A. Fuente Cuban Corona

**Evillepaintball** · 08-24-2006, 06:32 PM

I just finished an A. Fuente Cuban Corona, or at least as much as I could. The construction of this stick was terrible. shortly after lighting, the wrapper began to come off. A couple of minutes later, the binder began to come off. By the time i was at the half way point, I had a pile of loose, smoking leaves at my feet

. The draw was very smooth, and the flavor was decent. However, it is kind of hard to enjoy a smooth draw and decent flavor after the cigar has desintegrated.
It could be that I just got a bad stick, but this being my second bad experience with AF out of 2 total

, I probably wont be going back any time soon.

I'd give it a 1.5/5 just because during the short time that I was able to enjoy it, it wasn't too bad.

**jaewing** · 08-24-2006, 06:36 PM

Where are you getting these adn/or how are you storing them before you smoke them. Sounds like they were improperly stored. Every Fuente cigar I have ever had has been top notch.

Pick one up at a real tobacconist from their humidor and smoke it there or that night at your place. You should have a pleasant experience.

**Evillepaintball** · 08-24-2006, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by jaewing

Where are you getting these adn/or how are you storing them before you smoke them. Sounds like they were improperly stored. Every Fuente cigar I have ever had has been top notch.

Pick one up at a real tobacconist from their humidor and smoke it there or that night at your place. You should have a pleasant experience.

I picked it up from a local tobacconist from their walk-in humidor. had it in a zip-lock bag for the ride home, put it into my humidor which is at 63%humidity. It stayed there for about a week before i smoked it. it still felt good, not too soft, not too firm, didnt flake at all, just came undone. Like I said, I think I just got a bad stick, but I have other things to try before going back to AF.

**Empire23** · 08-24-2006, 07:30 PM

Try em out again. A. Fuente are my fav smokes. I dont think Ive had one yet that I didnt enjoy.

**Stryprod** · 08-24-2006, 08:39 PM

Dont know about the cigar you tried, but A.F. Best Seller is one of my top 3. Perfect burn everytime, great taste. What you are mentioning sounds like a 1 outta 1000 chance, or more likely the cigar suffered from bad storage. Its best to let your cigars rest in your humidor a week or two before you smoke them to balance out. Sometimes extreme changes in temperature or humidity can lead to what you are describing as the contracting and expanding of the cigar destroys the binder. Just a couple thoughts!