Split a bundle...smoked a few, then ditched the rest.
JMO of course. Lots of people loved em', but I did not. Barclay Rex, Tat Tenderloin, Tat TAA etc. etc....all in the same wheelhouse.
7th Reserva is a better cigar than all of em'.
If you want the Tenderloin experience, get on board the Tat TAA train, and I'd imagine it's an almost identical experience without the headache of tracking em down.
Both TAA? Or just the 11?
Campage wrote:
Only smoked the 2011...and it was just one smoke I was gifted.
2012 is sposed to be similar though, just in a diff vitola no? S'what I recall seeing anyway, but admit I don't pay attention to new NC releases all that closely.
Me either.
so if u smoked a taa 2011, u've basically smoked a tenderloin or barclay?
jongk47 wrote:
That's basically what I'm saying, yes.
A lot of the Tat/Pepin blends are virtually identical (as far as my palate is concerned anyway)...just different vitolas w/ some relabeled into different brands. My father LE ... Jamie Garcia LE ... Tat Tenderloin ... Barclay Rex ... Tat TAA .... I could go on, but you get the point. Sure, there may be some slight variations, but in many respects....very, very similar. I'm not the first to say Pete's good at marketing, but that's a lot of what this is. Same cigars/blends, in different packaging.
This is why I loved the Tat 7th Reserva. You could get a box of 25 for $150...and have as good or better smoking experience than w/ any of the smokes listed above, many of which cost 2-3x as much.
My .02.
I'll be honest though, even if a lot of rare stuff doesnt live up to the hype, I'm human and still want to try all of them. But more times then not they are a let down.
The 8.00 shop tat I got from a shop out of town was better then most of the HTF tats so I see your points.
Also the M80 was actually really good as well.
