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Originally Posted by thecatch83
Thread jack much?
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by thecatch83
Thanks for the info.......so to clarify, the Anejo does include Opus X tobacco, with a combination of other fillers from the same farm and production site. So when I stated that the Anejo is essentially the Opus blend with a maduro wrapper, I should have stated that the Anejo is a blend of Opus leaf mixed with different tobacco from the same farm (Chateau Fuente) covered in a Maduro wrapper aged months in cognac barrels.
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You could, it's all up to you, I'm not going to tell you how to write your reviews, but I've learned from experience that when it gets that complicated to explain, especially for a cigar as well known as an Anejo, it's probably better to just simply state that it's "Premium Dominican Filler" and just leave it at that.
There is really no true varietal of tobacco called "opus", just a number of different tobaccos used to create the filler/binder blend in that cigar plus a wrapper leaf that is regarded as a distinctive characteristic of the cigar. To single out the filler leaves in the Anejo which happen to be common with the Opus is really more marketing shtick than anything else, because those same plants could be providing filler or binder leaf, possibly taken from different primings, to other cigars, you just don't hear about it as Fuente doesn't want to dilute or reduce the status & stigma of their flagship cigar.
As for the "maduro", maduro isn't a type of leaf, it's a state. It's a darker, more heavily fermented leaf. The extra fermentation gives the leaf a different flavor and profile characteristic than the lighter shades on the chart. Any tobacco can be made "maduro", although certain varietals are grown and harvested almost exclusively for this process, while others are rarely ever taken to that state. As for the Anejo, it has one of the most common maduro wrappers there is, a Connecticut Broadleaf.