Review: Tatuaje 2013 Noella Reserva
Cigar Reviewed: Tatuaje Noella Reserva (2013)
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: My Father Cigars S.A.
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Size: 5 1/8 Inches
Ring Gauge: 42
Vitola: Marevas
MSRP: $8.00 (Boxes of 25, $200.00)
Date Released: March 22, 2013
Number of to be Cigars Released: 2,500 Boxes of 25 Cigars (62,500 Total Cigars)
Stored at 65*f/ 65% rh
Prelight feel is nice and firm, no soft spots felt throughout.
Prelight draw gives up a somewhat barnyard flavor, with a bit of cocoa.
Start smoke time: 1050 hrs.
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First third of this cigar gives off what I feel is the typical Tat flavor profiles. Stronger on the coffee, cocoa notes, with little to no noticable pepper.
Im having a hard time keeping my overall positive opinoin of Tatuaje cigars out of the review for fairness sake. But this is another quality cigar.
Mouthfeel is somewhat light-medium. I am not needing any beverage to cleanse my palette yet.
The burn is nice and even, the ash is my perfect color. Which is overall white with light grey. For some reason Im just not a fan of ash thats more dark grey or even ash that has a yellow tint to it. Heh, its my review, you just settle down and look at the pictures.
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Passing the half way point the cigar stays on track with the same flavors as start. Though there is a faint bit of barnyard every now and then. As off putting as they may sound its actually quite nice. Still no beverage required, though the mouth is starting to get a bit heavy due to the dense smoke this cigar puts off.
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Going into the final third I remove the band. The flavors are still in the cocoa, coffee wheelhouse. With very subtle changes from draw to draw.
Unlike cigars of other manufacturers I am able to retrohale the entire cigar without having to skip puffs due to pepper burn. There is no pepper feel at all, and the retrohale is nice and smooth.
I am now sipping a bottle of water to rinse and freshen up the palette a tad. The cigar is smoking great, so dont take it as a negative because its not. Its more to how I prefer to keep my mouth feel through smoking a slightly heavier cigar.
Giving this stick a close lookover you see that it is slightly veiny. And a nice small toothiness overall. Both of which I am liking on the cigar.
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Another point I feel is worth mentioning is the cap. Often times a cigars cap edge will come off the tip of the cigar after cutting and while smoking. If you look at the cap edge on this cigar its tight on the cigar like it doesnt even exist.
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Looking at the top of the cigar, everything is nice and tight. And again, the cap ring is almost invisable.
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This cigar smoked down to nub in a few minutes shy of 2 hours.
I would rate this cigar very high due to great construction, nice hand feel and looks, and great flavors. I realize that visual veins are not usually something highly rated but for this stick, matched with the toothiness it works.
Though I needed a bottle of water to freshen up during the experience, my after smoke mouth feel is not heavy at all. And feel I could smoke another in only a few hours.
I will not give it a number since Im starting to come to the opinion that they are pointless. Its best just to describe it the best I can, show you some pics, and let you be the judge. For me, its yet another Tatuaje winner.
