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I know, you guys are thinking this is crazy.. 2 cigar reviews that AREN’T a month apart?  Wow, huh?  I got a nice bomb from a friend on Stogiechat, that included an elusive Tatuaje T-110.  I don’t like doing reviews based on one cigar, but I’m gonna do it this time, only because I don’t know when I will get my hands on another one.

Pre- Light:  First thing I noticed with this cigar is that it is one oily SOB!  Its a shorty, so I figured on it lasting about 35-40 minutes.  Its a 52 ring gauge with about 4.5″ in length.  It smelled very nice, with some typical Tatuaje spice, with some nice raw tobacco flavors.  I clipped this cigar with my trusty Palio and lit it up with my Ronson Jetlite.

• Country: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Size: 4.5 Inches- or so…
• Ring Gauge: 52

1/3:  Upon lighting this thing up, I was BLASTED in the face with a shot of black pepper, and raw tobacco.  The pepper was almost overpowering, but I got through it.  I did make the mistake of retrohaling on this cigar, and it had me almost crying!  My eyes were watering, and I coughed a few times.  This cigar has by far the most pepper I’ve ever experienced.  Once I realized that retrohaling was not a good idea with this cigar, as I continued to smoke this cigar, it was tasting nice, and burning decent.

2/3:  As I continued on this cigar, I was still getting a lot of pepper with some raw tobacco flavors.  At this point, its not overly complex, but the flavors are nice.  The smoke is billowing nicely, but to me, the draw is a bit loose, and its starting to burn crooked.  I am still enjoying it though, so at this point, I won’t let the burn bother me, and I will just touch it up.

3/3:  As I finished up this cigar, I was still getting a lot of raw tobacco flavors and lots and lots of pepper.  The smoke was billowing nicely still, and after the last touchup with the Ronson, its burning ok.  The ash is fairly solid, but not the most solid I’ve seen.

Overall Impression:  Overall, this was a very strong cigar, with ALOT of pepper.  It wasn’t overly complex.  It tasted really nice, but I was not comfortable with the retrohale.  It was a bit spicy for me on retrohale.  My overall impression is that this is a decent cigar, but I won’t search out a box, but if I can get a 5 pack somewhere, I may buy them to keep them in the humidor.

*Disclaimer: The pictures are taken with this cigar, while I sit in my beater toyota pickup, hence the toyota emblem on the steering wheel, and the speedometer in the background.

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!
Scott