Aged Opus X, or how I learned to love TanithT

I Like the Opus now(unaged) but, I just bought a brown box that has the aged Opus in them.... Got a question... how long before they start looking and smelling like those! There is a huge difference in smell of these!! I am trying to restrain myself and let them settle in my humi before i break one out... but wow.... I have a Carlito GOF (2006) also I dont think it has quite the smell of these, I am still new to cigars, and haven't gotten hold of any aged ones yet... Kenny is hooking me up on the Anejo's sell he made, but it makes me wonder how some of the smokes i have been trying will taste in 3-4 years...

Originally Posted by Xcytez

I Like the Opus now(unaged) but, I just bought a brown box that has the aged Opus in them.... Got a question... how long before they start looking and smelling like those! There is a huge difference in smell of these!! I am trying to restrain myself and let them settle in my humi before i break one out... but wow.... I have a Carlito GOF (2006) also I dont think it has quite the smell of these, I am still new to cigars, and haven't gotten hold of any aged ones yet... Kenny is hooking me up on the Anejo's sell he made, but it makes me wonder how some of the smokes i have been trying will taste in 3-4 years...

Brown box?

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by DougBushBC

Brown box?

It's the nickname for an aged Opus sampler presentation box Fuente released a while back.

Originally Posted by Xcytez

I Like the Opus now(unaged) but, I just bought a brown box that has the aged Opus in them.... Got a question... how long before they start looking and smelling like those! There is a huge difference in smell of these!! I am trying to restrain myself and let them settle in my humi before i break one out... but wow.... I have a Carlito GOF (2006) also I dont think it has quite the smell of these, I am still new to cigars, and haven't gotten hold of any aged ones yet... Kenny is hooking me up on the Anejo's sell he made, but it makes me wonder how some of the smokes i have been trying will taste in 3-4 years...

GOFs are a reasonably recent addition to the Fuente lineup. You won't find any with the possible amount of age that Opus can have (Opus were originally released in the mid 90s). And being that the GOF is a different blend and wrapper than Opus, it should smell different. Moki has some great information about Fuente stuff here (linky), including a lot of ultra rare and interesting stuff. And as for Anejos, I've had an OR 46 and love fresh 46s (and Sharks). You should see a difference, if you can hold off on them for a couple years.

[GoldnGT]

Originally Posted by Wanger

And being that the GOF is a different blend and wrapper than Opus, it should smell different.

I was under the impression that the Carlito GoF was the same blend as the FFOX, but with a different wrapper.

Originally Posted by GoldnGT

I was under the impression that the Carlito GoF was the same blend as the FFOX, but with a different wrapper.

The vitolas site doesn't give a lot of insight, but there is some... here

...and I don't purport to be some sort of Fuente expert, but I love their stuff, and have been on that forum for over 4 years now. If I'm wrong about the blend, then thank you for correcting me.