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. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars from Tatuaje Cigars […]
Tatuaje Havana VI As Tatuaje Cigars continues to grow its line of both core and limited edition cigars, there are many existing lines that sometimes get overlooked. One such line is the Tatuaje Havana VI line – or more commonly known as the “Tatuaje Red Label”. There is some reasoning behind the name Havana VI. […]
Tatuaje – The Face Tatuaje – The Face was third release in Tatuaje’s limited edition Monster Series. This series was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and horror movies. The Face was released in 2010 and gets its name from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Leatherface. The Face took its place […]
L′Esprit de Verite – 2008 Vintage Tatuaje’s La Verite brand borrows a concept from the wine industry – namely the single vineyard/single farm concept. Wine enthusiasts have always been intrigued with the idea of making a wine taking a single year’s crop from a single vineyard/farm. The equivalent in the cigar industry involves harvesting the […]
Tatuaje Petite Cazadores Reserva The Tatuaje Petite Cazadores Reserva was unveiled in 2010 to provide cigar enthusiasts with a quick smoking experience. The Petite Cazadores Reserva looks like one of the “Seleccion de Cazador” (Brown Label) cigar and that’s because it’s an actual variation of that line. It uses a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper as opposed […]
W.Curtis Draper, a retailer with two stores in the Washington DC/ Bethesda, Maryland area has announced a series of store exclusive, limited edition cigars from four leading cigar manufacturers. The series is being dome to commemorate Drapers 125th Anniversary. The four cigar manufacturers selected to blend the anniversary cigars are: Tatuaje Cigars La Aurora Cigars […]
Tatuaje Cigars founder, Pete Johnson made a guest appearance on Kiss My Ash Radio and discussed some of the plans for his brand for 2012. Some of this information confirmed some information that had been floating around for some time. There was also some new information as well. Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Johnson confirmed three different […]
Tatuaje HCS When it comes to retailer exclusive cigars, Tatuaje has been well known to provide blends in this area. Some of these have been more accessible to cigar enthusiasts than others. In 2011, the Tatuaje Anarchy, which finished as our #3 Cigar of the Year was made accessible online via Smoke Inn. On the […]
The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown is in the history books. There were 30 cigars that were listed as Epic Encounters. As I mentioned when this list began, perhaps the hardest part was choosing which cigars would make the list, and what didn’t. Below I have listed ten honorable mentions. Some will say now […]
#3 Tatuaje Anarchy The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has reached the spots for the podium. These are the top three cigars for 2011 and represent the most epic of all cigar encounters. For the first spot on the podium comes the third entry in the Top 30 Tatuaje Cigars, the seventh blend in […]
