The Arturo Fuente name is the gold standard of premium cigars. Founded in 1912 by Arturo Fuente Sr. and rebuilt by hand after a fire destroyed the original Tampa factory, the brand has been guided by four generations of Fuente family members — most recently Carlos "Carlito" Fuente Jr. The family grows, processes, and rolls every cigar at their facilities in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and at Chateau de la Fuente — the estate that produces the world's first and finest Dominican sun-grown puro wrapper, the leaf behind the legendary Opus X. The Hemingway line, with its iconic perfecto shape, remains a humidor staple; Don Carlos, Chateau Fuente, and the annual Añejo release round out one of the deepest catalogs in premium cigars.