Docbp87
Smoke Into Oblivion
TATUAJE HAVANA VI NOBLES
5x50 Robusto
I will preface this by saying I am a huge fan of all of the Tatuaje cigars
I have smoked (not many!) so I may be biased going into it...
This stick is a small robusto, the ring certainly doesn't seem to actually
be 50... More like 46, maybe 47. I'm not certain though. The wrapper is
an attractive medium brown, with a few veins here and there. The pack seems to
be pretty full, giving the stick a pretty firm feel. The foot and body
give a soft cedar and tobacco smell.
The prelight draw is firm, and gives a sweet tobacco flavor. It also leaves
a slight tingle on the tongue and lips.
Lit at 12:00am
Initial draws give a tobacco, earth and a peppery finish. Despite a firm draw,
smoke production is just perfect.
Sweet leather develops in the first third. At just an inch in, I can already
say the burn is impressive. It's like... RAZOR sharp.This stick has a great
bold flavor, but a medium strength at most so far. Big fan of that combo.
Just before the halfway point a strong cedar flavor comes out, with a return
to the pepper finish. The ash is flaky looking, but holds on a good inch and a
half or two inches each time.
In the final third the flavors have turned slightly heavier. The smoke has
gotten richer, but remains cool. I noticed after the last ashing that there is
a small tunnel present to one side, but frankly with only two inches left in
the stick, it doesn't matter at this point. I know some dudes talk about getting
cocoa from this stick... not me. Still plenty of my favorite flavors present
and in a stick this size, to have this much complexity is great.
Finally got hot and soft right as I started burning my fingers, 1:20am. So
an hour twenty minutes on a stick I swear is smaller than 5x50.
5x50 Robusto
I will preface this by saying I am a huge fan of all of the Tatuaje cigars
I have smoked (not many!) so I may be biased going into it...
This stick is a small robusto, the ring certainly doesn't seem to actually
be 50... More like 46, maybe 47. I'm not certain though. The wrapper is
an attractive medium brown, with a few veins here and there. The pack seems to
be pretty full, giving the stick a pretty firm feel. The foot and body
give a soft cedar and tobacco smell.
The prelight draw is firm, and gives a sweet tobacco flavor. It also leaves
a slight tingle on the tongue and lips.
Lit at 12:00am
Initial draws give a tobacco, earth and a peppery finish. Despite a firm draw,
smoke production is just perfect.
Sweet leather develops in the first third. At just an inch in, I can already
say the burn is impressive. It's like... RAZOR sharp.This stick has a great
bold flavor, but a medium strength at most so far. Big fan of that combo.
Just before the halfway point a strong cedar flavor comes out, with a return
to the pepper finish. The ash is flaky looking, but holds on a good inch and a
half or two inches each time.
In the final third the flavors have turned slightly heavier. The smoke has
gotten richer, but remains cool. I noticed after the last ashing that there is
a small tunnel present to one side, but frankly with only two inches left in
the stick, it doesn't matter at this point. I know some dudes talk about getting
cocoa from this stick... not me. Still plenty of my favorite flavors present
and in a stick this size, to have this much complexity is great.
Finally got hot and soft right as I started burning my fingers, 1:20am. So
an hour twenty minutes on a stick I swear is smaller than 5x50.
One of the best values in the cigar world... period!