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Good cigar not quite as good as the blacks
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I just had one and liked it alot the only drawback was the draw. It started a little tight but eventually worked itsealf out.
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[drooling] That's a gorgeous pick, Steve!
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fishhound Wrote:Damn Don. Now I have to find one of these to try it.
Bluesman455 Wrote:From the new Cigar Insider:
TATUAJE OWNER RELEASES
SECRET CIGAR
BY GREGORY MOTTOLA
Ever smoke a cigar that
doesnât exist? According
to Pete Johnson, owner of
Havana Cellars and the
Tatuaje cigar brand, his
newest project, El Triunfador,
does not exist. Itâs not on any
price sheets, itâs not on his
Web site, and youâre really
not supposed to know
about it. If it does exist. itâs available by
appointment only.
âThis is a ghost cigar,â said Johnson. âYou can maybe
get it if you ask, but I donât really talk about El Triunfador.
It might be out there circulatingâthe story and the cigar.â
So what does one have to do to get his hands on a box
of El Triunfador? Johnson didnât really say. He did, however,
mention that the blend consists of Nicaraguan binder
and filler and a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper similar to
the one he uses for the La Riqueza line. El Triunfador is a
lancero measuring 7 1/2 inches by 38 ring gauge, and
comes ribbon-bound in slide-lid wooden boxes of 25. The
cigar started finding its way to retailers and smokers in the
beginning of September, but itâs a cigar that Johnson is hesitant
to even acknowledge.
âI didnât want any buzz about this cigar,â said Johnson,
while adding that the secrecy behind El Triunfador is not
unlike the mystique behind the storied Cuban âdiplomaticâ
Trinidad, also a lancero. Before that brand became commercially
available with a new size called the Fundadore,
few smokers actually ever saw one.
El Triunfador is made by Pepin Garcia in the Tabacalera
Cubana S.A. factory in Nicaragua, and retails for $9 per
cigar. Because El Triunfador is a resurrected vintage
Cuban brand, each long cigar is adorned with a band
resembling the Cuban Rafael Gonzalez label.
Presently, the cigar comes in only one size and, according
to Johnson, the blend is unique to this particular
shape. Should Johnson expand the brand, he said he
would change the blend, but only select retailers would
have access to it.
And that is exactly why I
don't want any part of him or his cigars. I am not going to play the stupid chase the limited or Held back cigar game.
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We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
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Nice pickup Steve!!! Looking forward to your review!
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I managed to get my hands on a 5 pack of these, and they are REALLY good.. I might have to see if I can aquire a full box to savor.
Scott
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Let me know what you think.