Short answer: Fuente has marked two OpusX anniversaries with their own bands. The blue-banded 20 Years Celebration came in four sizes for the twentieth, and the green-banded 25 Aniversario followed with El Tributo and La Familia for the twenty-fifth. The original OpusX keeps its red band. We carry the 20 Years Celebration Power of the Dream.
Prices are our singles in October 2026; each product page shows the current price and count.
The anniversary OpusX at a glance
| Release | Band | Out | Sizes | We carry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Years Celebration | Blue | Late 2016, a year after the anniversary | Believe, Father & Son, God's Whisper, Power of the Dream | Power of the Dream, $70 a single in October 2026 |
| 25 Aniversario El Tributo | Green, with an "Opus 25" band | 2021 inside Elie Bleu humidors; boxes to retailers in 2025 | 7 x 50 Churchill | Not listed online |
| 25 Aniversario La Familia | Green | A first allotment late in 2024 | Perfecto | Not listed online |
The blue band: 20 Years Celebration
Cigar Aficionado reports that OpusX made its commercial debut in New York in November 1995, and that the 20 Years Celebration reached stores a year later than planned. Instead of the classic red, its bands and boxes are blue. Carlos Fuente Jr. told the magazine that blue was the color of the earliest Fuente labels, and that the wavy design on the box stands for the river beside Chateau de la Fuente, where the wrapper is grown.
| Size | Dimensions | Box |
|---|---|---|
| Believe | 5¾ x 52 | 20 |
| Father & Son | 6¼ x 49 | 20 |
| God's Whisper | 6½ x 56 | 20 |
| Power of the Dream | 6⅜ x 52 torpedo | 20 |
The blend is not the regular OpusX. Cigar Aficionado reports the wrapper comes from the third priming rather than the darker upper primings, with some filler from another farm grown only for Fuente, and halfwheel describes the wrapper as lighter than standard OpusX. halfwheel also reported that many retailers received only one box of each size.
The rest of the twentieth
halfwheel reports that Prometheus marked the same anniversary with a run of collector pieces, including an Opus22 box for the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, the FFOX6 sampler, 200 Father and Son humidors, and an OpusX Original Belicoso rolled in 1994 and aged twenty years. Opus22 and Opus6 have returned in later releases: we carry the 2025 Opus22 and the Opus6 Travel Humidor.
The green band: 25 Aniversario
Cigar Aficionado reports that smokers call the line Opus Green or Opus 25. It wears a green OpusX band with a second band marked Opus 25, and Carlos Fuente Jr. wrote a dedication to his father, Carlos Fuente Sr., who died in 2016, on each box lid. The magazine describes the wrapper as a lighter hybrid of the original Corojo seed and a seed Fuente developed, grown and rolled in the Dominican Republic.
- El Tributo. A 7 x 50 Churchill and the first cigar of the line. It debuted in 2021 sold only inside two Elie Bleu humidors: Cigar Aficionado lists a 25-cigar desktop model at $9,250 and a 150-cigar cabinet at $70,000. In 2025 it reached retailers on its own in wooden boxes of 25, at a suggested price Cigar Aficionado put at about $50 a cigar. Cigar Coop scored it 90 in August 2026.
- La Familia. A perfecto, first shown at the 2024 PCA trade show in coffins, per halfwheel. Cigar Coop reports a limited allotment reached select retailers late in 2024, most of them receiving a single box. Fuente did not publish the size: Cigar Aficionado lists it at 6¼ x 52, while Cigar Coop measured about 6¾ x 60. Cigar Insider and Cigar Aficionado each scored it 94.
Blue, green or red
- Red is the original Fuente Fuente OpusX, in our Opus X collection.
- Blue is the 20 Years Celebration, with a lighter third-priming wrapper.
- Green is the 25 Aniversario, on a lighter hybrid-seed wrapper.
Fuente told Cigar Aficionado that El Tributo is milder than the red-band OpusX and stronger than the blue-band 20 Years Celebration, and that La Familia, under a slightly darker wrapper, is a bit stronger than El Tributo.
How strong is the Opus X 20th Anniversary?
Fuente has published no strength rating for the blue band, but its own ranking puts it at the mild end. The company told Cigar Aficionado that El Tributo is milder than the red-band OpusX and stronger than the 20 Years Celebration, which leaves the blue band the mildest of the three. That matches its wrapper, a lighter leaf from the third priming rather than the darker upper leaves of standard OpusX.
When did each OpusX milestone happen?
| Date | Milestone | Reported by |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tobacco for the first OpusX is planted, the year printed on its packaging | halfwheel |
| November 1995 | OpusX makes its commercial debut in New York | Cigar Aficionado |
| 2004 | Carlito Fuente plants a summer crop at Chateau de la Fuente for the film The Lost City, the tobacco behind Opus X Lost City | Fuente Aged Selection |
| 2016 | The blue-band 20 Years Celebration reaches stores, a year late | Cigar Aficionado |
| Late 2023 | The 9¼-inch Lost City Carlito's A ships for the 15th anniversary of Lost City | halfwheel |
| 2025 | El Tributo reaches retailers in boxes of 25; the 2025 Opus22 ships in 500 numbered boxes | Cigar Aficionado; Fuente Aged Selection |
Which Opus X can you smoke while the anniversary bands are scarce?
The anniversary releases have reached many shops one box at a time. Opus X Lost City cigars come from that 2004 summer crop, which Fuente Aged Selection says aged about five years before release, in a Dominican wrapper, binder and filler that Fuente calls medium to full. Lost City sizes we carry include the Robusto, Double Robusto, Toro, Piramide and Double Robusto Tubo; Opus X Lost City In Stock Now shows today's shelf.
For the red band itself, the Opus X Robusto and No. 77 Baby Shark are in our Opus X cigars collection, beside Opus X Angel's Share, Opus X Oro Oscuro and Opus X Templo de Oro.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Opus X 20th Anniversary?
The Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration, a blue-banded line made for the twentieth anniversary of OpusX, which made its commercial debut in New York in November 1995. Cigar Aficionado reports it reached stores a year late, in 2016, with a lighter wrapper from the third priming.
What sizes is the Opus X 20th Anniversary?
Four, per halfwheel and Cigar Aficionado: Believe (5¾ x 52), Father & Son (6¼ x 49), God's Whisper (6½ x 56) and Power of the Dream (6⅜ x 52 torpedo), each in boxes of 20.
What is the Opus X 25th Anniversary?
The Fuente Fuente OpusX 25 Aniversario, a green-banded line. Its first cigar, the 7 x 50 El Tributo, debuted in 2021 sold only inside Elie Bleu humidors, and reached retailers in boxes of 25 in 2025. Cigar Aficionado reports smokers call it Opus Green or Opus 25.
What is the difference between OpusX El Tributo and La Familia?
El Tributo is a 7 x 50 Churchill. La Familia is a perfecto, listed by Cigar Aficionado at 6¼ x 52, with a slightly darker wrapper; Fuente told Cigar Aficionado it is a bit stronger than El Tributo.
What do the Opus X band colors mean?
Red is the original Fuente Fuente OpusX. Blue marks the 20 Years Celebration and green the 25 Aniversario. Fuente told Cigar Aficionado that El Tributo is milder than the red-band OpusX and stronger than the blue-band 20 Years Celebration.
Which anniversary Opus X is in stock?
We carry the 20 Years Celebration Power of the Dream, $70 a single at our listed prices in October 2026, and list no 25 Aniversario size online. Each product page shows the live count, and Opus X In Stock Now lists every Opus X on our shelf today.
Is the Opus X 20th Anniversary milder than regular Opus X?
By Fuente's own ranking, yes. The company told Cigar Aficionado that El Tributo is milder than the red-band OpusX and stronger than the blue-band 20 Years Celebration, which leaves the blue band the mildest of the three.
What size is the Opus X Power of the Dream?
6⅜ x 52 with a torpedo head, packed 20 to a box at the factory, per halfwheel and Cigar Aficionado. We sell it by the single.
Is Opus X Lost City an anniversary release?
No. Lost City is its own line, made from tobacco Carlito Fuente planted at Chateau de la Fuente in the summer of 2004 for the film The Lost City. halfwheel reports that the 9¼-inch Carlito's A marked the line's 15th anniversary.
Where can I buy Opus X anniversary cigars in Yuma, AZ?
At Sun of a Gun Cigars & Spirits, 1651 S Arizona Ave, an official J.C. Newman Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge with a walk-in humidor. Call 928-276-3500 to ask which OpusX is on the shelf, or order online. $9.99 flat shipping, free on orders of $125 or more.
Where to go next
Every OpusX size and release is in our Opus X guide, with prices in our Opus X price guide and every Fuente shark in our Fuente Shark guide. What is on the shelf today is on Opus X in Stock and Rare Cigars in Stock Now. $9.99 flat shipping, free on orders of $125 or more.
Sources
- Cigar Aficionado: Blue Smokes Honor OpusX
- halfwheel: Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration Arrives at Stores
- halfwheel: Prometheus Celebrates 20 Years of Fuente Fuente OpusX
- Cigar Aficionado: Opus Green, a New Look from Fuente
- halfwheel: Arturo Fuente Teases OpusX 25 Perfecto
- Cigar Coop: OpusX 25 Aniversario El Tributo and La Familia at 2025 PCA
- Cigar Coop: OpusX 25 Aniversario El Tributo review
- Cigar Aficionado: OpusX 25 Aniversario La Familia rating
