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Review: Tatuaje Black Label Corona Gorda

One of Tatuaje’s most coveted and talked about blends is the Private Reserve, otherwise known as the Black Label blend. Ever since the original release of the foil wrapped Corona Gordas with covered feet in ceramic jars back in 2008, it has become one of the hottest releases Pete Johnson has produced, and now has ten different cigars in the line. I described the history of [...]

Review: Tatuaje Bombazo Capa Especial

In 2006, Havana Cellars released some of the first of what would eventually become dozens of single store releases. Each release consisted of a unique cigar, either in blend and size, and were available at a different store from a different part of the country. They were: Tatuaje La Maravilla (5 5/8 x 46) — [...]

Review: Tatuaje The Mummy

It is October again — and that means just one thing to Tatuaje fans — the annual release of the Monster Series. For five years running, Pete Johnson has released a different cigar based on monster characters in classic and recent films. We detailed the details in our story about The Mummy release: As mentioned in our [...]

Review: Tatuaje TAA 2012

As we wrote in March and again in August, the Tobacconists Association of America held its annual convention, which took place March 25-29 in Los Cabos, Mexico. While that in of itself is not something to get overly excited about, this was also the time when Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars took orders for one of [...]

Review: Tatuaje The Old Man and the C (Prerelease)

One of Tatuaje’s most revered blends is the Private Reserve, otherwise known as the Black Label blend. Ever since the original release of the Corona Gordas vitola in ceramic jars back in 2008, it has become one of the hottest releases Pete Johnson has produced. Word came down last year that Johnson was going to [...]

Review: Tatuaje Black Label Lancero (Prerelease)

For many—myself included—Tatuaje’s new Old Man and the C was one of the most anticipated releases of IPCPR 2012 for one major reason, the Tatuaje Black Label Lancero. The Old Man and the C was first introduced last year in the El Triunfador blend, featuring a Lancero, the El Triunfador Lancero Limited, and a Culebra [...]

Review: Tatuaje Little Boris

In 2008, Pete Johnson announced his first Monster Series release, The Frank, named after the movie monster of the 1931 classic film. After the fanfare that release attracted, Pete announced another release, the so called Actors Series, which was supposedly going to be another line, each one named after the film star that played in [...]

Review: Tatuaje Frank Jr.

In October of 2008, Pete Johnson released the first of what would become the most noted limited edition of the late 2000s, the Tatuaje Monster Series with the first release being The Frank. Jose Agosto of Gloucester Street Cigar Company, who the Tatuaje Porkchop was named after, is oftentimes credited with assisting Johnson in coming [...]

Review: Tatuaje Wolfie

The fourth and most recent installment in Tatuaje’s Monster Series was The Wolfman, a sizable, shaggy foot cigar released in October 2011 and named for a movie monster that first appeared on the big screen in December 1941. In less than a year’s time after the release of The Wolfman, Johnson has released a sampler box [...]

Review: Tatuaje Lil’ Drac

Dracula by Bram Stoker is hands down the most well-known vampire novel ever written. The book’s popularity throughout the past century, the number of movies about Dracula, and the numerous vampire related books, movies and television shows can easily allow us to say that the character Dracula is one of the most popular horror icons [...]