Tatuaje Ships Tuxtla Versions of 10th Anniversary Belle Encre and Bon Chasseur

A pair of new cigars from Tatuaje are on their way to stores, as the company has begun shipping the 10th Anniversary Belle Encre Tuxtla and 10th Anniversary Bon Chasseur Tuxtla.

Both cigars debuted in 2013 as part of the company’s 10th anniversary celebration; 10 years later, they are getting a new spin from a Mexican San Andrés wrapper replacing the Ecuadorian habano found on the original blend. Underneath that wrapper is a dual binder and filler made from Nicaraguan-grown tobacco.

The Belle Encre is a 5 3/4 x 48 perfecto, while the Bon Chasseur is a 5 3/8 x 52 robusto, and both are priced at $12 per cigar and $240 for a box of 20 cigars. Both vitolas are limited editions, with only 2,500 boxes of 20 cigars being produced per size.

This marks the latest in a growing collection of cigars from Tatuaje released with the Tuxtla name, which comes from San Andrés Tuxtla, the name of the city where the majority of Mexican San Andrés is grown. In 2022, Tatuaje released the Avion ’13, Tatuaje 7th, and the Tatuaje T110 under the Tuxtla banner, while in March 2023, the company began shipping the Lomo de Cerdo, the Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin but with a Mexican wrapper.

The Tuxtla version becomes the third different Belle Encre release; there was also a Belle Encre Reserva with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper released in 2013. That same year, Tatuaje released the Tatuaje 10 Grand Chasseur TAA 2013, though it was a larger size than the Bon Chasseur.