Tatuaje Tuxtla Avion 13 review by Don José
Hey team, Don José here back with another review.
Today we have the
Tuxtla Avion 13
by Tatuaje
If this is your first time here, my reviews rate each cigar on 10 factors and each factor gets a rating out of 10 giving me an overall out of 100. The 10 factors are: Construction, Draw, Burn, Flavour, 1/3 overall, 2/3 overall, 3/3 overall, Journey (how well it flows), Complexity & Value for money.
Overview
The Tuxtle line is a new look at existing Tatuaje cigars, It takes 3 cigars from their line up and re-releases them with San Andres wrappers.
The name Tuxtla comes from the San Andrés Tuxtla - the name of the city and municipality that is home to the vast majority of Mexico’s premium cigar industry, including its tobacco growing region.
The Avion 13 Tuxtla, is a 6 7/8 x 52 perfecto that is made up of a San Andrés wrapper covering a Nicaraguan double binder and filler. The original Avion 13, which incorporated the same interior blend but used a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, debuted in August 2013 and was the fifth in a series of annual releases of box-pressed perfectos which was born out of Tatuaje’s Fausto line.
While Tatuaje’s blends largely focus on Nicaraguan tobacco with frequent usage of Ecuadorian-grown and Connecticut broadleaf wrappers, Johnson is no stranger to using Mexican tobacco, having released the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment and Tatuaje ME II lines in 2019, both of which were follow-ups to limited releases he created using Mexican San Andrés wrappers
Details:
Brand: Tatuaje
Size: 6 7/8 x 52 perfecto
Wrapper: San Andres
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
About the wrapper.
Mexican San Andrés is arguably as popular as Connecticut Broadleaf. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, it’s thick, naturally sweet, and most-often stalk cut prior to curing.
In 1880, Cuban tobacco grower Alberto Turrent left Cuba and moved to Mexico’s San Andrés Valley in Veracruz, the eastern side of the country on the Gulf of Mexico. He had Cuban tobacco seeds with him and planted what would become the first Mexican San Andrés tobaccos.
Today, after 6 generations, the A. Turrent farms are still the largest producer of San Andrés wrappers in the world.
The soil in Veracruz is volcanic and dense. It’s extremely humid. All of this contributes to the unique flavour of the San Andrés cigar wrapper.
let's get into the review.
First thoughts
This cigar looks amazing. Not a classic perfecto shape, but it does taper a little at both ends, box-pressed as well. Wrapper is a dark chocolate brown, more on the Colorado side of the maduro range than you might expect from a San Andres.
The cold draw gives of a whack of cocoa and a little nuttiness.
Construction
The construction is good, little lift on the cap, likely from the box-pressing. otherwise perfect.
Burn & Draw Good burn and draw, couple of small touchups throughout.
Flavour & Complexity This thing is huge on flavour! Bitter Chocolate is the dominant for sure, followed by; nuts, coffee, leather, pepper and some sweetness. Quite a bit going on!
Strength 65% - Medium - lighter than expected.
Enjoyment / Journey An interesting cigar that is crammed full of flavour, but mid strength and easy to enjoy? Great progression from third to third. Sounds great to me.
Overall I would really love to side by side this with the original Avion 13, to me this cigar is great, but didn't really have the usual characteristics I would associate with San Andres. It makes me wonder how the original differs and wether in this case the wrapper has actually contributed a huge amount to the blend?
I rate this cigar 89 points!
A look at the numbers.
Construction -- 9/10
Burn -- 9/10
Draw -- 9/10
Flavour -- 10/10
Complexity -- 8/10
First 1/3 -- 8/10
Second 1/3 -- 9/10
Third 1/3 -- 10/10
Journey -- 9/10
Value -- 8/10
About the author
Joe Murdie aka Don José has been reviewing cigars in New Zealand for over 10 years now, originally as a writer for NZBlokes, a mens magazine.
Outside of Cigars Joe is an international award winning film-maker based in Wānaka, OTA.
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