Can someone help me out with differentiating the Fuente bands? I bought some samplers on the WTS board (down below) and there were various Fuente cigars, and I'm not sure which are which. There are some that say "Gran Reserva" with a black stripe on the bottom of the band, and others with a green stripe on the bottom of the band. I did a search here but came up blank. Is there a primer somewhere on the various Fuente bands?
A. Fuente Bands
- Thread starter BlackDog
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I equate the color with the price level of the cigar. Red (Anejo more expensive and better), Black mid-price (Sungrown, GR etc) and the Green are the lower priced. It has been a while since I smoked a AF so thats what I think when I go into a shop and see them.
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Good question! I have thought about posting it too. It seems (to me) the only way to know about the ones without names on the cello or a colored foot is to measure them. That is to my untrained eye, im sure some FOGs could pick them out of a lineup.
elderboy02
SilverBack
:tpd: The cigarfamily link above helped me figure it out.
Beagle Boy
Lowland Gorilla
Currently, the green bottoms will be sticks like the Chateau's, the base line (with normal wrappers)
Black will be cigars like the Don Carlos, Hemingway, the King B, Cuban Beli
On the 8-5-8 cigars, the color of the ribbon will help with what wrapper it is - as you can have natural, maduro, candela, sungrown or rosado (last two with ribbons)
remember too that bands change throughout the years (what, the VSG line has gone through 3 design changes so far)
Black will be cigars like the Don Carlos, Hemingway, the King B, Cuban Beli
On the 8-5-8 cigars, the color of the ribbon will help with what wrapper it is - as you can have natural, maduro, candela, sungrown or rosado (last two with ribbons)
remember too that bands change throughout the years (what, the VSG line has gone through 3 design changes so far)
themoneycollector
Evolving Lead Gorilla
I always get confused with the green bands, there's so many different sizes offered
The term he was looking for is "natural" referring to the color of the wrapper. Most Fuentes "natural" wrapper is actually Cameroon (ie 858) except for the Chateau series and a couple of others which are a Conn. or Conn shade wrapper
Is the Normal Fuente Churchill a sungrown?
No, it's got a green stripe on the band, so according the website it's a "basic" Fuente.
Beagle Boy
Lowland Gorilla
you might want to look at the Tampa Sweethearts page, they list out most of the AF cigars http://tampasweetheart.com/?page=sh...51&PHPSESSID=128e0b4fcd72145bb5ad1dcb584bd74f
Nice... the don carlos is a nice smoke and the #3 or #4 are my two favs! The churchill is a nice mild stick but I think fuente has better sticks than that one so I don't buy those often.
Enjoy those smokes! :ss