Arturo Fuente Anejo 46 (FRCSW5)

[Aprivateplane]

Recently I’ve only been smoking on the weekends. Yesterday was a Padron Anniversary 1964. This morning was a Ramon Allones Superior with some good age on her. But for some reason I chose to review what I smoked this afternoon which was the hard to find Arturo Fuente Anejo 46. Easier to catch a cold than it is to catch this cigar!! 

Cold draw was as if I literally stuck my entire head into a 100 year old cask whiskey barrel. Overwhelmingly strong tastes of whisky on the cold draw, it was one if not THE best cold draws I’ve ever had.

Upon lighting the initial first few draws were of spices, light pepper, and a good whisky/bourbon on top. This was pretty much prevalent through the first third of the cigar. I also noticed this cigar burnt relatively slow, which I’m not complaining about at all! 
 

Second third had great honey type notes to it which caught me off guard. This is one of the reasons I love cigars, you never know what you’re going to get despite what you “expect” going into whatever cigar you smoke at that moment. Accompanying to honey type notes were notes of syrup as well. Good ole table top pancake/waffle syrup was definitely noticeable also throughout the second third.

Getting into the final third was some leather notes that weren’t bad but what over powered those notes were the whisky notes again! They came back for a final dance, and that we did lol. Whisky and pepper were what finished out the cigar. This Arturo Fuente Anejo was pure Fuego!! Straight 🔥! I’ve had the Anejo 55 a few times before and they weren’t nowhere near as good as this Vitola. 
 

Given the fact that this cigar didn’t burn nowhere near as perfect as the Padron 1964, I’d have to rate it a….. 95/100. Other than the burn, everything else was what I was hoping for, and then some!! 
 

Oops, almost forgot to mention that this cigar was paired with a Coke.. and a smile 😊. 

 

[SmokyFontaine]

These and maduro 1964's or natural 1926's are the cigars I can grab and know I'll love every single time. Such great consistency.

[Juliano88]

Love the anejo in the 888 and the shark vitola. The 46 is a great size as well. I buy boxes of these and put them away for 3-4 years. Love them with age. 

[Aprivateplane]

9 hours ago, SmokyFontaine said:

These and maduro 1964's or natural 1926's are the cigars I can grab and know I'll love every single time. Such great consistency.

Literally every single time… That’s one of the things I love. It’s that whenever I don’t feel like smoking a Cuban for whatever the reason, I know without a doubt that I have heavy hitting Nicaragua’s and/or Dominicans that deliver every single time! Agreed! 

 

9 hours ago, Juliano88 said:

Love the anejo in the 888 and the shark vitola. The 46 is a great size as well. I buy boxes of these and put them away for 3-4 years. Love them with age. 

Haven’t had either Vitolas as of yet but I definitely want to try the 888 over the Shark for sure… I’ve heard mixed things when it comes to aging Anejos. So in your opinion does aging make them that much better!?

[Juliano88]

1 hour ago, Aprivateplane said:

Haven’t had either Vitolas as of yet but I definitely want to try the 888 over the Shark for sure… I’ve heard mixed things when it comes to aging Anejos. So in your opinion does aging make them that much better!?

Absolutely. I feel like they have a bitter edge to them on the finish in their youth. I’ve had 5 year old anejos and I can see the difference. I feel like the 888 is the best one young in my opinion. I’m big on aging premium fuente blends as they shine down the road. 

[Aprivateplane]

17 minutes ago, Juliano88 said:

Absolutely. I feel like they have a bitter edge to them on the finish in their youth. I’ve had 5 year old anejos and I can see the difference. I feel like the 888 is the best one young in my opinion. I’m big on aging premium fuente blends as they shine down the road. 

Ok well thanks for the info. Definitely going to age the box I have left then!! As far as aging premium Fuentes I agree, Casa Cuba's and especially Don Carlos are in a league of their own when aged... Man I love cigars smh...

[Juliano88]

11 minutes ago, Aprivateplane said:

Ok well thanks for the info. Definitely going to age the box I have left then!! As far as aging premium Fuentes I agree, Casa Cuba's and especially Don Carlos are in a league of their own when aged... Man I love cigars smh...

Lol I’m with you man. The cigar bug caught me some time ago. Cuban, Nicaraguan, Dominican and Honduran. So many great cigars so little time. 

[Aprivateplane]

1 hour ago, Juliano88 said:

Lol I’m with you man. The cigar bug caught me some time ago. Cuban, Nicaraguan, Dominican and Honduran. So many great cigars so little time. 

Ugh, facts dude... So little time 😑