Aged Fuente OpusX Rare Black Collection Coming This Month - August 2024

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The Fuente OpusX Rare Black only gets released occasionally. According to Cigar Aficionado, it's making a comeback this month...

Aged Fuente OpusX Rare Black Collection Coming This Month

Its release is unpredictable, but this month will see two Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black cigars as well as branded accessories to match

Aug 7, 2024 - By Gregory Mottola

You’ve seen Fuente’s black-label ForbiddenX and you’ve also seen the company’s Rare Pink line, but have you ever heard of the OpusX Rare Black? They’re only released every once in a while—and completely without warning—but Rare Blacks are arriving this month in two sizes, along with a series of branded cutters and lighters.

The Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black Torpedoes are made with the same unusual tip found on the OpusX PerfecXion 888.

The Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black Collection is part of the Serie “Heaven and Earth” line, which is sold under the Fuente Aged Selection umbrella and distributed by Prometheus International. What sets these cigars apart from regular-production OpusX is the age statement. Cigars from the Aged Selection are not only older, but have a vintage band indicating the time of production. The cigars are only released twice a year.

As the vintage band indicates, these Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black Double Coronas were rolled in 2017 and have been aging ever since.

This month, you’ll be seeing a Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black Double Corona and Torpedo. The Double Corona measures 7 5/8 inches by 49 ring gauge and has a suggested retail price of $USD67.50 per cigar, while the Torpedo measures 6 7/8 by 44 (the same size as the OpusX PerfecXion 888) with a suggested retail price of $USD62.50 each. Both come in black, 10-count Prometheus travel humidors.

A series of Rare Black accessories from Prometheus. Clockwise from top: the Magma T lighter, the Ultimo X lighter, the Retro cutter and the Magma X lighter.

The cigars are made with Dominican tobacco grown at Chateau de La Fuente and produced in the Dominican Republic at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia.

The double-bladed Prometheus Retro cutter is beautifully lacquered and can accommodate cigars up to 60 ring gauge.

Should you want to cut and light these aged smokes with matching accessories, an Aged Black Rare Black cutter will also be available ($USD115) as well as a variety of lighters: Prometheus Magma T (triple torch, $USD189); Magma X (triple torch, $USD149); Ultimo X (triple torch, $USD149); and Retro (single torch, $USD99).

Slim and stylish, the Retro lighter produces a single-torch flame.

A portion of the proceeds for products sold through the Fuente Aged Selection supports the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which benefits under-privileged children in the Dominican Republic.

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/aged-fuente-opusx-rare-black-collection-coming-this-month