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Review: Tatuaje Tobacco Plaza DD

In late 2011, it became apparent that Tobacco Plaza of Great Neck, NY was slated for the next Tatuaje single store release. The cigar would be named the DD, an ode to owner Danny Ditkowich. In late January, Charlie posted the details, which go as follows: The cigar will be known as the Tatuaje Tobacco [...]

Redux: Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin

We are looking at one of the best Tatuaje releases of all time, the Pork Tenderloin. Big brother to the Porkchop, it is a blend that itself has spawned at least two more great cigars, including the legendary Tatuaje Barclay Rex 100th Anniversary and the Tatuaje TAA. I have been wanting to see how these [...]

Review: Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX

In 2007, Pete Johnson released a limited quantity of a special Cabaiguan to commemorate the 120th anniversary of W. Curtis Draper. Five years later, W. Curtis Draper commissioned four different cigars from four different brands to commemorate their 125th anniversary. Pete Johnson’s Havana Cellars was one of the four selected and the cigar chosen was the [...]

Review: Tatuaje La Vérité 2008

It’s been about eighteen months since the Tatuaje La Vérité 2008 was released – a cigar marketed much the same way wine futures are, with a prepurchase required in order to secure the lowest price, which in this case was $20 per cigar as opposed to the full MSRP of $25. Brooks described the project when [...]

Review: Tatuaje Gran Cojonu Reserva

For those of you that don’t know… Early 2011 saw the (relatively quiet) release of the Gran Cojonu Reserva at CigarWorld in Dueseeldorf, Germany. The cigar shares the exact same filler and binder as the Gran Cojonu, but with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper instead of the Habano Ecuador. Very few people know about this release [...]

Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2003, Tatuaje released it’s first cigar under the Cojonu (pronounced Co-ho-nu) banner, which is short for Cojonudo, Cuban slang for ballsy, obviously referring to the strength of the blend. The Cojonu releases are usually double banded (more on that below) with a regular brown label Tatuaje band on [...]

Review: Tatuaje “The Wolfman” (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Released right before Halloween every year, the Tatuaje Monster Series is one of the most anticipated cigars to hit the market each year. Each year, a different classic movie monster is immortalized with a different blend. The box and cigar are supposed to be representative of the Monster [...]

Review: Tatuaje TAA (2011)

In March of 2011, the Tobacconists’ Association of America held its yearly convention in Cabo San Lucas, where it was announced that Tatuaje would be producing a limited production cigar that would be sold only at the stores of the TAA members who attended the convention and signed up for it. Says Pete Johnson about [...]

Review: Tatuaje Avion ’11

Continuing our IPCPR 2011 reviews, today we take a look at the Tatuaje Avion. Avion is box-pressed perfecto that is a one vitola extension of the Fausto blend. The blend for Fausto and Avion is based off of the Tatuaje T110 that was a limited release for R.Field Wine Co. in Honolulu, HI in 2009. [...]

Review: NHC Selección Limitada Capa Especial (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In early 2010, Dan Welsh of New Havana Cigars fame announced that Pete Johnson (of Tatuaje Cigars fame) was producing a exclusive cigar blend for his store. Named simply the “NHC Selección Limitada”, there were two different wrappers on the same blend, a natural Habano Ecuador wrapper on [...]