Tatuaje Mummy The Tatuaje Mummy marks the fifth release of Tatuaje’s Monster Series. This annual release series was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and horror movies. Every year since 2008, cigar enthusiasts have anxiously look forward to the release of this cigar and seek to procure a box. Each […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje TAA 2012
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 2 Comments 91-93, Memorable, Review, TAA, Tatuaje
Tatuaje TAA 2012 For the second year in a row, the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has selected Tatuaje Cigars to blend an exclusive cigar to be made available to its member retailers to sell. TAA releases are commonly done in extremely limited releases. The Tatuaje TAA 2012 follows up last year’s Tatuaje TAA 2011. […]
News: Tatuaje Mummy “Unlucky 13” Retailers Announced
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments News, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Mummy and dress box Tatuaje Cigars announced the list of its its thirteen “Unlucky Retailers” who were chosen to receive dress boxes of the fifth release of Tatuaje’s Monster Series – the Tatuaje Mummy. This means that thirteen retailers will able to acquire the custom-designed boxes with the appropriate monster theme for sale. Other […]
Assessment Update: Tatuaje Little Boris
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews No Comments 94-96, Assessment Update, Tatuaje
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an assessment rating and score […]
Cigar Preview: Tatuaje TAA 2012
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2012 Preview, TAA, Tatuaje
Tatuaje TAA 2011 – the Tatauje 2012 is similar but longer and with a thinner ring gauge Shipments of the Tatuaje TAA 2012 have begun arriving at selected retailers. This marks the second year that Tatuaje has been selected to release a special cigar for Tobacconist Association of America retailers. For 2012, the blend is […]
Assessment Update: Tatuaje Avion 11
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 88-90, Assessment Update, Nice to Have, Tatuaje
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/scored cigar. Today, we re-assess […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Avion 12
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 88-90, IPCPR 2012, Nice to Have, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Avion 12 The Tatuaje Avion 12 is the second release of the Tatuaje Avion line. The Avion line is actually a series of annual release vitolas that are based on the Tatuaje Fausto blend. When Fausto was launched at 2011, the core line consisted of a series of parejos. It was at that time […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Habano
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 3 Comments 94-96, Memorable, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Habano The 2012 IPCPR Trade Show saw the launch of the long-awaited Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Habano. This is the third of three Cojonu 2012 blends that have been released. The differentiator for the Cojonu 2012 Habano is that it has an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. Earlier this year, a batch of the Tatuaje […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Frank Jr. (Part of the Little Monsters Series)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Little Monsters, Memorable, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Frank Jr. Today we conclude our review of Tatuaje’s Little Monsters Series. In this assessment we look at the Tatuaje Frank Jr. This is a smaller version of the cigar that started the whole craze for the Monsters Series – the Tatuaje Frank (named after Frankenstein). The Little Monsters Series consists of a sampler […]
Cigar Preview: L’Atelier, Surrogates, Trocadéro, El Suelo (Updated Information)
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2012 Preview, IPCPR 2012, L’Atelier Imports, Surrogates, Tatuaje
Last month, it was reported that Tatuaje/Havana Cellars head Pete Johnson was launching a spinoff company called L’Atelier Imports. The day to day operations of L’Atelier Imports would be completely separately from Tatuaje and run by Johnson’s brother K.C. Johnson, Johnson’s friend Sean Johnson, and Dan Welsh of New Havana Cigars. At the 2012 IPCPR […]