Arturo Fuente Default Natural Short Story - BOX OF 15

The same cigar that made an entire generation of aficionados chase down boxes at up to $20 a stick, just in a smaller commitment. This box of 15 delivers the identical Hemingway Short Story blend found in the larger box, a toothy Cameroon wrapper over estate-grown Dominican binder and long-filler, handmade in the traditional Cuban Perfecto shape by only the most skilled torcedores at Tabacalera A. Fuente.

If you already know the Short Story and simply want a more manageable quantity, this is the practical option. If you've never tried it, this box of 15 is also a genuinely sensible way to discover why this particular cigar has held such a devoted following for decades, without committing to the full 25-count box before you know how much you like it. Nothing about the blend changes at this quantity: the same 90-point rating from Cigar Aficionado applies, the same limited-production shape, the same year-end aging at Chateau Fuente before release.

What you get is the full Short Story experience, earth and pepper through the tapered tip giving way to wood, cinnamon, leather, baking spices, and cocoa once the cigar opens into the barrel, with maple and a nutty, walnut-like character running throughout and a long, creamy finish that closes the whole thing out. At 30 to 45 minutes depending on pace, it remains one of the most complete small-format smokes in the entire Fuente catalog, medium-bodied, genuinely complex, and just as capable of being a golf-course companion or a quick evening smoke in this box size as in the larger one.

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Flavor progression:

1. Opening: heavy top notes of earth and pepper from the tapered tip, with a subtle sweetness and touch of citrus on the wrapper's aroma
2. Mid-smoke: wood, cinnamon, leather, baking spices, and cocoa open up as the cigar reaches the barrel, maple and nutty, walnut-like character developing alongside
3. Close: a long, creamy finish carries the sweet tobacco aroma through to the final draws, the profile staying smooth without turning bitter

Key Features:

1. Brand: Arturo Fuente
2. Line: Hemingway
3. Vitola: Short Story (Perfecto)
4. Founded: 1912, by Don Arturo Fuente
5. Factory: Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, Santiago, Dominican Republic
6. Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
7. Wrapper: African Cameroon
8. Binder: Dominican Republic (estate-grown)
9. Filler: Dominican Republic (estate-grown, long-filler)
10. Construction: Handmade, limited production, closed foot
11. Size: 4 inches x 49 ring gauge
12. Strength: Medium
13. Flavor Profile: Earth, pepper, wood, cinnamon, leather, baking spices, cocoa, maple, walnut, citrus
14. Rating: 90 points, Cigar Aficionado
15. Smoke Time: Approximately 30 to 45 minutes
16. Box Count: 15 cigars
17. Price per Cigar: approximately $6.60