Fuente Experts: Can You ID This Cigar?

[RobR1205]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe this is a Don Carlos, as the DC line does not have a cedar casing, nor comes in a lancero format. I think this is a Sun Grown lancero. Both the SG and DC lines have the same band.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by RobR1205

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe this is a Don Carlos, as the DC line does not have a cedar casing, nor comes in a lancero format. I think this is a Sun Grown lancero. Both the SG and DC lines have the same band.

Correction: This is the Don Carlos lancero "Phantom". A very special release. There is not a Sungrown lancero at all. Still usually only available at Casa Fuete and from Carlito himself. They are available in the special Prometheus gift sets too.

Here's a review. http://www.stogiereview.com/2013/06/...arlos-lancero/

[ColdCuts]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

This is the Don Carlos lancero "Phantom". A very special release. Still usually only available at Casa Fuete and from Carlito himself. They are available in the special Prometheus gift sets too.

Well, dang. Had I known they're that special I'd have picked up more than one. That cigar really turned me on to lanceros. After all these years, that may have been my first. It won't be my last if I have anything to say about it.

[Zane]

Originally Posted by RobR1205

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe this is a Don Carlos, as the DC line does not have a cedar casing, nor comes in a lancero format. I think this is a Sun Grown lancero. Both the SG and DC lines have the same band.

Yeah. Don carlos lanceros are very htf. But they exsist.

[RobR1205]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Correction: This is the Don Carlos lancero "Phantom". A very special release. There is not a Sungrown lancero at all. Still usually only available at Casa Fuete and from Carlito himself. They are available in the special Prometheus gift sets too.

Here's a review. http://www.stogiereview.com/2013/06/...arlos-lancero/

Originally Posted by Zane

Yeah. Don carlos lanceros are very htf. But they exsist.

Gotcha, thanks gents. Is there a tell tale sign that distinguishes a DC phantom versus a sungrown lancero? I have one in my humi and just wanna make sure before I smoke it

[T.G]

Originally Posted by RobR1205

Gotcha, thanks gents. Is there a tell tale sign that distinguishes a DC phantom versus a sungrown lancero? I have one in my humi and just wanna make sure before I smoke it

AFAIK, there is no such thing as a Fuente Sun Grown lancero, so if you have something that looks like what Dave posted and is 7" x 41, it's a DC lancero. If it lacks the cedar, it's old - like 10 years or so.

[RobR1205]

Originally Posted by T.G

AFAIK, there is no such thing as a Fuente Sun Grown lancero, so if you have something that looks like what Dave posted and is 7" x 41, it's a DC lancero. If it lacks the cedar, it's old - like 10 years or so.

You guys are right. I'm all mixed up! Good news is, I think I'm sitting on one of these and had no idea that it was so special.