carlito Churchill

Size: Churchill 7.00 x 48
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic


New Release!

2004 God of Fire by Carlito Churchill Tubo

Size: Churchill 7.00 x 48
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic

*The 2004 GOF by Carlito Torpedo was released in 2005 as part of the Limited Edition God of Fire Gift Set



New Release!

2004 God of Fire by Carlito Torpedo

Size: Torpedo 6.375 x 52
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Production: 4000 Units

*The 2004 GOF by Carlito Torpedo was released in 2005 as part of the Limited Edition God of Fire Humidors


Photo credits: Humidors by Prometheus and cigars from Moki's Rare Cigars site.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

New Release!

Prometheus 2005 God of Fire Humidors

Production:
Macassar Ebony ( 50 )
Amboyna Burl ( 20 )
Walnut Burl ( 15 )
Vavona Burl ( 15 )
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100 Total Units

Dimensions: 20"(W) x 9" (D) x 5.125" (H)
Storage capacity: 150 cigars

Each humidor contains:
40 God of Fire by Carlito 2004 Torpedos

MSRP: $2,500.00





New Release!

2005 God of Fire Cigars

2005 God of Fire by Don Carlos

Size: Robusto 5.25 x 50 / 10 per box
Wrapper: Chateau de la Fuente, Dominican Republic
Binder: Ecuador
Filler: Dominican Republic
Production: 5000 Total Units

2005 God of Fire by Carlito

Size: Double Robusto 5.75 x 52 / 10 per box
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Production: 10,000 Total Units

New Release!

2005 God of Fire Cigar Assortment

Each box contains:
2 - 2004 God of Fire by Carlito Churchill
1 - 2005 God of Fire by Carlito Double Robusto
1 - 2005 God of Fire by Don Carlos Robusto
Production: 1000units
MSRP: Unknown

New Release!

2005 God of Fire Cigar Edicion de Aniversario


Each box contains:
1 - 2004 God of Fire by Carlito Churchill Tubo
1 - Prometheus God of Fire Ultimo X Lighter
Production: 1000 units
MSRP: Unknown







Photo credits: Humidors by Prometheus

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

2003 Special Edition DVD Set ( Original Release / Red Box )

Production: 20,000 units

MSRP: $50.00

Includes:

Two "Carlito's Forbidden X" Opus X Lancero "Phantom" cigars ( 7 1/2 x 41 ) in glass tubes. Aged for over 2 years.

Also includes a DVD containing the features The Fuente Family: An American Dream, Fuente Fuente OpusX: Making of a Legend and Behind the Scenes.





2003 Special Edition DVD Set ( Second Release / Black Box )

Production: Unknown

MSRP: $50.00

Includes:

Two Opus X Reserva D'Chateau cigars ( 7 x 49 ) in glass tubes.

Also includes a DVD containing the features The Fuente Family: An American Dream, Fuente Fuente OpusX: Making of a Legend and Behind the Scenes, identical to the Original Release edition DVD.






2005 Platinum Edition DVD Set

Production: 10,000 units

MSRP: $60.00

Includes:

Two Forbidden X cigars (6 1/4 x 48) in crystal tubes.

The Platinum Edition comes with two DVDs:
The first DVD contains: The Fuente Family: An American Dream and Fuente Fuente OpusX: The Making of a Legend.
The second DVD contains the unreleased footage: A Day at Chateau de la Fuente, The Inner World of the Fuente Factory: Making of the Movies

After the first release is sold out,a second release Platinum Edition will be sold with different, special cigars selected by Carlos Fuente, Jr. A portion of the sales proceed will be donated to Cigar Family Charitable Foundation.

Photo credits: Prometheus and cigars from Moki's Rare Cigars site.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

New Release!

Prometheus Journey to Chateau de La Fuente Limited Edition CD Set ( FFOX BBMF Edition )

Includes:FFOX BBMF ( Tubed ).......................................................6.125 x 64
FFOX Reserva D'Chateau ( Tubed ).........................................7 x 48
FFOX Forbidden X Lancero "Phantom" ( Tubed )..............7.5 x 41

Each FFOX cigar will have a second "2005" band to signify the year of release. These are all Fuente Fuente Opus X (FFOX) banded, not Fuente Fuente Forbidden X (FFFX) banded.

Also contains a CD with 16 songs performed by Arturo Sandoval. A photo essay book will be included with each set.

Release: Holiday 2005
MSRP: $100.00









New Release!

Prometheus Journey to Chateau de La Fuente Limited Edition CD Set ( FFOX Royal 8 Edition )

Includes:
FFOX Royal 8( Tubed ).......................................................Unknown
FFOX Reserva D'Chateau ( Tubed ).........................................7 x 48
FFOX Forbidden X Lancero "Phantom" ( Tubed )..............7.5 x 41

"The "Royal 8" is a tribute to to the 8 Royal Palm trees that remained on a hill next to the farm after the hurricane that destroyed the barns, etc. The same Palm trees in the picture on the inside of the opus X boxes." -Brento @ CF

Each FFOX cigar will have a second "2005" band to signify the year of release. These are all Fuente Fuente Opus X (FFOX) banded, not Fuente Fuente Forbidden X (FFFX) banded.

Also contains a CD with 16 songs performed by Arturo Sandoval. A photo essay book will be included with each set.

Release: Holiday 2005
MSRP: $100.00






The 'Royal 8' History....

Georges Slams Consolidated Factory, Levels Fuente Farm By David Savona, July 1998

Hurricane Georges cut a swath of destruction across the Caribbean in late September, disrupting and damaging some of the cigar companies in the Dominican Republic and stopping some machine-made cigar production in Puerto Rico. It was the worst storm to hit the region in years, killing at least 370 people across the Caribbean and causing more than $4 billion in damages to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic alone, according to early estimates.

The Dominican Republic was hit hardest by the storm, with more than 200 confirmed dead, hundreds more missing and hundreds of thousands homeless. Leonel Fernandez, president of the Dominican Republic, called the hurricane a "national tragedy," according to The New York Times.

Although the storm did little damage to Santiago, the biggest cigar-producing city in the Dominican Republic, the nation's economic devastation could complicate cigar production in upcoming months. The storm hit hardest in the south of the Dominican Republic, savaging the capital city of Santo Domingo with winds of 110 miles-per-hour. The town of La Romana, where Consolidated Cigar Corp. makes all of its Dominican cigars, was in the direct path of the storm.

According to Theo Folz, president and chief executive officer of Consolidated, part of the roof to Consolidated's primary tobacco warehouse in La Romana was ripped away by Georges, exposing tobacco to the elements and ruining 5 to 20 percent of the filler tobacco that Consolidated had in that facility. Although the plant was sandbagged as a defensive measure, the doors to the company's shipping department were blown open by the hurricane, and a quarter of a million cigars that were ready to ship were destroyed. At Casa de Campo, a world-class resort in La Romana, upwards of 80 percent of the resort was destroyed or suffered severe damage, according to Consolidated.

The residents of La Romana fared much worse than the plant. Thousands of workers' homes were destroyed or significantly damaged, according to Folz. When this story was posted, Consolidated had one employee missing, and another whose mother died of a heart attack in the storm.

"When you consider the amount of devastation in that hurricane, it could have been much worse," said Folz. "Our main concern is trying to give emergency relief to our workers." The company was setting up an emergency fund for its employees and was trying to import relief supplies.

When this story was posted, Consolidated had limited information about its Dominican operations. Phone lines were down in La Romana and the power was still out, but a handmade cigar factory requires little electricity, and the company has sufficient generator power to operate the plant. Consolidated was stripping tobacco and making boxes at press time, and Folz expected to resume rolling cigars early this month. "We're still assessing the damage," he said.

Consolidated was also hurt in Puerto Rico, where it makes machine-made cigars in two plants. "While Puerto Rico really took a blow as an island, we're in pretty good shape there," said Folz. Three Consolidated employees lost their entire homes, and 15 lost their roofs, but there wasn't the widespread destruction that occurred in La Romana. Power was still out at the plant, and the machines that make cigars there require too much electricity to make generators a viable option. "We don't know when they're going to get started again," said Folz.

In and around Santiago, the cigarmaking capital of the Dominican Republic, there was little impact from the storm. "Everything is o.k.," said Hendrik Kelner, who makes Avo and Davidoff cigars in Santiago. Kelner's factories went unscathed in the storm. Kelner works with tobacco growers in Santiago and Esperanza, a town west of Santiago, and they use more than 1,000 curing barns to dry the filler and binder tobacco that they grow. Only one was lost to the hurricane. Litto Gomez, a co-owner of La Flor Dominicana, said his Tamboril factory was undamaged, and some workers even showed up for work the day after the hurricane. Executives from Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. said that its Santiago factories went unscathed, and no one interviewed had heard of any problems in Santiago.

Chateau de la Fuente, the farm where Fuente Fuente OpusX wrappers are grown, was not as lucky. The farm, located about an hour and a half southeast of Santiago, was savaged by the storm. Fuente lost 14 of its 16 casas del tabaco, or curing barns, and the two that survived suffered heavy damage. All will have to be replaced or rebuilt. The barns were empty because it's not tobacco growing season.

"There's destruction everywhere," said Carlos Fuente Jr., president of Tabacalera A. Fuente. "It's an incredible amount of damage."

"The farm got hit real hard," said Wayne Suarez, a Fuente executive. "Thank God nobody was hurt. We'll rebuild and go on."

The royal palm trees that used to tower over the tobacco fields at Chateau de la Fuente speak to the severity of the storm. Several were uprooted, while others were snapped in half like toothpicks. Suarez said those trees had stood undisturbed for 30 years.

Fuente said the damage will restrict production of Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars, and he said that he might not be able to plant tobacco there this year. Fuente estimated the cleanup and replacement cost at $750,000 to $1 million.

"We're going to do everything humanly possible to rebuild this farm as soon as possible," said Fuente.
Cuba fared better than the Dominican Republic. A weakened Georges hit Cuba after tearing across the island of Hispaniola and did significant damage to the country's banana, coffee and cocoa crops. Cuba's cigar tobacco crop was unaffected--as in the Dominican Republic, cigar tobacco isn't planted this time of year, and the tobacco producing regions are clustered in the western portion of Cuba, which was spared the worst of the storm. In Havana, where most Cuban cigars are made, the impact was minimal.
"In Havana, there was no damage to the cigar factories," said Nilda Orvera, a spokeswoman for Habanos S.A., the exporter of Cuban cigars. John S. Kavulich, the president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, confirmed the reports from Cuba. "Havana escaped," he said.

-Cigar Aficionado, July 1998

 

[BurningDoDo]

Thanks Kirk! anybody know where I can get one of those Millennium humidors? beautiful!

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i know that my local tobacconist has one of either the millenium or travel 'dors in stock, but i can't confirm whether they're stocked with cigars. i'll check either tonight or tomorrow and i'll post back when i find out.

 

[Inthacup]

Nice work MMM. This thread is excellent.

 

[DevilsMilk]

This is wrong, wrong, wrong...

Why would you go and post something I will never have the luxury to have in my posession!!!

Oh the time I would have with them in my humi and out of my humi!!!

Great post, excellent work.

 

[stevehawk]

This has got to be my favorite thread of all time! Good work MMM. :thumbs:

 

[bfreebern]

Damn show off. First gardens, now this? Sheesh, what's next MMM?

 

[stevehawk]

I'd like to see this pinned. Contacted Rod (via the contact report, of course) to get his thoughts.

 

[Lopaka]

(can't type, still drooling) :whistling:

 

[BurningDoDo]

(can't type, still drooling) :whistling:

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imagine my surprise when i found a place this afternoon that still has them in stock!

 

[mrjinglesusa]

Awesome, simply awesome. Great work Kirk. :thumbs:

 

[PuroEsq]

Where is the paperwork and account numbers for my home equity loan????? Gotta make a withdrawal.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

Prometheus 2004 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Forbidden X Black Crystal Ashtray

Each ashtray includes a Platinum Edition DVD & two Fuente Fuente Forbidden X cigars in crystal tubes

Production: 500 units
Dimensions: 7.8" x 7.8" x 1.5"
Weight: 8 lbs.
MSRP: $500.00


Prometheus 2003 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X Atlantide Ashtray

Each ashtray includes a Special Edition DVD and two FFOX Reserva D'Chateau cigars in crystal tubes.

Production: 500 units
Dimensions: 12 3/8" x 6.5" x 1 1/8"
Weight: 6.5 lbs (3kg)
MSRP: $350.00


Prometheus 2002 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X Crystal Ashtray

Each ashtray includes three FFOX Reserva D'Chateau cigars in crystal tubes.

Production: 500 units
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
MSRP: $250.00



Prometheus Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X Ashtray

2000 or 2001 Edition ??? " Please PM me if you have information on this piece!

Production: 1000 units
Dimensions: 10" x 6.5" x 1.25" ( unconirmed )
Weight: 4 1/8 lbs. ( unconfirmed )
MSRP: Unknown

Production: Unknown
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
MSRP: Unknown

Photo credits: Prometheus and Moki



Prometheus 2002 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X Gladiator S

Each lighter includes three FFOX Reserva D'Chateau cigars in crystal tubes.

Production: 500 units
MSRP: $250.00



Prometheus 2002 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X Cutter S

Each cutter includes three FFOX Reserva D'Chateau cigars in crystal tubes.

Production: 200 units
MSRP: $250.00


Prometheus 2000 Limited Edition Fuente Fuente Opus X V Cutter

Production: Unknown
MSRP: Unknown

Photo credits: Prometheus and Moki

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

S.T. Dupont Limited Edition Ligne 1 Opus X Lighter

Production: 1000 units
MSRP: $850.00



S.T. Dupont Limited Edition Ligne 2 Opus X Lighter

Production: 650 units
MSRP: $895.00


S.T. Dupont Limited Edition Opus X Ashtray

Production: 500 units
MSRP: $350.00





2005 Opus X S.T. Dupont Opus X Collection

( As pictured L to R ): Cutter - Jerobiam Table Lighter - Ligne 2 Lighter

A limited-edition collection of five Opus X accessories, including two lighters, an ashtray, cigar cutter and rollerball pen.

Line 2 Lighter........................$1,090.00 / 650 Units
Cigar Cutter.............................$430.00 / 150 Units
Ashtray....................................$495.00 / 300 Units
Jeroboam Table Lighter............$3,200.00 / 50 Units
Pen............................................$650.00 / 250 Units

Lighter/Cutter Set....................$1,520.00 / 100 Units
Collector's Set...........................$5,370.00 / 75 Units

S.T. Dupont Limited Edition Xtend Lighter with Opus X Insignia

Production: Unknown
MSRP: $195.00