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Tatuaje Reserva Review

Tatuaje Reserva Review

Tatuaje Reserva is one of the fastest selling lines of premium handmade cigars at Cigars.com, thanks in no small part to its association with the esteemed master tobacconist, Pete Johnson.

Reserva is complex and incredibly full-bodied at times, while also promising a slow burn and reliable construction - everything you'd expect from the artisans at Nicaragua's My Father Factory.

A choice of vitolas includes the quick-hit Petite, the twin pairing of 7th Reserva and 7th Capa Especial, and the big boy Cojonu 2012, which comes in a Broadleaf wrapper instead of the Ecuador Habano used on the rest of the range.

Rich and flavorful with tastes of wood, coffee, cocoa and spices, words don't do justice to this creation - but in this Tatuaje Reserva cigar review, we'll do our best!

Brand Overview

Tatuaje Cigars was created by Pete Johnson to produce premium cigars that rival Cuban cigars, but are allowed to be sold to the American market.

Rolled by hand at the My Father Factory in Nicaragua, the complete Tatuaje portfolio reads like a list of the best cigars on the planet, with scores consistently in the 90s.

Any Tatuaje cigar is a win, but Tatuaje Reserva earns its name with a full-bodied, complex flavor profile that serves as a showcase of Johnson's mastery. Available at amazing prices from Cigars.com, this is the smoke of a lifetime.

Cigar Specs

Cold Draw

Tatuaje Reserva brings a smooth and satisfying smoking experience that tips toward the full-bodied end of the range, especially on the Broadleaf-wrapped Cojonu 2012. The dark wrapper delivers woody notes with coffee and dark chocolate, while on the foot there's a scent of cocoa, wood and hay. Move on to the cold draw for more of the same: coffee, cocoa, oak wood, and spice.

Flavor Profile: First Third

Light the stick and Tatuaje Reserva blazes into life, with those chocolate and oak flavors dancing onto the palate and up into the nose. There's pepper and spice to get the saliva glands flowing, and a mouth-wateringly dry smoke in abundance.

Through the first third, the profile embraces leather, wood, and dark chocolate, creating a sensuous, substantial smoking experience further enhanced by the retrohales for aficionados who are not faint of heart.

Flavor Profile: Second Third

In its middle third, the woody tone of Tatuaje Reserva intensifies, but the evolving spices are balanced by an emerging sweetness as the chocolate flavor becomes more sugary.

The prickly pepper takes on more of a background role, but again with plenty of billowing smoke, there's so much opportunity to customize your journey by focusing on the retrohales, which deliver some of that spice directly to your sinuses.

Flavor Profile: Final Third

Tatuaje Reserva lets up a little toward the end but is still near the top of the full-bodied thermometer. With the 6.5 x 52 Cojonu 2012 taking up to two hours to smoke in full, you might want to have a hearty snack and a drink by your side by this point.

In terms of flavor, the smoke continues to deliver a hearty blend of sweet dark chocolate, coffee, oak, and leather, with a much more faded background of spices. There's depth and complexity and still plenty of strength, creating an incredibly satisfying combination.

Conclusion

The different sizes of Tatuaje Reserva mean you get to enjoy the flavor profile in different ways. On the slim 4.5-inch Petite, each third lasts around ten minutes, while on the 6.5-inch Broadleaf-wrapped Cojonu, you're looking at about three times as long, depending on the humidity of your stick.

As a result, Tatuaje Reserva is the perfect companion smoke for a short break or while taking your dog out to pee, but equally can be a two-hour journey of flavor and aroma in its own right.

With great prices on boxes of 50 Tatuaje Reserva Petite and boxes of 25 in the other sizes, Cigars.com is your first port of call if you want to try this medium-bodied delight for yourself, or if you want to stock up your humidor with sticks in all sizes.

Why not indulge yourself and buy a bigger humidor too, so you can store even more of your favorite cigar to enjoy at optimum humidity all year round?

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