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Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario: flavour profile and cigars like it

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic and filler from the Dominican Republic. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores Gran Reserva Maduro and Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown Series.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario cigar
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What does Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperDominican shade-grown leaf, compared with OpusX wrapper by distributor; retailer says Sun Grown
BinderDominican Republic
FillerDominican Republic
StrengthMedium as published by bestcigarprices.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byArturo Fuente / Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia.
FactoryTabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., Dominican Republic, named for the 2007 Toro release
SizesRobusto 5.25×50 · Double Robusto 5.75×52 · Toro 6.25×48

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • Cigar Aficionado (cigaraficionado.com): 94 points, Double Robusto 5¾×52, historic release (2009-01-01)In our words: The critic described an intense, complex blend after the wrapper change. This historical award is not an exact current-batch review.

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario

The line. Carlito Fuente created Edición de Aniversario in 2006, honoring his father. It marked Don Carlos’s thirtieth anniversary. The distributor records a fall 2006 humidor release. Later batches carry production-year bands and additional aging. Current assortments contain five cigars across three formats. fuenteagedselection.com

The brand. Arturo Fuente’s Don Carlos line dates to 1976. Carlos Fuente Sr. created that blend. His son created Edición de Aniversario thirty years later. The distributor’s history separates this Dominican-wrapped edition from the original Cameroon cigar. fuenteagedselection.com

Cigars like Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario

  1. A. Flores Gran Reserva MaduroClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown SeriesAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. Don Lino ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. Epic HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. Gold Star regular productionOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edición de Aniversario as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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