Arturo Fuente

Hemingway Short Story

Medium

Medium🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicNew WorldPetite PerfectoUSD 9

The petite perfecto of Fuente's celebrated Hemingway line. Named after Hemingway's literary form, this complex shape requires Fuente's finest rollers to produce. A 30–40 minute smoke despite the intricate perfecto construction.

Tasting notes: Cedar, maple, baking spices, almonds. Sweet Cameroon wrapper with Dominican savouriness.

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Origin

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Strength

Medium

Vitola

Petite Perfecto

Length

Ring Gauge

MSRP

USD 8.50

Made in

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Construction

Handmade, Long filler

New World

Grown and blended outside Cuba — Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ecuador and beyond. New World makers have redefined premium cigar-making with bold innovation and diverse microclimates.

Leaf Composition

Wrapper

African Cameroon

Natural

🇨🇲 Cameroon, Central Africa

Binder

🇩🇴 Santiago, Dominican Republic

Filler

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Tobacco vintage-aged at Château Fuente. Cameroon wrapper from Central Africa. Released annually.

Flavour Profile

producer baseline

Producer baseline

Flavour axis	Producer baseline (0–5)
Body	0.0
Dark Fruit	0.0
Bright Fruit	0.0
Herbal	0.0
Spice	4.5
Sweet	3.0
Vanilla	0.0
Caramel	0.0
Cocoa	0.0
Nutty	3.0
Cedar	1.5
Earth	0.0
Leather	0.0
Finish	0.0

The Brand

Est.1912HQSantiago, Dominican RepublicFactoryTabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, Santiago, Dominican RepublicGrower–Manufacturer

Family-owned since 1912. Founded by Arturo Fuente Sr., now led by 'Carlito' Fuente Jr. Operates Château Fuente farm — the first Dominican wrapper used in a premium cigar (Opus X, 1995).

1995

Opus X: first Dominican wrapper cigar

Carlito Fuente Jr. releases Opus X — the first premium cigar ever made with Dominican Republic wrapper leaf. The Fuente family spent years cultivating the Château Fuente farm soil to grow viable wrapper. The cigar world is transformed. Opus X becomes one of the most coveted cigars ever made.

1980

Factory fire destroys the Tampa facility

A devastating fire burns down the Tampa factory. Carlito Fuente Sr. refuses to give up, rebuilding the business in the Dominican Republic. This crisis ultimately leads to the family's greatest era.

1912

Arturo Fuente Sr. founds the company in Tampa

Arturo Fuente Sr. starts rolling cigars in Tampa, Florida — then one of the world's great cigar-making cities. The company survives two factory fires and the decline of Tampa's cigar industry to become the most decorated independent cigar brand in the world.

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