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Arturo Fuente Anejo cigars are made with the same filler and binder as the Opus-X cigars are. They are just as hard to find too. This annual special release is different than the Opus because it is wrapped in a dark Connecticut broadleaf wrapper that's aged for one year in oak Cognac barrels. A rich complex full bodied cigar is the result of this wrapper. Another creation that only this father and son team could create.
Stats:
Shape: Perfecto
Size: 5 7/8 X 64
Wrapper: USA/ Connecticut Shade
Filler: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic
Msrp: $10.00
I have had a few different sizes of the Anejo cigars gifted to me in my short stay here at CP and, I had yet to try one. None of them had intrigued me as much as the Shark #77 for two reasons. One for the large ring gauge with it's half box press, half Torpedo shape. The other was all of the positive comments I had read on my searches here. My wife and I had some company over the other night and I felt like the mood was right for me to go ahead and give one of these my first try of any Anejo. When I first took it out I thought it was a beautiful to behold cigar with awesome construction. It had a perfect wrapper in appearance and smell. The bunch at the foot had me thinking perfection. I was hoping that I was not building myself up for a big let down. Sometimes, you hear so much hype about a cigar that you get these great expectations only to be disappointed.
I snipped the cap and gave a quick test draw.......Perfect, not too tight or loose. When toasting the foot I was rewarded with a rich/sweet smell of earthy tobacco. I set fire to this specimen and the first thing to hit my taste buds scared me, a brassy metallic flavor. This quickly disappeared after four or five draws to flow into cocoa and Espresso flavors. It held an underlying hint of fruit like sweetness the entire length with just a hint of a red wine in there. This may have been from the barrel aging process used for the wrapper.
I could not believe the way this cigar was performing. It had a Perfect draw with loads of billowy white smoke and a white dense ash that hung on for the majority of the length. The ash would have held on longer had I not tried to peel off the band. Even my wife and our company kept commenting on how good the smoke smelled.
The complexity was ever changing going from a fruity burnt peaches taste to take on a anise/licorice sweetness that was never overpowering. It just kind of lingered on the palate between draws. I smoked this down to the nub and put it out about an hour and twenty minutes after lighting it. Anything less than nubbing this one would have been like wasting fine food IMO.
My overall impression............................This was an excellent cigar. I'm no professional by any means but, if I had to rate this on a numerical scale I would say 92-93. If you can find them, get them. I can't wait to try another in hopes that the performance is the same if not better.
Stats:
Shape: Perfecto
Size: 5 7/8 X 64
Wrapper: USA/ Connecticut Shade
Filler: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic
Msrp: $10.00
I have had a few different sizes of the Anejo cigars gifted to me in my short stay here at CP and, I had yet to try one. None of them had intrigued me as much as the Shark #77 for two reasons. One for the large ring gauge with it's half box press, half Torpedo shape. The other was all of the positive comments I had read on my searches here. My wife and I had some company over the other night and I felt like the mood was right for me to go ahead and give one of these my first try of any Anejo. When I first took it out I thought it was a beautiful to behold cigar with awesome construction. It had a perfect wrapper in appearance and smell. The bunch at the foot had me thinking perfection. I was hoping that I was not building myself up for a big let down. Sometimes, you hear so much hype about a cigar that you get these great expectations only to be disappointed.
I snipped the cap and gave a quick test draw.......Perfect, not too tight or loose. When toasting the foot I was rewarded with a rich/sweet smell of earthy tobacco. I set fire to this specimen and the first thing to hit my taste buds scared me, a brassy metallic flavor. This quickly disappeared after four or five draws to flow into cocoa and Espresso flavors. It held an underlying hint of fruit like sweetness the entire length with just a hint of a red wine in there. This may have been from the barrel aging process used for the wrapper.
I could not believe the way this cigar was performing. It had a Perfect draw with loads of billowy white smoke and a white dense ash that hung on for the majority of the length. The ash would have held on longer had I not tried to peel off the band. Even my wife and our company kept commenting on how good the smoke smelled.
The complexity was ever changing going from a fruity burnt peaches taste to take on a anise/licorice sweetness that was never overpowering. It just kind of lingered on the palate between draws. I smoked this down to the nub and put it out about an hour and twenty minutes after lighting it. Anything less than nubbing this one would have been like wasting fine food IMO.
My overall impression............................This was an excellent cigar. I'm no professional by any means but, if I had to rate this on a numerical scale I would say 92-93. If you can find them, get them. I can't wait to try another in hopes that the performance is the same if not better.
