"Maduro", when it's really "Oscuro"?

[SmokinApe]

Originally Posted by BigBuddha76

I had never heard of Fuente using dye. It very well could have been a buildup of tar....that stuff is actually tougher to get off than the dye

Ah... that may be a good point! Do Fuente's have excessive tar? I never noticed but I smoke very slowly to avoid tar...

[SmokinApe]

This must have been where I first heard it...

Actually Urbi MOST maduros are dyed from what I've been told. I don't know how you tell but I do know that the General Rep told me all General's are and he claimed that all Fuente's were as well.

It was posted by Madurofan on Cigar.com - Habano Wrapper?
I just dont know if it was our Madurofan...

[Cigar Man Andy]

Originally Posted by SmokinApe

I don't mean any disrespect and don't want to speak out of line but there were some posts about a botl who got ink on his lips from a Fuente, not sure of the vitola tho... hopefully he will see this and post...

It wouldn't have been ink. To be real, half the guys on the forums exaggerate. Maybe your friend had someone play a joke on him, but let me repeat. Fuente has never dyed their cigars. If you can get to the DR, I can get you into the Fuente factory.

[Cigar Man Andy]

Originally Posted by SmokinApe

Ah... that may be a good point! Do Fuente's have excessive tar? I never noticed but I smoke very slowly to avoid tar...

I do agree that it could have been excessive tar as well. That does happen with the King B and Cuban Belicoso as well.

[SmokinApe]

Originally Posted by Cigar Man Andy

It wouldn't have been ink. To be real, half the guys on the forums exaggerate. Maybe your friend had someone play a joke on him, but let me repeat. Fuente has never dyed their cigars. If you can get to the DR, I can get you into the Fuente factory.

What about the Ashton Aged Maduro? Or cigars rolled in Tampa? I would love to go to the factory, and appreciate the offer but I don't see me getting to the DR anytime soon...

[Cigar Man Andy]

Originally Posted by SmokinApe

What about the Ashton Aged Maduro? Or cigars rolled in Tampa? I would love to go to the factory, and appreciate the offer but I don't see me getting to the DR anytime soon...

They are rolled at the A Fuente Factory in Santiago DR.

[Saint Jimbob]

I would think that dye processing would leave an uneven color to the leaves. Oliva and Perdomo maduros seem pretty evenly colored, and I wouldn't suspect dye there. Plus, their maduros are delicious, and you just can't fake delicious.

[SmokinApe]

Originally Posted by Saint Jimbob

I would think that dye processing would leave an uneven color to the leaves. Oliva and Perdomo maduros seem pretty evenly colored, and I wouldn't suspect dye there. Plus, their maduros are delicious, and you just can't fake delicious.

I think the point of dying is to get the even color...