Description
The Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion No. 77 Shark 2007 Aged Selection is a remarkable piece of Fuente history, combining one of the most distinctive shapes in the OpusX universe with a 2007 Aged Selection designation that places this cigar at nearly two decades of age.
For the seasoned Fuente aficionado, that age is what makes this Shark truly extraordinary.
OpusX has long been prized for its power, richness, and unmistakable Dominican character, but nearly twenty years of maturation presents an entirely different proposition. Time allows the tobaccos to evolve slowly, potentially softening youthful intensity while encouraging greater integration between the cigar’s sweetness, spice, earth, and wood. What begins as the unmistakable strength of OpusX can develop into something increasingly nuanced, composed, and sophisticated after years of careful rest.
And this cigar has had almost two decades to make that transformation.
The Shark format makes the experience even more intriguing. The PerfecXion No. 77 Shark is distinguished by its unusual transition between rounded and box pressed sections, giving the cigar a silhouette instantly recognizable to knowledgeable Fuente collectors. Pair that unmistakable shape with tobacco selected in 2007, and the result is a cigar dramatically removed from an ordinary production OpusX.
At its heart remains the unmistakable pedigree of Fuente Fuente OpusX, one of the most celebrated Dominican cigars ever created. Yet with an Aged Selection such as this, the fascination lies in discovering what nearly twenty years have done to that legendary character.
Expect an exceptionally mature expression built around aged cedar, leather, earth, cocoa, baking spice, roasted nuts, and natural tobacco sweetness, with the possibility of softer pepper and increasingly integrated flavors as the cigar develops. Rather than approaching this Shark solely for the intensity traditionally associated with OpusX, the true attraction is the depth and refinement that significant age can bring.
But flavor tells only part of the story.
A 2007 Aged Selection is something that cannot simply be produced again.
Fuente can make another Shark. Fuente can release another limited OpusX. But it cannot create another cigar that has already traveled through nearly two decades of history. Every surviving example represents a finite piece of the past, and every one that is smoked leaves one fewer available to the collectors and aficionados who seek these extraordinary vintage Fuentes.
That scarcity is already evident. Individual examples separated from the Impossible Collection have appeared through specialty retailers and subsequently sold out, with the cigar specifically marketed among some of the rarest Fuente cigars from the collection.
For the serious Fuente collector, the Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion No. 77 Shark 2007 Aged Selection offers a compelling combination: an iconic and unconventional OpusX shape, extraordinary scarcity, documented Aged Selection provenance, and nearly twenty years of maturation.
This is not simply an OpusX Shark that has been sitting in someone’s humidor for a few years.
It is a genuine Fuente 2007 Aged Selection, a cigar whose age is part of its identity, provenance, and appeal.
As each year passes, that distinction only becomes more meaningful.
Rare Sharks may surface again. A 2007 Aged Selection can only become older, scarcer, and more irreplaceable.
