leftyposthole
Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:33:11 PM
Guys I'm not familier with very many Tats. A place I get some of my smokes from has these. Are any of these very good?

La Verite 2009

Schrader Hispanola

7th Cabinet capa Especiale

Reserva J

7th Cabinet

Lespirit de Verite

Reserva J21

what say you

Lefty

honda250r
Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:34:24 PM
tit for tat ?
Mathen
Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:36:50 PM
I haven't tried the shrader. The rest range from good to excellent.
ZRX1200
Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:53:01 PM
I had two of those.

Both enjoyed.

Lancaster6802
Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:53:36 PM
Iv seen, had or know someone who has had these. All were keepers

La Verite 2009

Reserva J

7th Cabinet

Reserva J21

deadeyedick
Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:23:12 PM
Guess I'm soon to find out about the 2009 Lesprit de Verite since Slimboli just blindsided me with a whole box.

Have not had the Schrader but all the others are very fine smokes.

DED

bdrizzle
Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:30:34 PM
Holy moley, now thats a good hit. I like the 2009.
t33bone
Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:44:07 PM

I haven't tried the shrader. The rest range from good to excellent.

Mathen wrote:

+1

leftyposthole
Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:08:08 PM
are any of these exceptional smokes or very rare?
njstone
Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:17:14 PM
La Verite 2009--AWESOME cigar! More on the sophisticated side rather than a flavor bomb, but complex and delicious! One of my favorite LE's from 2011, and one of my favorite new cigars as well.

Schrader Hispanola--NOT a Tatuaje cigar, he just distributes for them (I've never had one either)

7th Cabinet capa Especiale--I'm undecided on these, but I'm sure they will improve a lot with age. The NHC Capa Especial is 10000% better, as is the Wolfman and probably the upcoming Cojonu 2012 Sumatra

Reserva J--Not sure which one you mean, maybe the Reserva SW? That's a big churchill. Very Cuban flavor profile and much better with age.

7th Cabinet --Good, tastes like a Tat Brown label, but I like several other Brown labels more than these personally

Lespirit de Verite--Awesome, possibly a little spicier than the churchill version (but the Pelo d' Oro leaf is so complex that all the 2009 La Verite can come off more or less spicy from one cigar to the other)

Reserva J21--Probably the strongest (in terms of both body and strength) regular-production Tatuaje. Spicy and rich. I think they're great. The infamous "Pork Tenderloin" was a J21 with a Broadleaf wrapper (the T-Rex, i.e. Barclay-Rex 100th, and TAA are based on this blend as well).

Caveat--I think most Tats improve with age, some improve a LOT with age. YMMV. Other "must try" regular-production Tats include:

Especiales (brown)

Noella (brown)

Unicos (brown)

Petite Cazadore Reserva (brown)

Cojonu 2003

Cojonu 2006

Cojonu 2009

Grand Cojonu

Victorias (red)

Angeles (red)

Verocu #5 (red)

Verocu #9 (red)

El Triunfador Lancero Especial (it's a maduro)

El Triunfador #6 (the lancero size, it's a habano)

La Casita Criolla corona

La Casita Criolla (any other size)

Fausto robusto extra

Ambos Mundos Sumatra robusto

There are also 2 awesome LEs that are out right now, the TAA and the La Verite (which you saw).

leftyposthole
Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:29:54 PM
Thanks NJ, I don't normally like alot of spice if spice and pepper are the same thing. I also love medium strength but full flavor. For example love the LFD's very full but not alot of pepper. Based on that what would you recommend?
Thunder.Gerbil
Friday, December 30, 2011 1:49:35 AM
^

Spice and Pepper are two different things, although in recent years the descriptions have gotten muddled.

Pepper is just that. Chew on a few whole peppercorns and you have pepper. If you have a good palate, you could break it down to black pepper, white pepper, even red or green peppercorns, but this level of preciseness is difficult for most of us to pinpont, so "pepper" is usually a good enough descriptor.

Spice is (was) typically used to describe a "spice cabinet" flavor one can't quite pinpoint. Nutmeg, (burnt) cinnamon, cardamom, etc. Although it seems like "spice" is more and more being used interchangeably with "pepper". *shrug*

Nate gave you a great rundown and list of cigars to try.

tj2001cobra
Friday, December 30, 2011 2:10:13 AM
I'm not familiar with many of those and I dont know if I ahve any, but I can send you a few Tats for hooking me up with those FFP. Send me your address (just respond to the PM I sent you).

cacman
Friday, December 30, 2011 2:29:58 AM
njstone - Nice set up! Well done. Some good basic info there! I'm a big fan of the 7th Reserva.
SilentC24
Friday, December 30, 2011 9:20:14 AM
I think APBTMarcel can help you with this.
APBTMarcel
Friday, December 30, 2011 11:29:38 AM

I think APBTMarcel can help you with this.

SilentC24 wrote:

What NJ said, plus if you have any questions just PM me. I think you would really like the Havana VI series it's a more medium no intense pepper or spice. There are a ton of Tats that are really good, I've honestly not really had a bad one. Some that aren't worth the money for sure, but never bad. 7th Reserva is probably my favorite. I think you would really like the Tat Face as well.

PM me if u want to trade, etc.

"Although it seems like "spice" is more and more being used interchangeably with "pepper". *shrug*"

Definitely seems to be the case nowadays.

nnightmar
Friday, December 30, 2011 11:52:41 AM

I haven't tried the shrader. The rest range from good to excellent.

Mathen wrote:

+2

nnightmar
Friday, December 30, 2011 12:06:25 PM

are any of these exceptional smokes or very rare?

leftyposthole wrote:

Not yet... cept maybe the shrader

nnightmar
Friday, December 30, 2011 12:09:18 PM

I'm not familiar with many of those and I dont know if I ahve any, but I can send you a few Tats for hooking me up with those FFP. Send me your address (just respond to the PM I sent you).

tj2001cobra wrote:

=d> =d> =d>

👍

Way to hook a brother up TJ! Lefty you are in for a treat...

leftyposthole
Friday, December 30, 2011 12:35:03 PM
I have tried a few Tats the usual suspects, have had VI, La Casita Criolo, and Matt sent me a 7th reserva, Thought they were just ok, not wowed by them, I see alot of you guys doin backflips over these things and not sure what I was missin. The Elencos wowed me, The PAM wowed me, T52, FFP, CC's LFD all wowed me, not the Tats. Thought maybe some of those just might be diff.................