No non-Cuban cigar is surrounded by more mystique and hype than the OpusX by Arturo Fuente. Indeed, its legend stands with some of the biggest names from the forbidden island nation, and even though three-quarters of a million OpusX cigars are imported into the U.S. every year, the Opus is nearly as difficult to find as illegal Cubans.

The OpusX legend starts with its unique Cuban-seed rosado wrapper. When first planted on the Fuente estate in 1992, it was an daring experiment to see if premium wrapper could be grown in the Dominican Republic.

After the hugely successful launch of their coveted OpusX cigar, a new idea was born. This idea was for a cigar that uses the very best Dominican filler and binder, but adds a 5-year-old Connecticut maduro wrapper aged in a cognac barrel. The cigar became known as Fuente Añejo. Fuente Añejo is a full-bodied Dominican cigar with a unique aging process that leaves a very distinct finish on the palate. Typically only available around Father’s Day and Christmas, it is one of the hardest to find and exclusive cigars in the world.

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