Pete Johnson took the cigar world by storm with Tatuaje and he isn't stopping. It seems everything he touches turns to cigar gold and he makes a lot of innovative business moves that keeps consumers on the edge of their seats. The Monster series for example.
I have to admit that I like a lot of Tats and I respect Pete's hustle. However, I am concerned Pete might be going overboard. Not crazy overboard or walking the plank....I mean Rocky Patel overboard. Meaning releasing tons of cigars under different brands and styles in an effort to keep dedicated consumers buying and searching for the next big release. After a while quality control goes down, bad ideas become reality and you over-extend yourself, leaving the very things that made you successful and different behind.
With that said, I must also mention that most every Tatuaje product I smoke I like. Actually, like isn't the word. There are a lot of Tats I love.
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This brings us to the cigar at hand. The Avion 12 Short Perfecto. A stunningly beautiful cigar. A seemingly perfect perfecto vitola, this 'short perfecto' is 5 and 5/8" with a nippled foot that balloons to a 52 ring gauge, then slims out to a 48. Shapely like a good looking woman. Haha.
This is one of those cigars that look so damn good that you feel bad smoking it. But you can't have your cake and eat it too. Also at $10, these aren't out of my price range for a good smoke, so I can buy another if I'd like.
The cigar is wrapped with a rich brown Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. Ecuador has been the king pin of wrapper leaf lately. Especially for a lot of brands that have connections and or roll in Nicaragua. Ecuador, although it shares a similar climate to Nicaragua, it is very cloudy. This creates ideal conditions for wrapper leaf production as it keeps the leaf thin, pliable, and allows its to mature on the plant a bit longer than neighboring areas without thinking or toughening the leaf.
Filler
The filler is a mixture of Jalapa Valley ligero and Esteli ligero. No seco leaf here my friend. This smoke means business.
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