OpusX Templo de Oro: Creamy and Available

The OpusX Templo de Oro -- the variant Carlito Fuente teased late last year and shipped to stores in December -- is now being reviewed in earnest, and the early read is that it is a creamier, slightly softer take on the classic Fuente Fuente OpusX profile. The construction is consistent with standard OpusX, the house style is unmistakable throughout, but the signature density and oomph of the original line soften into something rounder and more accessible. For a brand that has never given away its blending details, Fuente's own framing was unusually direct: he built this to be creamier than anything else in the OpusX portfolio, and it delivers on that brief. The more relevant news for most smokers is the accessibility point: Templo de Oro is showing up on shelves without the above-MSRP markup that standard OpusX reliably commands, which makes it the first new OpusX variant in years that you can actually buy at the listed price. If you have been waiting for a reason to revisit the line without paying the secondary premium, this is it.