Arturo Fuente Adding Three New Rare Pink Vitolas
Arturo Fuente will be adding a trio of new sizes to its Rare Pink line, bringing the total number of cigars in the line to seven.
The first two vitolas are scheduled to arrive in October: 3 3/4 x 54 and 7 1/4 x 53. Like the rest of the sizes in the line, they will be perfectos.
Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. told
halfwheel that there is also another size, which he described as a “Lancero Figurado” that will arrive “several months after” October.
The line, formally known as Rare Pinks Vintage 1960’s Series, debuted late last year. It uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over a mixture of filler tobaccos, including tobacco from the Fuente farms in Nicaragua.
Release Date: December 2020
Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3
For having the word naked in its name, the Arturo Fuente Naked Kings is decently dressed, wearing the standard Fuente Rosado Gran Reserva primary band as well as a red ribbon for a foot band. I’m not totally sure this is intentional but the cigar has a bit of a press to it and as such has a slightly oval shape. As for the wrapper leaf, there are moments I look at it and think I catch a more rosado hue to it, with a bit of red seeming to emerge, yet when I look at it straight on, I don’t see it quite as vividly. That said, it is still a very good looking wrapper leaf with a color that reminds me a bit of reddish jerky, evenly colored with a nice sheen that translates into a bit of oiliness on the fingers, some toothiness and a decent vein structure. The foot delivers a light, slightly sweet aroma of cherries, slightly damp soil and woods, the latter of which remind me a bit of the Pacific Northwest even though the
The Arturo Fuente Rare Pinks are off to stores.
Last week, the company began shipping the first four sizes of its much-talked-about Rare Pinks Vintage 1960’s Series. Each cigar is a perfecto shaped size that uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over a mixture of filler blends, including Nicaraguan tobaccos from the Fuente farms in Estelí. The more notable part of the project is that the company is donating $13 for every box sold to The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Liana Fuente has spearheaded the effort to raise awareness and funds through this project and others, which also included Liana shaving her hair and her father, Carlos “Carlito” Jr., shaving his signature mustache earlier this month.