Tatuaje The Face Redux 3 (6 3/8 x 56 toro gordo)

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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)

The Face Redux 3 is a a 6 3/8 x 56 toro gordo vitola that uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan binders and fillers. Tatuaje is producing 5,000 boxes of 13 cigars, a total of 65,000 cigars, for this redux release. Of those 5,000 boxes, 700 are individually numbered, while the other 4,300 are not. Pricing is set at $13 per cigar and $169 per box, regardless of whether it is numbered or not.

Tatuaje’s The Face became recognizable for using a jaggedly cut piece of Ecuadorian Connecticut tobacco to serve as the band, a nod to the movie monster Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, who was known for wearing a mask made of a person’s skin. Like its Monster Series predecessors, The Frank and The Drac, it came in boxes designed to look like coffins, complete with red paint splattered on them to mimic the look of blood. Only 13 retailers would get those dress boxes, which were limited to 666 individually numbered pieces, while a more traditional 10-count box was also created for widespread release. In total, 21,658 cigars were released for The Face.

The Face was also notable for being the first modern movie monster to be selected for Tatuaje’s Monster Series line, as Frankenstein and Dracula, both classic movie monsters, served as the inspiration for the first two releases in the series.

The cigar is dark brown and has a weighty feel in the hand. The foot is closed.

The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were quite a bit of brown sugar with a lemony apple, leather, and black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 8. Nice start.

At the first third (30 minutes) the ash is still intact. The flavors have morphed into more of a cedar with brown sugar. There's light toffee in the mix, leather, and black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is light toffee and leather with good lingering black pepper. The cigar has nice sweetness to go along with the dark notes. I rated the first third 94.

Moving through the second third (59 minutes) I had to do a little touch up on the wrapper that wasn't burning correctly. The toffee and brown sugar are really coming out nicely. There's very little of a citrus note. The leather is very manageable but there's a lot of black coffee. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is unchanged, light toffee and leather, but there's very good lingering black pepper. The cigar changed around a little but it's still just as appealing. I held the score of 94.

The cigar lasted 1 hour 23 minutes. The cigar got a little earthy. The black coffee rose a little. The sweet notes are still toffee and brown sugar primarily but they took a slight dip. There's still light leather. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is unchanged. I rated the final third 93. Still a good cigar.

Overall Score: 93.67