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Review: Tatuaje Cohete (2013)

Back in 2006, Tatuaje released three of what has now become dozens of single store releases, one of which was the Cohete, Spanish  for rocket. Exclusively sold at Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, Calif., the 4 x 50 Petite Robusto was limited to 50 boxes of 25 cigars for the first release and 100 [...]

Review: Viaje Holiday Blend 2012 Petit Robusto

The Viaje Holiday Blend debuted in 2009 with a single 5 x 54 size but has since evolved to be a release comprised of two vitolas each year. In 2012, Viaje added the first barber pole version with the Holiday Blend Candy Cane and Holiday Blend 2012 becoming the eighth and ninth releases in the [...]

Review: Tatuaje Bombazo Capa Especial

In 2006, Havana Cellars released some of the first of what would eventually become dozens of single store releases. Each release consisted of a unique cigar, either in blend and size, and were available at a different store from a different part of the country. They were: Tatuaje La Maravilla (5 5/8 x 46) — [...]

Redux: Viaje Skull and Bones White Daisy Cutter

In May of 2010, Viaje cigars released their first in what would eventually become an almost comically large number of Skull and Bones cigars. Named after a popular bomb that was retired in 2008, the Daisy Cutter was one of the cigars, along with the original release Exclusivo Robustos and the original release Holiday Blend that [...]

Review: Tatuaje Baby Face

Every Halloween, Tatuaje cigars releases their much anticipated Monster series. Each release is based on a Classic or newer monster, both in the size and the look of the cigar itself. For most stores, the smokes have huge waiting lists, and are instant sellouts when they actually arrive. In 2010, the monster release was dubbed “The [...]

Review: My Father Federal Le Bijou Connecticut Edition Petit Robusto

After the runaway success of the original release of the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91 Cervantes Connecticut, Rick Gadway of Federal Cigar decided to ask My Father to produce more cigars in close to the same blend to be sold soley at his store in New Hampshire. Rick received an initial shipment of 100 [...]

Review: La Dueña Petit Robusto (Prerelease)

In the early parts of last year, Charlie discovered a trademark for La Dueña that was registered by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje. A month later, Janny García tweeted about smoking a La Dueña, at which Charlie made the prediction that La Dueña, which translates into the owner, designating the female owner, was in fact a [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White MOAB (2012)

On March 12, we reported that Viaje had shipped a number of new cigars to retailers, including three new entries in the Skull and Bones series: the WMD, the FOAB, and the cigar being reviewed today, the MOAB. This is the second installment of the MOAB, which stands for Mother of All Bombs, as well as Massive Ordnance [...]

Review: Tatuaje Limited Series Fausto FT114

Pete Johnson made no secret that his next size of Fausto, FT114, would debut under different livery prior to its national release. The thought was that it was going to debut at the fifth annual No Joke Smoke event in Hawaii that is put on as a collaboration between Shiroma’s Wine And More (SWAM), Havana [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White FOAB

In mid March of this year, Viaje released yet another slew of new cigars all at once to retailers. There were five new releases in all, bringing the total number of new Viaje Cigars to nine in less than a month. The FOAB, which stands for “Father of All Bombs”, and whose name’s origin is [...]