First My Father & Tatuaje La Union Collaboration Nears Release (Update)

The first half of La Union, the collaboration between My Father and Tatuaje, is almost ready to begin shipping to stores.

Update — Pete Johnson of Tatuaje has clarified that these will not be shipping for a week or two. This story originally indicated the cigars were shipping.

There are four different blends, each rolled into a 7 1/4 x 50 double corona with a 109-style cap. Two of the cigars were blended by the García family of My Father, while Pete Johnson of Tatuaje blended the other two.

The cigars come packaged in boxes of 40. In keeping with the union, each box contains 20 cigars blended by the Garcías and 20 blended by Johnson. The first of these boxes, the black boxes, are almost ready to ship to stores.

La Union — Tatuaje for My Father (Black) uses a shade-grown Nicaraguan corojo 99 wrapper, while La Union — My Father for Tatuaje (Black) uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper.

As for the other two cigars, the Tatuaje in the upcoming red box uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, while the cigar blended by the Garcías uses a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper.

All four cigars use Nicaraguan tobacco grown by the García family for both the binder and fillers. This includes pelo de oro, a tobacco My Father has often used for its most special releases. Pelo de oro, which translates into golden hair, is known for its unique golden color and the difficulties associated with growing it. The tobacco has been banned in Cuba due to its propensity to attract mold, but it’s grown in a few places outside of the island, including the García’s farms in Nicaragua.

Each cigar is the same size, a vitola the companies are calling a Prominente Especial. The cigars feature a 109-style cap, a hybrid between the round cap of a traditional parejo and the tapered point of a belicoso. One way to tell which blend you are smoking: the Tatuaje-blended versions have covered feet, while the My Father versions do not.

The MSRP for both boxes is set at $2,400 or $60 per cigar. Production is limited to 1,500 boxes per color, 1,200 of which will go to the U.S. Each box comes with a XIKAR Xi1 Perfect Cut cutter.

While nearly every Tatuaje cigar ever made has been produced by the García family, the two companies wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this working relationship. Pete Johnson of Tatuaje was the first client of the Garcías. The company says the logo is a rendering of Johnson shaking Jaime García’s hand with José “Pepín” García, Jaime’s father, blessing the union.

My Father has not yet announced a ship date for the La Union Red.

Update (March 3, 2024) — Pete Johnson of Tatuaje told halfwheel that the La Union Red release is currently resting and slated for release in early 2025.