Arturo Fuente learned the art of growing and processing tobacco and the making of premium, handmade cigars in Cuba at the end of the 19th century, producing his own line in 1912. Today, his son Carlos and grandson, Carlos, Jr. oversee an enormous operation producing more than 30 million cigars every year. Their line offers a medium-to-full-bodied taste, with the celebrated Hemingway series (introduced in 1983) a little mellower, thanks to an additional 140 days of aging. Many of the natural-wrapped cigars (including the Hemingway series) feature Cameroon leaves, with Connecticut leaf used for maduros.
