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Old 12-16-2010, 01:42 PM   #1
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Default Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente King T

You have to hand it to Arturo Fuente, they don't make much tubos but when they do, it is something spectacular, like this Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente King T, a 7x49 churchill with a Dominican filler and binder with a Connecticut shade wrapper.



The wrapper is light brown and oily with a few veins. The cigar has a piece of red band on the foot to protect it. The construction feels good and the cigar has a mild wood smell. The predraw is good.



I taste dry wood, mild spicy and after a quarter of an inch I taste a little bit of chocolate on the background. After two inch I get a little more chocolate with some herbs. The flavors are dry and a bit musty, which I get a lot from Connecticut wrappers.



Halfway I still taste wood with herbs. The chocolate is hardly recognizable and the musty taste has gone. The flavors no longer change until I reach the end, only the wood gets a bit stronger.



This cigar has a smoke time of an hour and fortyfive minutes. The draw was good. The light colored ash is reasonable firm. I had to correct the burn a few times. The smoke is thin. This cigar is medium bodied and medium flavored.



Would I buy this cigar again? Meh, Connecticut wrappers don't do it for me.

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 8 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Aroma first part: 7 / 10
Aroma second part: 6 / 10
Aroma third part: 6 / 10
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:55 PM   #2
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Default Re: Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente King T

That's exactly how I felt about this cigar as well (Meh). I smoked the King B and Queen B cigars right after the King T (in that order) and was very impressed with the sun grown wrappers of the B's. So much so I bought a box of the Queens. Didn't even consider buying a box (or singles) of the T.
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Old 12-16-2010, 02:05 PM   #3
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Ferdie, I always saw you as a "Queen B" kind of guy!!!!
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Old 12-16-2010, 02:14 PM   #4
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Default Re: Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente King T

I find my appreciation of the various wrappers on the Fuente Chateau series to be very dependent upon ring gauge. For example, I love the Connecticut on the Double Chateau (50rg) and find the Sun Grown one-dimensional on that vitola. For the Royal Salute (54rg), my experience has been, consistently, exactly the opposite.
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