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Review: Tatuaje Federal Cigar 90th Anniversary 109 Reserva

A year ago I attended a Tatuaje event at Federal Cigar and spoke with Rick Gadway, owner of Federal Cigar, about an Exclusive Series Pete Johnson was going to do for his store. Rick explained to me that he requested a 109 vitola for his stores 90th Anniversary that was coming up, but didn’t really get [...]

Review: Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… About 6 months ago, the people at Tobacco Grove in Minnesota contacted Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson about having a special cigar release (much like his recent and ongoing “Singe Store” releases) for his store…The problem (as with any Tatuaje Single Store release) is deciding on a vitola [...]

Review: El Triunfador SODO

Today we will be taking a look at a recent limited store release from none other than Pete Johnson and Tatuaje, the El Triunfador SODO Especiales (Petit Lancero). In 2009, Tatuaje release the Original El Triunfador Lancero (you can read Charlie’s review HERE), a Broadleaf wrapped blend that was released to rave reviews, its personally [...]

Review: Tatuaje Anarchy (Prerelease) (Face-Off)

In early 2010 the hype drums started rumbling about an exclusive Tatuaje cigar dubbed Anarchy. No details were given about who was behind the project, but what was known was that it wasn’t Pete Johnson himself behind the marketing of the project; he was only part of the blending process. It was most likely a store owner celebrating an anniversary but that was all we knew. Well less than 2 weeks ago that mystery was solved….

Review: Tatuaje Barclay Rex 100th Anniversary (Prerelease)

If you are a Tatuaje fan, you will be excited to know that Pete Johnson has honored a Cigar shop in New York City called Barclay Rex by making a cigar to celebrate their 100th Anniversary in business. 100 years in the cigar business…That’s a beautiful thing. Here is a little info on Barclay Rex [...]

Review: Tatuaje “The Face”

For those of you that don’t know… Released around Halloween every year, the Tatuaje “Monster” series is one of the most anticipated cigars on the market…Each year, a different classic movie Monster is immortalized with a different blend, with the box and cigar itself being representative to the Monster it is named after (i.e. “The [...]

Review: Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador 7th Reserva

In the spring of 2010 word started spreading about a few very exciting Tatuaje line extensions. Among many fairly normal size extensions and a few band changes were the talk of 3 broadleaf wrapped regular production sticks! Now, if you are any kind of Tatuaje fan you know that is VERY exciting news. The Noella [...]

Review: Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin

About a week ago, it was announced that Jose Agosto from Gloucester Street Cigars in Boston had a brand new Tatuaje Singe Store Limited Release. It is part of the Butcher Cut series, and is dubbed the Pork Tenderloin. Now, this limited release stuff is all old hat to Jose. He sold the (extremely limited) [...]

Review: Tatuaje Outlaw

For those of you that don’t know. In June of 2010, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars announced he would be releasing another one of his Single Store Limited Series (now known as the exclusivo series). This time for Outlaw Cigars in Kansas City, Missouri, and their Bad to the Bone event. Despite quite a bit [...]

Review: Tatuaje “The Frank”

In 2008 Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame, with the help of a good friend, came up with the idea for a very special Halloween cigar release. Pete decided that each year around October 31st he would release a cigar based on a classic monster of his choosing. For the first release, dubbed “The Frank” (after [...]