Tatuaje’s Corojo-Wrapped T110, Cohete and Avión 13 Head to Stores

A trio of new limited edition Tatuajes are on their way to stores today, as the company has shipped the Avión 13 Corojo, Tatuaje Cohete Corojo and Tatuaje T110 Corojo.

The Tatuaje T110 Corojo is a 4 3/8 x 52 short robusto that comes from a lineage of cigars known as being full-strength, full-bodied blends. The original T110, which came out in July 2009, was made as an exclusive for R. Field Wine Co. in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the T an abbreviation for Thermonuclear and the 110 referring to the cigar’s length in millimeters.

Since its initial release, the T110 got a rerelease in April 2021, and then two new versions in 2021: one using a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper and the other using an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. In May 2022, the line would grow again with the release of the T110 Tuxtla, which used a Mexican San Andrés wrapper.

Now, Pete Johnson, Tatuaje’s founder, has put a Nicaraguan-grown corojo wrapper on the cigar, with dual Nicaraguan binders and Nicaraguan filler underneath that. It’s priced at $12 per cigar and limited to 4,000 boxes of 25 cigars, a total run of 100,000 cigars.

The Cohete is another short robusto, measuring 4 x 50, and named for the Spanish word for rocket. It’s based on the Tatuaje Brown Label blend but uses a Nicaraguan corojo wrapper grown by the Garcías instead of the normal Ecuadorian wrapper that the standard Brown Label vitola use.

The original Cohete debuted in 2006 as an exclusive release for Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento that was limited to just 50 boxes of 25 cigars. It would return to the retailer in 2009 and 2013, with 100 and 200 boxes released, respectively.

In January 2022, the Cohete would return, but with more widespread availability. It was accompanied by two new versions, the Cohete Reserva, which used a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, and the Cohete Capa Especial, which used an Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed wrapper.

The Cohete Corojo is priced at $10 per cigar and limited to 2,000 boxes of 25 cigars, a total run of 50,000 cigars.

Rounding out the release is the Avión ’13 Corojo, a 6 7/8 x 52 double perfecto. It’s also a Nicaraguan puro, once again using a corojo wrapper, a notable change from the Connecticut broadleaf wrapper found on the regular production version. This is the second time that Tatuaje has released an offshoot of the regular production Avión ’13, as in 2022, the company released the Avión ’13 Tuxtla, using a Mexican San Andrés wrapper.

The Avión line can trace its lineage back to the aforementioned T110, as that cigar became the basis for the Fausto line, which itself is the basis for the Avión line that debuted in 2011, with subsequent versions released in 2012 and 2013.

Production on this cigar is also limited to 2,000 boxes of 25 cigars, making for 50,000 cigars. Pricing is set at $13 per cigar.

All of the cigars are produced by My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

In June, the company released a corojo-wrapped version of the Tatuaje 7th, a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda vitola.

Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and the G-League’s Valley Suns. I was previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League, and Goodyear Ballpark, spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I’m a voiceover artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.