Arturo Fuente Short Story Maduro

Description

Product Description:

The Arturo Fuente Short Story Maduro is one of the most quietly legendary releases in the entire Hemingway line — a cigar many enthusiasts had heard of long before they could actually find one.

Construction & Origin

Part of Arturo Fuente’s celebrated Hemingway series, the Short Story is finished in a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper over Dominican binder and filler, hand-rolled at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia in the Dominican Republic. While every other Hemingway vitola has been available in Maduro for over a decade, the Short Story Maduro was one of only two sizes in the line never mass-produced — for years it was handed out only in tiny quantities, until Fuente finally released it more widely. At just 4 x 49, it’s a compact figurado built for a genuinely quick smoke, typically well under an hour.

Flavor Profile

Medium to full-bodied, the Short Story Maduro opens with rich cocoa and burnt coffee notes, developing into cedar, black pepper, and a touch of spice through the midsection. It’s a complex, layered smoke for its size — reviewers consistently note excellent construction, a smooth burn, and a satisfying, lingering finish despite the shorter smoking time.

Why It’s Sought After

This is genuinely one of the harder-to-find Hemingway sizes — for years it circulated mostly by rumor among enthusiasts who’d heard about it from Fuente factory visits before it became more broadly available. It remains a favorite pick for anyone who wants real Hemingway complexity without committing to a full hour-plus smoke.