Help id'ing Cigar

[smbauerllc]

 

I was gifted 2 of these, and the only lanceros I see are the Don Carlos, but this has the black band Gran Reserva band, which I do see in some pics on a Google search.

 

Also, they show as having a cedar wrap and black foot band, which mine dont.

I'm told they are 2013 manufacture if that helps.

 

What exactly do I have here?

 

Thanks,

Sean

 

 

 

[DanWil84]

Looks like a casa fuente lancero Sean

https://halfwheel.com/collections/fuente-lanceros/

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[smbauerllc]

A quick Google image search shows those having radically different bands though

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[DanWil84]

In that case this would be your best bet

https://halfwheel.com/review-arturo-fuente-don-carlos-lancero/6573/?_ga=2.209412562.1567553872.1628090596-458636560.1628090596

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[smbauerllc]

In that case this would be your best bet

https://halfwheel.com/review-arturo-fuente-don-carlos-lancero/6573/?_ga=2.209412562.1567553872.1628090596-458636560.1628090596

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Yeah, that's been how they are listed in my inventory app, and my first assumption. Just not sure why no Don Carlos band or cedar wrap and black foot ribbon

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[sho671]

The Don Carlos band used to look like that with red before they changed it to black.

[smbauerllc]

The Don Carlos band used to look like that with red before they changed it to black.

Cool, thanks. I kinda suspected as much from what I was seeing in a Google images search.
Did they only have the cedar wrap and black foot ribbon after a certain date also?

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[sho671]

19 minutes ago, smbauerllc said:

Cool, thanks. I kinda suspected as much from what I was seeing in a Google images search.
Did they only have the cedar wrap and black foot ribbon after a certain date also?

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It should've had a cedar sleeve.

[smbauerllc]

5 hours ago, sho671 said:

It should've had a cedar sleeve.

May have been removed by the original owner, still waiting on a return text from him

Regardless, it was perfect in every regard and extremely tasty

 

[smbauerllc]

The bomber chimed in on the thread on another forum (I mistakenly thought that I got them from someone else, so messaged the wrong person and also feel bad for forgetting that I got them from him. Damn memory damage really sucks)

He said they are indeed early Don Carlos' with the old band, and he did in fact remove the cedar wrap for long term aging preference.

It was absolutely perfect in every regard.
Honestly one of the best nc's I have ever had.

Unfortunately, the lanceros are only made as Don Carlos very limited runs, and Casa Fuentes which can only be bought there, so they are pretty much unobtainable.

Might be able to talk someone out of a few in a trade or private sale, but I'm kinda doubting it based on how good they are and how difficult to get they are.

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