Tatuaje Fausto Limited SA

📌 Brand: Tatuaje
📌 Line: Fausto (Limited S.A.)
📌 Size:Toro( 6" × 52)
📌 Weight: 18 g
📌 Age: 6 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Dark Cocoa – Dense, bittersweet core

• Black Pepper – Bold but controlled spice

• Leather – Rich, chewy mid-palate

• Charred Oak – Appears during corrections

First Impressions

The Fausto S.A. wears a dark, oily Mexican San Andres wrapper with heavy tooth and a muscular feel. Pre-light aromas are unmistakably Fausto: cocoa powder, pepper, and deep earth. Cold draw is slightly firm but promising, delivering chocolate and leather.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Big entrance: cocoa and pepper up front with leather underneath. Burn starts straight.

• Second Third – Strength ramps and earth deepens. Burn line wavers, requiring a couple of touch-ups to stay even.

• Final Third – Pepper sharpens and oak chars slightly from earlier corrections. Still flavorful and powerful, but less refined than the mid-section.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Linie Aquavit
  Caraway, subtle oak, and maritime spice cut through the Fausto’s heaviness and refresh the palate without adding sweetness.

• Tea – Yunnan Moonlight White Tea
  Soft honeyed sweetness and gentle body to calm spice and smooth the finish after corrections.

Music Pairing

“All My Friends” – LCD Soundsystem
Relentless momentum that pairs with the cigar’s intensity and long finish.

Final Thoughts

Tatuaje Fausto Limited S.A. delivers the dark, aggressive character the line is famous for — cocoa, leather, and pepper in abundance. A few burn corrections interrupt the flow, but the cigar still lands as a powerful, satisfying smoke.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Burn waviness and required corrections introduced char and reduced overall refinement.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.