Those who know the story of Arturo Fuente by now likely know the story of the brand’s famous Dominican tobacco farm, Chateau de la Fuente.
Established in the early 1990s by Fuente family boss Don “Carlito” Fuente Junior, the Chateau was an attempt to do what cigar industry observers said couldn’t be done: make a 100% “puro” all-Dominican cigar that could compete on a stage with cigars produced in any other nation of the world. By 1995, Carlito had proved the naysayers wrong, and the tobaccos grown at the Chateau quickly became globally renowned.
This version of the Chateau Fuente vitola in the Chateau Fuente line features these tobaccos from the Fuente family’s private reserve at the Chateau, so you know straight away you’re getting a cigar like no other. But even beyond the exquisitely blended, Chateau-grown filler tobaccos (and binders), the dark-chocolate-brown, nearly charred-looking Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrappers of these Robusto-shaped sticks lend them a significant, memorable appearance.
Their sweet and ample flavors are woody, with notes of coffee, vanilla, cocoa and bacon, along with a short finish and smoke that’s been described as rich and meaty. These are superbly constructed, medium-strength, medium-bodied cigars with an easy draw and an even burn that smoke favorably right to the end.
If you want to taste some of the finest tobaccos the Fuente family has to offer from the famous Chateau — with a Connecticut maduro wrapper — look no further than these cedar-sleeved sticks; they don’t disappoint.