#8 2024 Cigar of the Year

#8 2024 Cigar of the Year – Tatuaje 20th Anniversary Reserva RL22

SPECIFICATIONS

Wrapper: Habano Ecuador Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: United States
Factory: El Rey de los Habanos
Corona: 5 1/2 x 42
Price: $16.00

Sponsor: Yes
Samples Provided for Initial Review: No
Review: Tatuaje 20th Anniversary Reserva RL22
Appearances on Countdown (By Year/Company): 9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)

The Details

Coming in at #8 on the 2024 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Tatuaje 20th Anniversary Reserva RL22.

As a part of its 20th-anniversary celebration in 2023, Tatuaje Cigars had several cigar releases to commemorate the occasion. Late in 2023, Tatuaje unveiled a pair of limited edition cigars made at the Garcia family’s El Rey de los Habanos factory in Miami. These cigars were the 20th Anniversary Escasos EL22 and the Reserva RL22. Tatuaje’s roots are in Miami, so it made sense to do something from the factory that started it all for Pete Johnson. Both blends were rolled in 2021 and had been aging in boxes since 2022 before shipping late in 2023.

The 20th Anniversary Reserva RL22 is highlighted by an Ecuadorian Habano Maduro wrapper over all Nicaraguan tobaccos. The size of the RL22 is a 5 1/2 x 42 Corona—a total of 1,000 25-count boxes.

The 20th Anniversary Reserva RL22 delivered mocha notes (a fusion of coffee and chocolate), fruit, earth, cream, and pepper. The flavors produced were medium-bodied. Meanwhile, this thin cigar had some kick, delivering medium to full strength.

For Tatuaje Cigars, this marks the ninth time the company has landed at least one cigar on a Cigar Coop Countdown. It’s also the third consecutive year that Tatuaje has had a top ten cigar. Meanwhile, this gave the United States its first cigar on the 2024 Countdown.


 

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