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Ringo · 03-10-2019, 04:45 PM

Hey all I have been gone for a couple of years due to problems with my palate. It used to come and go but this one came and never really went. But it has slowly and finally been getting better. I have not smoked a cigar for at least a year, which explains why I stopped posting. I would literally get jealous of you guys enjoying your smokes! Hopefully I can enjoy them again in spring.

Anyway I have had some of these Fuentes for fifteen years or more. The last time I smoked one it was fantastic and it was probably about thirteen years so I am not too worried about them being past it.

As you can see some of them have a year on the label although I don't know why. TAA maybe? I don't know. But the rarest one of all is the Forbidden X glass tubo. I saw a few discussions in various places talking about Fuente and glass tubos and most of the people say that they never existed at all but others said they did but you will never see one. Well. here is one to see. I cannot remember the year that I got it though. It was in a gift set around Christmas. I just know that I got it in 2003-2005. That is definite. I got it from Holt's. Another clue is that there is no year on the Forbidden X and I think they started that in 2004. If that is the case then this one is probably a 2003. And I am almost positive that 2003 was the first year for the Forbidden X and that at the time you could only get them from Holt's in the gift set. I remember reading something like that I am wondering if anyone remembers something like this. Oh yes I had the cigar out of the tubo for aging so it did not get dried out

BTW - the Ashton VSG on the far right, I got that one at the same time as I got the Forbidden X.

Thank you!

Smokestack Jack · 03-10-2019, 04:52 PM

Need help with some aged and super rare Fuentes

I'll help you smoke them!

BigO · 03-10-2019, 06:22 PM

I am no expert on Fuente, but the only blue ribbons that I have seen on a Fuente was on a pre-release cigar. I cannot say that is universal, but I have one with a blue ribbon that was a 2000 pre-release. Saka gave it to me, so I am confident in the provenance.

ak2000 · 03-10-2019, 06:33 PM

I recall tubos from a couple of years gift sets. I had a couple myself, around 2005-2008 iirc.

Ted · 03-10-2019, 08:42 PM

I'm confused on what help you are seeking - since the only real questions concerned TAA labeling and what specific year the Forbidden X tubo was included in Holt's gift set.

In any case, you might get more accurate Fuente info on the Cigar Family website.

Ringo · 03-10-2019, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted

I'm confused on what help you are seeking - since the only real questions concerned TAA labeling and what specific year the Forbidden X tubo was included in Holt's gift set.

Well yeah that is what I asked for - some help identifying what I have.

beevod · 03-11-2019, 08:54 AM

Just smoke them from left to right.

KatDad · 03-11-2019, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beevod

Just smoke them from left to right.

Good advice!

grtrx · 03-11-2019, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted

I'm confused on what help you are seeking - since the only real questions concerned TAA labeling and what specific year the Forbidden X tubo was included in Holt's gift set.

In any case, you might get more accurate Fuente info on the Cigar Family website.

Glad to know I wasn't the only one confused.

Cigar Family is the website run by Fuente and is where Fuente purists and experts tend to hang at.

03-10-2019, 04:45 PM	#1
Ringo Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,893	Need help with some aged and super rare Fuentes Hey all I have been gone for a couple of years due to problems with my palate. It used to come and go but this one came and never really went. But it has slowly and finally been getting better. I have not smoked a cigar for at least a year, which explains why I stopped posting. I would literally get jealous of you guys enjoying your smokes! Hopefully I can enjoy them again in spring. Anyway I have had some of these Fuentes for fifteen years or more. The last time I smoked one it was fantastic and it was probably about thirteen years so I am not too worried about them being past it. As you can see some of them have a year on the label although I don't know why. TAA maybe? I don't know. But the rarest one of all is the Forbidden X glass tubo. I saw a few discussions in various places talking about Fuente and glass tubos and most of the people say that they never existed at all but others said they did but you will never see one. Well. here is one to see. I cannot remember the year that I got it though. It was in a gift set around Christmas. I just know that I got it in 2003-2005. That is definite. I got it from Holt's. Another clue is that there is no year on the Forbidden X and I think they started that in 2004. If that is the case then this one is probably a 2003. And I am almost positive that 2003 was the first year for the Forbidden X and that at the time you could only get them from Holt's in the gift set. I remember reading something like that I am wondering if anyone remembers something like this. Oh yes I had the cigar out of the tubo for aging so it did not get dried out BTW - the Ashton VSG on the far right, I got that one at the same time as I got the Forbidden X. Thank you! __________________ Kark: "Oddvar, maybe you want to go next." Oddvar: "I'm thinking, what's the worst thing that can happen to me if I don't do the attestup? I mean, what's worse than being crushed?"

03-10-2019, 04:52 PM	#2
Smokestack Jack Herf God Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355 Posts: 13,366	Need help with some aged and super rare Fuentes I'll help you smoke them! __________________ *SSJ... Herfin' in the Heartland* I can't help it, I have an excuse. What was that excuse again?

03-10-2019, 06:22 PM	#3
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 56,465	I am no expert on Fuente, but the only blue ribbons that I have seen on a Fuente was on a pre-release cigar. I cannot say that is universal, but I have one with a blue ribbon that was a 2000 pre-release. Saka gave it to me, so I am confident in the provenance. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

03-10-2019, 06:33 PM	#4
ak2000 Charter Member Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,630	I recall tubos from a couple of years gift sets. I had a couple myself, around 2005-2008 iirc. __________________ Cigars are brain food...... JLOH #19

03-11-2019, 08:54 AM	#7
beevod Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 20,786	Just smoke them from left to right. __________________ "Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else."

03-10-2019, 08:42 PM	#5
Ted Club Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Along the Oregon Trail Posts: 1,506	I'm confused on what help you are seeking - since the only real questions concerned TAA labeling and what specific year the Forbidden X tubo was included in Holt's gift set. In any case, you might get more accurate Fuente info on the Cigar Family website.

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