Tatuaje Verocu No. 1

What an f'in cigar, this thing caught my attention and kept it. different from the regular havana VI line being the cigar contain lingero tobacco like the brown label. in my opinion this captures the best of the 2 lines with the spicyness and great finish of the brown label while keeping the creamyness and great flavor of the havana line. my only complaint was the end of the cigar died down to a mortal cigar level. this is mt 1st perfect 10.

Not sure what makes this special edition so special. I love the Havana VI but this was missing value and flavor. Don't get me wrong - this is an excellent cigar - it is mellow and smooth with just a little kick and a short finish of faint cedar and cocoa. Aroma nothing spectacular. Wrapper a bit toothy with a very big bump (stem?) just below the band. Burn was straight for the first half but the second half canoed. A touch up corrected this and it was pretty straight from then on. To it's credit this cigar never turned on me. Smooth and consistent flavor to the nub with no bitterness, ever. Is this worth $10? Maybe. It clearly has some age on it which I guess is what we are paying for here. I just wish there was as much flavor as in the regular red labels. I have one more of these and will only re-review if it remarkably different. I also have 2 of the East and am looking forward to them.

I've smoked 5 or 6 of these and I disagree with the earlier reviews. This is one of the better new cigars I've tried recently. The first inch starts strong and spicy and then mellows into nice, refined, medium spice, predominated by nutmeg and cinnamon with a backbone of leather and cedar. I'm impressed by the balance of this cigar and the change in flavor profile as I smoked it. At $9.50 per cigar I'm considering buying a cabinet. I prefer this cigar to other tatuajes, with the exception of the black label.

I've tried many of the Tatuaje lines (cabinet, P, VI, cabaiguan) and I finally got around to trying this new one. I don't know a lot about where it comes from or if Pepin is behind it, or if this is a sepcial edition of the Havana VI (I think it is.) Tastes like a Tatuaje, very similar to the Havana VI but I'd say it's just a little milder, with more of a nutty and dry taste to it. Definitely turns milder/smoother as you go down like the other reviewer noted but all the Tatuajes do this anyways. Construction is decent.
If you think the other Tatuajes are too strong but like their taste you will probably like this cigar. It is decent, but I'd stick to the other VI and Cabaiguan lines since they're quite a bit cheaper and in my opinion superior. This cigar I don't think justifies what it goes for.

the west coast has a bit more bite than it's short/fatter east coast brethren, starting w/ it's spicy/peppery overtones, then smoothing out to it's rich and smooth chocolate/cocoa underrtones.

the wrapper is a smooth dark brown w/ a very natural oily consistency.

the cigar draws well as it's a fairly loose draw w/ a semi-loose ash.