Arturo Fuente Hemingway 2018 (NRW)

[FireMedic]

This is basically only a nemesis to me for the same reason most Fuente are, price. With the exception of some of there product, most are at a premium. I have a very similar feeling with a lot of Davidoff. Good to great cigars but very pricey. I got this particular one from Casa Fuente in Vegas. Very nice lounge, worth a visit if you're ever in Sin City. This stick is very classic Fuente flavors. Smooth, great construction. Draw was pretty good but a little tight. Burn was decent, it got a little out of hand a few times. Smoke time was perfect. Price and availability is a killer here for me

 

90/100

[SmokyFontaine]

Hunh. How much are you usually spending on these? For everything from the Short Story to the Signature, I'm paying about $5-6/ cigar as 5 packs or as a box. 

The 858 Naturals have a very similar flavor profile and are even cheaper.

I bought a box of Anejos (which are a top 3 cigar of all time for me - I believe it's an Opus with a maduro wrapper if I'm not mistaken?) and those worked out to about $9ea. Granted I haven't played around in the Don Carlos or Opus neighborhoods due to those premium prices, but for the mid-tier Fuentes I find them to be one of the better values in cigars. Construction is always flawless, taste is consistent, and I even get some notes I'm finding more commonly in Cubans. Upmanns specifically. Maybe that's why H.Upmann has become my favorite Cuban marca so far. 

[Mikeltee]

The 858 was my first ever cigar. I highly enjoyed it. I bought a few more along with a Hemingway. I thought the Hemingway was much more mild and bland. Being new to the game, I am thinking that it's much more complex than my taste buds can detect. For the price I pay for NCs, I can't get CCs so you know where money is going. Once my pallet is trained to detect these subtle hints of flavor, I will revisit the NCs that are getting these 90+ CA ratings.

 

If you have a link to $5 Hemingways I'd love to grab a box and lay it down. PM if dont mind.

[earthson]

Agreed these can be pricey if purchased at msrp, but online deals can be had.  The Don Carlos, too, if you look hard and get lucky.  I love the way these cigars age - there's something in a Don Carlos no 3 that reminds me of Punch... probably the seeming bottomless complexity often encountered.

Opus are fantastic aged as well, but they continue to raise the price and release them sporadically, so I tend to stick with their widely-available lines like Hemingway, Don Carlos and Anejo.  I will say the Angel's Share Opus and Don Arturo blue label are right fine cigars, though pricey at $20-25 per and very hard to find.  Still, they're world-class cigars that can stand with just about anything Havana has to offer.  I always like to have a few on hand and smoke a couple per year.

As stated above, the 858 are perhaps the flagship Fuente cigar and if you are them, you might be pleasantly surprised.  Of course, the Rosado- and Sungrown-wrapped ones are superior and, yes, subject to artificially manipulated supply and demand.

[joey rockets]

Nearly the entire Hemingway line can be purchased for less than $200 a box and are my favorites in Fuente although my tastes are for a thinner cigar now.