kockroach
BoM August 2010/2011
It's been a little bit since I posted a review, so I thought I would share my experience with one of the newest cigars from Tatuaje....the TAA. This cigar was only available from members of the Tobacconists Association of America that had attended the convention in Mexico this year and had signed up to carry it.
The cigar features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, and Pete has said that this cigar is similar to the brown label blend. It is 5 5/8 x 54, and had a covered foot. There are 20 cigars to a box, and they are wet-packed.
Pre-light, the TAA is leafy, with some strong pepper. Upon lighting the covered foot, the first third offers strong pepper in the first half-inch, which calms down, but doesn't disappear in the first third. Cocoa, with bits of leather, rounds out the flavor. The burn produces a good amount of smoke, a fairly white ash, and a slightly off burn line (most likely since I had smoked this right when I got em).
Moving into the middle third, the flavor is now primarily leathery, with bits of cocoa mixed within. Subtle pepper burns at the tip of my tongue. The burn is fairly straight, and the ash is pretty solid. I was pretty into the cigar, such that I was a little late capturing the next picture.
The end of the TAA offered up a nice balance of leather and cocoa. In the background, there was bits of spice and pepper providing a little punch. I did notice a little hint of ammonia in this one (didn't in another that I smoked a week later). The burn continued to run pretty straight, while the ash was a little dirtier toward the end.
I really enjoyed this cigar, and would definitely recommend them. I cannot wait to see how these age over time. Overall burn time was just over 90 minutes.
The cigar features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, and Pete has said that this cigar is similar to the brown label blend. It is 5 5/8 x 54, and had a covered foot. There are 20 cigars to a box, and they are wet-packed.
Pre-light, the TAA is leafy, with some strong pepper. Upon lighting the covered foot, the first third offers strong pepper in the first half-inch, which calms down, but doesn't disappear in the first third. Cocoa, with bits of leather, rounds out the flavor. The burn produces a good amount of smoke, a fairly white ash, and a slightly off burn line (most likely since I had smoked this right when I got em).
Moving into the middle third, the flavor is now primarily leathery, with bits of cocoa mixed within. Subtle pepper burns at the tip of my tongue. The burn is fairly straight, and the ash is pretty solid. I was pretty into the cigar, such that I was a little late capturing the next picture.
The end of the TAA offered up a nice balance of leather and cocoa. In the background, there was bits of spice and pepper providing a little punch. I did notice a little hint of ammonia in this one (didn't in another that I smoked a week later). The burn continued to run pretty straight, while the ash was a little dirtier toward the end.
I really enjoyed this cigar, and would definitely recommend them. I cannot wait to see how these age over time. Overall burn time was just over 90 minutes.
