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Arturo Fuente Especiales Emperador

Emperador is the longest Especiales at seven inches with a 52 ring gauge. It adds an inch and two ring-gauge points to Cazadores. Conquistadores is substantially shorter but wider at 56 ring. The Especiales family has a published Ecuador Habano wrapper and aged Dominican tobacco. Fuente explains its use of medium-length filler and an associated rolling technique, making construction part of the collection’s documented identity. Especiales sits beneath the broader Medium Filler grouping with its own three-format directory. Fuente describes the family as medium-bodied and associates it with cedar, oak, spice and sweetness. Emperador places that manufacturer description in the collection’s most extended proportion, while retaining a smaller ring gauge than the compact Conquistadores.

Specifications

published size
7 in × 52 ring

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