Tattoo Caballeros by Tatuaje

The Tattoo Caballeros by Tatuaje is a new budget line from Tatuaje Cigars.  It comes in with a medium brown Ecuador Habano wrapper.  It has invisible seems and a few veins.  Its oily to the touch and has a nice feel in the hand.  It comes in a 5 X 50.  At first light there is a nice black pepper flavor and zing on the draw. There's a nice coffee/coco note and some slight vanilla on the finish.  The draw is very good, slightly snug but producing large amounts of smoke.  The burn is slightly wavy but not presenting an issue so far.  The body is at a medium but is starting to come up to a full.

Two inches down and the same draw flavors are present.  On the finish the coffee/coco are being accompanied by a sweet tea note.   Its a pretty unique flavor.  It fades away quickly and a earthiness is left on the palate till the next draw.  The smoke is now up to a medium to full.  The draw is still producing good smoke.  The burn has evened out and is now near razor sharp.

With around two inches left the cigar is getting warm and mushy.  The smoke however is staying fairly cool and is transitioning a little as far as the flavors are concerned.  The body is up to a full.  On the draw the black pepper zing has come way up and the flavor is there as well.  A nice leather and pepper with some slight citrus notes are present on the finish.  It stays with you and goes down into your chest with a warming sensation.  Finally, at the 50 minute mark it got to warm to smoke and I sat it in the ashtray for the last time.

For a budget cigar this was absolutely outstanding.  It did have a little bit of "young-ness" to it.  But overall if you would have told me that this cigar is under five dollars I would not believe it.  I will definitely be finding more of these.  I think this will be a huge hit for Tatuaje.  Overall, for the price this is a very solid cigar.

Price: 4.75
Appearance: 93
Draw: 93
Burn: 92
Flavor: 92
Complexity: 90
Burn Time: 87

Overall Score: 91