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The sought after and hard to find Anejo line of cigars from Arturo Fuente utilize a dark Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper aged in cognac barrels. It’s a full bodied cigar with rich notes of spices, dark earth, wood and a subtle sweet finish. This is a very rare release often only coming twice a year.
The No. 77 Shark is even more rare among the Anejo line, it is the first ever box press cigar that starts as a straight parejo and tapers to a square foot.
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Description
The Arturo Fuente Shark No. 77 Xtra Viejo carries one of the most instantly recognizable shapes in the entire cigar world — a genuine design first that’s become synonymous with the whole Añejo line.
Construction & Origin
Part of the Añejo family born from the 1998 hurricane that devastated Fuente’s Opus X wrapper crop, the Shark shares its filler and binder with Opus X but swaps in a dark USA Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, aged in oak cognac barrels for six to twelve months. The No. 77 vitola — nicknamed “the Shark” for its distinctive tooth-like silhouette — was the first-ever cigar shape to transition from a rounded parejo cap at the head into a squared, box-pressed torpedo toward the foot, first released in 2001. Every cigar is hand-rolled at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia in the Dominican Republic, and true to the Añejo tradition, it’s released in small batches only around Father’s Day and Christmas each year.
Flavor Profile
Medium to full-bodied, expect dark chocolate, espresso, cedar, and spiced oak up front, developing into caramel, cashew, black licorice, and a distinctive cognac-kissed sweetness that’s become the signature “Añejo” flavor. Reviewers consistently praise the rich, layered profile, though several note the tricky square-to-round shape can occasionally produce an uneven burn — a small tradeoff for one of Fuente’s most visually striking releases.
Why It’s Sought After
The Shark is widely considered one of the most coveted vitolas in the entire Fuente portfolio — some retailers cap purchases at just 2-3 per customer given how limited and fast-selling each release is. Between its status as the world’s first round-to-square cigar shape and the same rare Opus X-adjacent blend that built the brand’s reputation, this remains a genuine bucket-list cigar for serious Fuente collectors.
Additional information
| Packaging Type | Single |
|---|---|
| Strength | Medium |
| Origin | |
| Wrapper | Connecticut Broadleaf |
| Filler | Dominican |
| Length | 5.87" |
| Gauge | 50/64 |
