Cigar Details: Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Sophisticated Hooker
- Vitola: Figurado
- Length: 7.25″
- Ring Gauge: 53
- Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
- Wrapper: Ecuador
- Binder: Nicaragua
- Filler: Nicaragua and Dominican Republic
- Factory: Tabacalera A. Fuente
- Blender: Undisclosed
- Price: $17.70
- Release Date: October 2022
- Source: Developing Palates
Seth Geise
Pre-light Experience
The Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Sophisticated Hooker is lovely in appearance. The bands pop off the cedar wrapping, and the Colorado wrapper. The wrapper is silky in texture with medium sized veins throughout. It has a solid Colorado coloring, and it is this marbled dry red soil color. The aroma of the cigar is that of rich earth, raisins, spices and tobacco, and the wrapper gives off leather and cedar notes.
First Third
The first third begins with strong oak and leather notes. I am getting some tobacco qualities as well, and it has espresso and dark cocoa powder notes. There is a creaminess with the cigar, as well as some salted hay/barnyard notes. Medium to medium-full in strength and body.
Second Third
The second third delivers a flavor profile of salted barnyard notes with cedar and cream. Pepper spices are present as well along with some leather, oak and tobacco. Coffee and dark cocoa powder are present as well, and like the first third, medium to medium-full in strength and body.
Final Third
The final third delivers a flavor profile of leather, tobacco and barnyard notes. There are some faint mineral qualities present with the pepper spice, and the salty wood notes are present also. Coffee beans, oak and dark cocoa powder are present on the finish with a touch of salted cream. Like the first two thirds, medium to medium-full in strength and body.
Burn
The burn was okay throughout. Never perfect, but not too wavy.
Draw
The draw was great. Nice level of resistance.
Seth | |
| Pre Light | Very Good |
| First Third | Good |
| Second Third | Good |
| Final Third | Good |
| Burn | Average |
| Draw | Very Good |
| Overall | Good |
Overall
Looking back on the Rare Pink’s I have smoked, and I feel this is the case for many Fuente releases, the blends perform better in larger vitolas. The Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Sophisticated Hooker is significantly better than the Short Story offering. The cigar can grow and show complexities and transitioning. There was depth with the cigar, and a nice overall flavor profile from beginning to end. The burn was not perfect, but there were little problems and the draw was great. I loved the salted wood, dark cocoa, coffee, cream and barnyard notes.
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