Stogie Reviews: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature Maduro

For fans of Arturo Fuente’s  Hemingway Maduro line, Christmas comes twice a year. The blend, like the rare Anejo, is released annually at Christmas and again usually before Father’s Day.

Produced in limited quantities, the Fuente Hemingway Maduro features the same blend of Dominican binder and filler as the regular Hemingway line, but with a broadleaf maduro wrapper instead of  Hemingway’s characteristic Cameroon wrapper. The leaf is almost jet black with plenty of tooth and oils.

The Hemingway Signature is a six inch by 47 ring gauge perfecto (all the Hemingways are perfectos). It has a very firm feel, an easy draw, and, once lit, produces an abundance of thick, white smoke.

The Hemingway Signature begins with classic maduro sweetness. Dry chocolate and roast coffee flavors are dominant while initial notes of leather quickly fade.

The medium-bodied smoke is exquisitely balanced. In the second half of the cigar, subtle undertones of fruit reveal themselves. The burn is even and the layered gray ash is sturdy for at least an inch.

All in all, the Hemingway Signature Maduro is a rich smoke. Compared to the original Hemingway, the maduro is more savory and complex, while maintaining the same balance that Hemingway fans have come to appreciate.

With such interesting, rich, and savory flavors combined with excellent construction and impressive balance and depth, the Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature Maduro earnes a rating of four and a half stogies out of five.

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-Patrick S

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