Tatuaje Skinny Jason

📌 Brand: Tatuaje
📌 Line: Monster Series “Jason” Skinny
📌 Size: Lancero (6" × 38)
📌 Weight: 10.5 g
📌 Age: 1 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Dark Chocolate – Bitter-sweet base buried under burn flaws

• Earth – Subtle but uneven

• Black Pepper – Flickers inconsistently

• Charred Wood – Harshness from constant relights

First Impressions

The “Jason” Skinny sports a dark, oily Connecticut Broadlef wrapper with fine veins but a slightly uneven roll. Pre-light aromas bring cocoa and barnyard. Cold draw feels slightly loose, suggesting inconsistent construction.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens with chocolate and pepper but the burn immediately goes off-track. Sidewalls uneven, frequent corrections needed.

• Second Third – Earth and pepper attempt to surface but are muted by the constant touch-ups and erratic draw. Smoke turns acrid at times.

• Final Third – Harshness dominates as burn collapses. Flavors flatten to charred bitterness and hot pepper. Relights become constant.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon , caramel and oak sweetness to counteract the bitterness.

• Tea – Chinese Lychee Black Tea, fruity and aromatic, to restore some sweetness lost in the smoke.

Music Pairing

“Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” – James Brown

Sharp, rhythmic groove cutting through the roughness.

Final Thoughts

The Tatuaje Monster “Jason” Skinny shows glimpses of dark, peppery complexity but is completely undone by construction and burn issues. A cigar that simply refused to behave from start to finish.

Final Score: 3/10
Why not a 10?
Poor burn, multiple relights, and collapsing construction ruined the draw, balance, and flavor evolution.

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