📌 Brand: Tatuaje
📌 Line: La Riqueza
📌 Size: No. 6 Lancero (7 1/2" × 38)
📌 Weight: 11.9 g
📌 Age: 6 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua
Tasting Notes
Dark Chocolate – Rich, dry sweetness
Earth – Dense, classic Nicaraguan core
Black Pepper – Clean, lively retrohale spice
Cedar – Refined woody backbone
First Impressions
The Lancero is beautifully rolled with a dark, elegant wrapper and excellent firmness throughout. Pre-light aroma shows cocoa, cedar, and earth with a little spice at the foot. Cold draw is slightly snug but flavorful, already showing chocolate and pepper.
Smoking Experience
First Third – Opens with dark chocolate and earth right away, with a peppery lift on the retrohale. Smoke is cool and concentrated, exactly what you want from a Lancero.
Second Third – Cedar becomes more defined and the pepper settles into balance. The profile feels richer and denser than the softer Tatuaje lines.
Final Third – Strength deepens and the earth-dark cocoa core stays intact. One correction is needed to keep the burn aligned, but flavor remains excellent.
Pairings
Alcohol – Armagnac Janneau XO - Deep dried fruit, oak, and spice fit perfectly with the cigar’s dark chocolate, cedar, and earthy richness.
Tea – Taiwan Ruby 18 Black Tea - Naturally minty, sweet, and full-bodied, giving lift and clarity to the cigar’s darker profile.
Music Pairing
“Atmosphere” – Joy Division
Dark, elegant, and controlled — a great match for the Lancero’s serious profile.
Final Thoughts
Tatuaje La Riqueza No. 6 Lancero delivers exactly what the line promises — richness, depth, and excellent concentration in a thinner format. Dark chocolate, earth, cedar, and pepper stay in balance throughout, with only one small correction keeping it from a perfect score.
Final Score: 9/10
Why not a 10?
One burn correction interrupted an otherwise near-flawless performance.
Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.