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Old 06-17-2009, 09:24 AM   #17
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Default Re: Opus X release dates.

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Originally Posted by troutbreath View Post
the names of the various aņejo vitolas (eg "no.48") are derived from the ring gauge of the cigar in question (except for the "shark"; see below).

Aņejo (which means "aged, refined" in spanish) cigars were originally released in june 2000 (in a very small batch), and then again in december 2000 due to fuente being skittish about whether enough opus x tobacco would be available after the hurricane hit their farm in 1998.

aņejos have a blend of opus x, don carlos, and hemingway filler, with connecticut broadleaf maduro wrappers that are cured in cognac barrels after they've been aged.
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