Video review HERE.
(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
Like the original cigar, which came out in 2014, it is a 7 1/2 x 47 Nicaraguan puro, highlighted by a criollo wrapper. In describing the original cigar’s blend, Pete Johnson, Tatuaje’s founder, described it as a cleaner-looking version of the Tatuaje Black Label, with the larger size altering the flavor a bit as well.
Production is limited to 5,000 boxes of 13 cigars, a total run of 65,000 he cigars. Of those, 666 of them are sequentially numbered, another 34 are marked with XX instead of a number, an allocation of cigars usually saved for special occasions or other purposes, while the remaining 4,300 boxes are not numbered. Pricing is set at $13 per cigar.
The cigars are made at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
The cigar is brown and quite long. It has a nice feel in the hand. The foot is closed.
The test draw after cutting the cap was ok but with the closed foot it will get better once lit. The initial flavors at light up were a lemony citrus, very similar to a lemon drop candy but not as intense, brown sugar, and a lot of an earthy, leathery black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 to 7 1/2. Decent start but the sweet notes need to develop.
At the first third (21 minutes) the lemony notes are still there and I had a little more brown sugar. The earthy, leathery black coffee seems to be moving up. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is lemon, brown sugar, and a touch of black coffee at the base with very good lingering black pepper. The sweet notes are not intense enough but they are nice. And they have decreased a little from the light up. I rated the first third 92.
As I moved through the second third (44 minutes) there was a big loss of sweetness. The earthy, leathery black coffee has increased quite a bit. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is lemony brown sugar with a little earthiness and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar took a big turn. I rated the second third 88.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 26 minutes. The final third had a tremendous increase in burn time. I can't explain that. To put it in perspective the first third burn time was 21 minutes, the second was 23 minutes, and the final third was 42. Why? And the cigar was the best it's been in the final third. Is there a connection? It should not be this way. A cigar should not get to the best flavors in the final third. There were some light lemony citrus notes, a lot of brown sugar, and the earthy, leathery black coffee. The elevated brown sugar keeps the earthy, leathery black coffee at bay. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is a lot of brown sugar, and some earthy, leathery black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. I rated the final third 94. Even with this nice score the cigar will not have an overall score that is close to that number. This cigar would be great if it evened out.
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