Fuente Hemigway Classis

[ShadMan]

This cigar started out with serious promise!

To me, it tasted a bit like coffee and caramel for the first inch and a half, then went more to an earthy (typical maduro) kind of taste. Afer another inch, I began to taste a spicy (black pepper) type taste, which lasted another inch or so. After that, the taste began to be sort of bland...like a non-ISOM Montecristo. When I got down to about 3" left, it started burning so hot that I had to let it sit for about 5 minutes at a time between pulls to make it worthwhile.

For the first 3" of this cigar, I was thinking I might have found a new favorite, but I quickly changed my mind.

Burn was uneven for much of the smoke...had to relight portions of it throughout, but the smoke was full, and the ash was a light gray.

OK is the best I could give this smoke, and I wouldn't recommend it to a friend compared to many I've smoked, but if I'd put it out after 1/2 instead of smoking it to the band, I'd probably have a better rating.

OK, fire away the rebuttals!!

:sign:

 

[Wascal]

No rebuttal here. I'v tried all the nat Hemingways, none to my liking. Guess it's just one of those cigars I'm not going to like. Now the maduro's are a different story. :thumbs:

 

[AVB]

The box I have has been in the humi for about a year now. They are still just a good but not exceptional smoke. For the $135 I paid there are others (Gurkha, Oliva come to mind) that are as good if not better.

 

[Monte]

I'd have to agree too. Not bad but not up there with the better AF's.

~Monte

 

[cigarsarge]

I've got some Hemi Sigs with about four years on them in the natural. They are primo.

 

[ShadMan]

Just wanted to make sure I wasn't insane!

I'll put 'em to the bottom of the humi and try 'em again around the time I retire!

 

[Horse]

..Now the maduro's are a different story. :thumbs:

I'll second that motion :thumbs:

 

[moki]

..Now the maduro's are a different story. :thumbs:

I'll second that motion :thumbs:

I've never had the naturals, just the Maduro's -- they are tasty smokes, IMHO. Mellow, but tasty.

 

[wk-mang]

This could happen to any cigar... Fuente, Opus X, Padron! You're dealing with a handmade product made of natural ingredients so it could be the construction or bad leaf. That's what makes it tough to judge a cigar by just one or two because you never know when you've had a "bad egg" so to speak.

IMO, when it comes to consistency over the long haul... I find Fuentes and Padrons to be very consistent in quality. And yes, I do run into some bad ones on occasion but it happens with every brand.. even Opus X and PAM/PANs.

I hope your next one is a winner! :thumbs:

Aloha,

Wade

ps: Welcome aboard Bruddah!

 

[ShadMan]

Thanks, Wade! I've got a few of them, so maybe I'll try another in a week or so, and put 'em to the bottom of the humi if that one is the same. All the ones I have came from different boxes and have been in different humidors, so I can't blame it on a bad batch if I don't like the next couple!

 

[lucasbuck]

I find the natties to be a nice smooth mild smoke. Not something I'm looking for much anymore but still a fine smoke. The Maduros are much tastier but so damn hard to find I think you may have gotten a bad one ???

 

[Tony Bones]

I'm going to get crucified, but I just haven't found a Fuente I've fallen in love with yet. A 99' Power Ranger I had was good, and the Toast Across America was good as well...but nothing that has knocked my socks off like a Padron 1926 or a Monte. #2 ISOM.

I have a Big Bad Mother F*cker I'm gearing up to smoke (don't get all bent out of shape, that's really the name of the smoke). I hope to be blown away.

 

[Gunpowder]

I hvae had maybe 4 boxes in the last 10 years. I have 3 signatures left that are 4 years old and WILL be getting another box for the archives.

Give it another try. One of my favorites although they were better in the mid 1990's

 

[wk-mang]

Tony,

Try the Opus X Phantom (Lancero size), aged 858 Natural (4+ yrs aged) or 858 Sungrown from Xmas 2002 or 2000 (not the Rosados) and I think you may then be blown away.

Aloha,

Wade

 

[moki]

I'm going to get crucified, but I just haven't found a Fuente I've fallen in love with yet. A 99' Power Ranger I had was good, and the Toast Across America was good as well...but nothing that has knocked my socks off like a Padron 1926 or a Monte. #2 ISOM.

Hey, you like what you like. You also didn't care much for the Añejo Shark or the Untold Story Maduro -- and lots of people love those smokes. Just means that different types of smokes appeal to you.

As for the BBMF, I don't expect you'll be blown away by the taste -- it's a nice tasting cigar, but it's on the mellower side as far as Opus X's go.