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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
The Tuxtla Series is debuting with three cigars, the Avion 13, Tatuaje 7th, and the Tatuaje T110. The line gets its name from San Andrés Tuxtla, the city and municipality that is home to the vast majority of Mexico’s premium cigar industry, including its tobacco growing region.
The Tatuaje T110 Tuxtla is a 4 3/8 x 52 petit robusto, priced at $10 per cigar but with more cigars produced than the other two, as 4,000 boxes of 25 cigars have been produced The T110 dates back to 2009 and made a return to store shelves in 2021 in three wrapper variations, an Ecuadorian habano, an Ecuadorian Sumatra, and a Connecticut broadleaf, each with a Nicaraguan dual binder and filler.
Pete Johnson said, “I’m excited for people to try these cigars. The San Andrés wrapper really shows how much the wrapper can change the flavor of a cigar. We are very particular when using San Andrés making sure we use it on blends that can stand up to the heavier flavor. I think these blends work perfectly.”
This is not Tatuaje’s first foray into using Mexican tobacco, having released the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment and Tatuaje ME II lines in 2019, both of which were follow-ups to limited releases he created using Mexican San Andrés wrappers in 2012. Johnson has also used a Mexican-grown wrapper on The Face, the third installment of the Monster Series, and on releases for the Tobacconists’ Association of America, including the Tatuaje TAA 51th that was released in 2019.
Johnson is planning to add more cigars to the Tuxtla series in the future, and that some of the releases could end up becoming full production offerings.
The cigar is dark and well made. It has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good with a touch of firmness. The initial flavors at light up came quickly; citrus, citrus peel, brown sugar, cinnamon, leather, and black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. A pretty good start.
At the first third (20 minutes) the notes were about the same; citrus, citrus peel, brown sugar, cinnamon, leather, and black coffee. But there is now nutmeg in the mix. And, the black coffee is rather earthy now. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is citrus peel and leather with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is rather dark noted but has nice sweetness. I rated the first third 92.
Moving through the second third (38 minutes) the citrus and citrus peel notes are quite downplayed. The brown sugar and light cinnamon are still there and now there are light toffee notes, which are always welcome. The nutmeg, leather, and earthy black coffee are also still there. The cigar is now full bodied. The finish has some influence of light toffee and leather with good lingering black pepper. The loss of the citrus notes are a negative but the addition of toffee was a plus. And, the cigar is very smooth. So I held the score of 92.
The cigar lasted 53 minutes. It rarely happens but the cigar actually improved in the final third. The citrus notes came back and they are quite sweet. The citrus peel is pretty much gone allowing the sweet citrus to shine. The brown sugar and light cinnamon are still there. The toffee is very light to non-existent. It just showed up temporarily in the mid-section. And, I still had leather and earthy black coffee which were not as intrusive as they had been. The lead player is definitely the citrus. The cigar is full bodied. The finish has residue of toffee and leather with good lingering black pepper. I rated the final third 93. This is a good, short cigar with nice sweet and dark notes.
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