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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
Lomo de Cerdo, one of Tatuaje’s most talked about new cigars from the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show is set to begin shipping to stores on Monday.
The cigar gives a new spin to one of Tatuaje’s most sought-after limited editions, as it based on the Pork Tenderloin, which came out in 2010, but this new cigars uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper instead of the Connecticut broadleaf wrapper found on the original cigar. As such, the Lomo de Cerdo—which is Spanish for pork loin—wears a band that says Tuxtla as a nod to the city where the vast majority of Mexican San Andrés tobacco is grown. It is a band that has been used on the three other cigars in Tatuaje’s Tuxtla Series, which debuted in June 2022 and includes the Avion ’13 Tuxtla, Tatuaje 7th Tuxtla and Tatuaje T110 Tuxtla.
Like the original Pork Tenderloin, the Lomo de Cerdo uses Nicaraguan tobacco for the binders and fillers. Also like the Pork Tenderloin, the Lomo de Cerdo is notable for its packaging, as the cigars come in 25-count bundles wrapped in butcher paper designed to look like what would be handed across the counter at the butcher shop.
The Tatuaje Lomo de Cerdo, a 5 1/8 x 52 robusto, is priced at $12 per cigar and $300 for a bundle of 25 cigars. They are produced by My Father Cigars S.A. at its factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Pete Johnson said that production ended up being just north of 8,000 bundles of cigars, as when the cigar was announced, production wasn’t known as it would be determined by how many cigars were ordered.
The cigar is well made and has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were lime, brown sugar, and black coffee with some earthiness. There was black pepper rated at 8 to 8 1/2. There is a distinct flavor of lime in this cigar.
At the first third (25 minutes) I had light hints of nougat in the mix. The notes are still lime, brown sugar, and black coffee with some earthiness but there are light nougat notes also. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is lime with a little brown sugar and black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. The black pepper on the front end is still at 8. I rated the first third 93.
Moving through the second third (50 minutes) the black coffee and earthiness rose greatly. There were light lime and brown sugar notes with a lot of earthiness and black coffee. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is primarily lime with some black coffee and very good lingering black pepper. There's more lime on the finish than on the front end. I'm not a fan of earthy black coffee as a primary flavor. I rated the second third 88.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 15 minutes. The cigar made a fairly nice bounce back. Now I had lime, citrus, brown sugar, hints of nougat, and a lot of earthy black coffee. The cigar is quite full bodied. The finish is a lot of earthy black coffee with hints of lime and very good lingering black pepper. The black pepper on the front end never got below 8. The citrus notes helped but the cigar was not quite as enjoyable as the first third. I rated the final third 92.
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