Posted on March 20, 2010.
Arturo Fuente, cigar manufacturer Arturo Fuente story begins in 1912 when the young Arturo Fuente opened the A. Cigar Company in Ybor City section of Tampa, the manufacture of cigars imported Cuban tobacco.
The factory burned in 1924, leaving Arturo straights mean financially. He worked for another cigar manufacturer until 1940, when it reopened in the first mode of operation of his house, then move to a factory. They continued to import Cuban tobacco until 1960, when the U.S. embargo against Cuban imports has been created. In the 1970s, the company tried to move, first to Nicaragua and Honduras, but has suffered from fires at the two sites, finally, the company settled in the Dominican Republic in 1980 and currently produces more than 24 million cigars a year in six plants and four plantations, which employs 2,000 workers, including 500 torcedors.
Today, the son of Arturo Carlos and grand-son, Carlos Jr. oversee production. Their line offers a medium-bodied taste, with the celebrated Hemingway series a little soft, Thanks for another 140 days of aging. Many of the natural-wrapper cigars (including the Hemingway series) feature Cameroon leaves, leaves used for CT maduros and 4 sizes are available in an Ecuadorian sun-grown.
A. Fuente Hemingway
Without doubt one of the most precious cigars on the market only in small quantities, the classic, Signature and Untold Story are within a robust Maduro and differentiates the series Cameroon. These cigars are aged 140 days before the release that ensures their particular taste sweet.
A. Fuente Don Carlos
Made from carefully selected rare vintage tobaccos, the Fuente family developed this line: Don Carlos. The average body Cameroon wrapped cigars are being developed for a long time before Carlos Sr. has given its approval, ensuring the buyer get the best quality cigar. Carlos Fuente Sr. worked to achieve the epitome of taste, the perfect color packaging and construction excellent in every Don Carlos cigar. Today, cigar aficionados around the world recognize that Don Carlos is remarkable and worthy of the distinction, pride of the Fuente family.
A. Fuente Anejo
The cigars were first published in 2000 and were rarely seen since then. One of the hardest cigars to locate, Anejo have the same binder and filler cigars critically accclaimed Opus X. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Wrapper is used.
A-Fuente Gran Reserva
Exclusively the best vintage tobaccos and hand craftsmanship are used in the A-Fuente cigars, produced by a combination of skills and art. Each sheet is individually selected from a private source and family aside solely for the production of these cigars. Combined with the best tobacco Fuente globally recognized for their superiority, the A-Fuente Gran Reserva is then skillfully rolled using African Cameroon, Connecticut Shade or Ecuadorian Sun Grown, these wrapper tobaccos are the most expensive and sought after wrapper tobacco worldwide.
The work of producing the A-Fuente Gran Reserva is reserved for manufacturers of the most talented cigar, using the expertise needed to produce this exceptional cigar typically mixed. Each milestone is made entirely by hand to ensure a unique cigar completed.
A Fuente cigar is then inside the vaults of cedar years to a peak of excellence to produce a superb cigar considered among the best of worlds.
