Fuente Fuente Opus X xXx ("Power Ranger")

[Emjaysmash]

I bought this cigar over a year and a half ago as a celebratory cigar for my best friend and I to smoke when we graduated college. We moved up the smoking date a bit as he is now joining the Marine Corps, so we decided to smoke this bad boy as it may be the last time we have a cigar together for a while.

Fuente Fuente Opus X xXx ("Power Ranger")

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Size:4.625 x 49
Wrapper: Dominican Rosado
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican

Pre-light draw: good, free with resistance

Appearance: medium brown slightly mottle wrapper with small veins.

Flavors:

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First third:
Smooth pepper, cedar. Medium body, slight pepper finish on the palate. Reminiscent of a Ramon Allones Special Selection. Pepper smooths out to creaminess and leather. Hints of chocolate weave in and out. Full bodied nicotine-wise.


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Second Third: very much the same as the first third.

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Final Third:
Leather predominates with sweet chocolate and cocoa under tones. The pepper has completely dissipated leaving a smooth creamy finish on the palate.

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Ash: solid, only slightly flaky but ashed when I wanted it to.

Burn: my only contention was the burn was very wavy and needed to be touched up often.

Overall: I would say this has been the best Opus that I had had to date. Very much worth the $12-15 price tag I paid for it over a year and a half ago. I'm very interested in how these fair after 3 of 5 years.

[alwayslit]

Age does these well. Nice review.

[kelmac07]

Nice review MJ!! :tu

[EricF]

Good review MJ! Thanks!!

[hscmit]

one of my favorites

[ajacobs]

One of my favorites as well, although there is not a dealer in my new state of residence. So they are a little hard to find.

[jmsremax]

Great review....I have one sitting in my humi that has 2 years on it and maybe I will let it rest for another year after reading this.

[Emjaysmash]

Great review....I have one sitting in my humi that has 2 years on it and maybe I will let it rest for another year after reading this.

I say let it rest. We had intended to let them rest another year an a half, but life happens.

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Thanks for the great review MJ.

[Ranger_B]

Great review! I love these and the Petit Lancero.

[DropTheE]

Nice review MJ!! I am with Frank on this too, the Power Ranger is a good little smoke.

[Springsman]

I've heard about Opus X....gonna have to find some. Thanks MJ

[Tauma]

Great review MJ

[Boss Hogg]

Just had one with 2 years rest on it. Was very good. Smooth and peppery, lots of smoke and cedar. Was definitely full bodied and got a nice nicotine kick from it. I will definitely leave these alone for some more time :dr

[Bunker]

Nice review, I love this cigar.

That creamy finish that comes in the second 1/3 I have yet to find in any other cigar.

[TheStatsGuy]

Love these smokes. If you can wait that long, I think these hit there peak smoking point at about 5 years.

[SteveH]

Nice review - thanks ! Maybe I will pick up two and let them sit for a while.

[HollywoodQue]

Nice review, thanks for sharing

[RevSmoke]

Thanks for the review, MJ. Now we only need to get a camera for you so you don't have to use the phone pictures.

Have had a couple of these. While the flavors are nice, the whole burn issue is a real problem. In my own personal opinion and experience, the burn issues becomes so much of a hassle that it makes the smoking of these so off-putting that it is not worth the effort.

I have another one of these waiting in the wings. I am hoping some age with even out the burn a bit.

But, that's just my own $0.02.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

[ArgusP2]

Thanks for the review!:tu I have yet to smoke one of these. Tell your best friend thank you for his service!!

[N2 GOLD]

Good review, Thanks... -(P

[warpedcigars]

Got a few of these of 01' and 02'. I love the size and the tapered head on these. Smoking one very soon.

Thanks for the review!

[cobra03]

They have a box of these left at the local B&M near my parents house. Just so happens im at my parents house today. Guess i should go and pick a few of these bad boys up.

[warpedcigars]

I would, they are flavor bombs!

[tx_tuff]

When I think Opus X my first thought is always "overrated". But then I see the title of this review, by far my favorite Opus and a damn good smoke is the Power Ranger! Thanks for the review.

[Volusianator]

I had been getting rid of quite a few xXx over the past few years as they were one of my least favorite Opus. In the last six months or so I've smoked maybe a dozen and I'll be damned if I'm not kicking my own ass for letting so many go. These have come around nice and are smoking well for me. Still like the Fuente Fuente and No.4 the best, but the xXx is not far behind right now.

[darkninja67]

Very nice review
FFOX are great with 5 years on them. Love the Power Ranger