Arturo Fuente

Chateau Fuente Sungrown

Repeated review, full of cedar tones the entire way. There is also an under tone of nuttiness and malt. The spices are mild and pleasant and reproduces primarily on the retro. Solid draw and fairly even burn.

With 17 months rest, this blend is slap full of cedar tones the entire way. There is also an under tone similar to malt or hazelnut almost. The spices mild and pleasant and reproduces on the retro. Solid draw and fairly even burn.

TL;DR - comfortable and reliable like your favorite leather chair. Recommended. 👍 6 mos aged ⏳️ Pre-light cedar and light, sweet tobacco. Goldilocks draw and light-up. As usual, oak core with anise popping in and out of the background. A little waxy from time to time. Mild spice shows up at first 1/3. Burn 100% to the end. Mellow spice and oak finish.

In short, it's about as good as it gets for a standard smoke. Aged 8 months. The prelight smell is all quality tobacco. The prelight taste is a wonderful aged tobacco flavor with a slight sweetness. First puffs give off that wonderful early light peppery sensation. Maybe white pepper? The first 1/3 is oak, plain as day. The second third has developed a toasted hazelnut to go along with the toasted oak. As usual, this cigar develops as a narrow experience. Not complex or much of a journey. And that is definitely part of its charm. Now it's steady-Eddie into the last 3/3. Same flavors as the last, though a light waxiness has developed on my palate. Not bad, and not distracting. Another great smoke from Fuente.

This is a simple smoke, evoking comfort and consistency. Like sitting in your favorite old leather chair. Construction is firm with ample draw. Prelight is a light barnyard. Very pleasant. Torch it up and you're rewarded with ceder, toasted almond and an always present light leather. The burn is easy going, and the cherry quickly develops a sugar ring at the burn line. It's consistent and exactly what you'd want. I'll be looking forward to many more.

The experience on this smoke was unexpected. It was an outstanding smoke in every way, except flavor. The rolling was masterful. So it should be no surprise that the burn was even the entire time. The flavor profile started with a very light spice to the tip of the tongue, which fairly quickly changes to oak. Then, after the first third I got an intense hay. And there it stayed... hay and oak. Not something I need more of in my life.