Fuente Opus X Destino Al Siglo Shark (Single cigars)

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Perhaps more than any other cigar brand in the world, Arturo Fuente is well-known for its host of cigar creations in unusual shapes, sizes and designs. From the OpusX Football to the different creations stored in the “Forbidden Alcove” at the Fuente factory, the company has been producing unique vitolas for decades.

While most of the most unusual creations tend to be produced very rarely or for specific projects, there have been times when a former hard-to-find vitola has actually become a more readily available product, or at least as readily available as any OpusX branded cigar can be.

The Shark is one of those sizes: visually, it is a peculiar shape that starts with a rounded belicoso-like tip but transforms into a square box-pressed foot. It was first seen as a 5 5/8 x 54 prototype given out at the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (CFCF) event in 1999 when it was referred to as a “Round To Square Shape” or “Bull Shark.” That early version was never formally sold, and it is fairly easy to distinguish from later versions since it featured a rounded cap instead of the pointed belicoso-style cap used on later incarnations.

Two years after that, the “Shark No. 77” was added to Fuente’s Añejo line of cigars, one year after the rest of the Añejos debuted in 2000. The unusual size was so memorable that cigar smokers began referring to it as just a “Shark” instead of using the specific ring gauge to identify it as is usually done with most other Añejo vitolas, (i.e. Añejo No.48, etc.)