Arturo Fuente Rosado Gran Reserva R52
Fuente released a new cigar line in December 2009 with a special rosado wrapper. This new wrapper comes from the second or third primings from the Oliva tobacco farm in Ecuador. These wrappers are then aged for 8 to 10 years before being rolled with a Dominican binder and filler and then set to age for another year. This gives the cigar a very flavorful medium body. The cigar is a limited release and only release to special Fuente accounts that also carry the Opus X and Anejo lines. This cigar comes in 3 sizes:
- R52 – 5 x 52 MSRP: $6.75
- R54 – 6 1/4 x 54 MSRP: $.7.60
- R56 – 5 5/8 x 56 MSRP: $7.25
How does this cigar hold up against its bigger, more famous brothers? Watch the video and find out.
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Love your Bugatti – that’s a perfect punch! I keep askin’: any familiarity with the Wolf V-cutter? Perfect V-cuts in the same way your Bugatti makes a perfect punch.
LOTS of smoke on that… Oak. leather, sweet & spice: veddy nice!
Yay! “Boxworthy!” “Any and all cigar smokers should go grab some…”
Wait: didn’t you say these are… SOLD OUT?! Ah, well.
Thanks, Ben. Always enjoy the vids.
Great review Ben, sounds like a great cigar. Sad to find out these are so hard to find out. I have a soft spot for A. Fuente cigars since my first cigar was a Chateau Fuente. Keep on smoking.
This month was a long 31 days. You all have done well thoughtout videos and written cigars reviews. I have brought some of the cigars. They were good as you’ll said. Thanks…Keep its going brother….
Thanks for the review, Ben. I’m lucky that a nearby shop carries these and I was able to try one. I’ll definitely be picking up some more as long as there in stock.
Nice review. I picked a couple up yesterday to give them a hot. I am a big fan of Fuentes so hopefully I will enjoy them.
Sounds like a nice smoke, I will have to keep my eyes peeled for some.
Interesting it is medium bodied as I always think Fuente = full ;)
Mike
These sounded more interesting than they ended up for me. Okay flavor, nothing earthshattering or terribly surprising, but both samples I smoked had excess glue all over the wrappers and the bands tore chunks of wrapper off. I’ve seen better quality control in sticks for $2 apiece less.
I smoked one of these at the local B&M when they were released…finished it off & walked back in the humidor & picked up another hand full of them. Great review!!
Thanks for reviewing this one. I think I’ll have to pick some up now, since I am a cigar smoker and you said we should all try them!
After seeing family members smoke cigars and friends dads talk about them a lot i decided to go to the local shop and try one. Ive heard of arturo fuente more than a few times so i picked up a couple of the r54’s..just wondering if it would be a bad idea to light one up as my first cigar or should i store them in my dads humidor till i can appreciate them? cmathews1091@yahoo.com email me to help a young beginner out..thanks
Love these cigars. I’ve had three of the 52 and two of the 56, and I think I prefer the smaller ring gauge, but I usually do. My local tobacconist has a good relationship with the Fuente’s and they’ve actually come to visit the shop when they were being considered as a retailer. I’ve had a couple of Opus X from there, also. All awesome smokes.
Thanks for the review! I’ve always had a soft spot for Arturo Fuente, and this helps me decide what to do with the several AF’s hiding in my coolidor.