Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the rectangle pressed Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition is medium brown in the middle of the cigar and then a bit lighter at each end. The are some raised, knotty veins present, with seams slightly raised and head well finished. There are two bands, with the primary being the white, black, blue, red and green Limited band the company uses and the secondary is the traditional black and gold Reserva band. The aroma from the wrapper is a mix of earth and light cocoa while the foot brings cedar and earth. The pre-light draw is an airy mix of cedar, floral notes and earth, along with a mild spiciness on my lips.
Seth: The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition is solid in appearance. It has some nice sparkles throughout the wrapper with some medium sized veins throughout. It is coarse in texture with a solid maduro coloring. Dark chocolate color. Aromas of earth, cocoa and tobacco.
John: The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition came in cellophane and did not have a UPC sticker. The cigar is double banded with a ‘TATUAJE LIMITED’ primary band and a ‘Reserva BROADLEAF’ secondary band. For artisanal complications, the cigar has a sharp box pressed shape to it. I weighed the cigar at 11.9 grams and measured the humidity to 62.3% with the HumidiMeter Pro. Aromas from the wrapper included sweet tobacco, leather, earth and wood. Out of the foot, I was picking up on hay and wood.

Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with rich earth, black pepper and some toasted cedar. At a half inch in, the black pepper mellows a bit. The retrohale is earth, lightly zingy black pepper and some toasted cedar. At an inch in, a light cocoa powder becomes present. At an inch and a half in, the pepper picks back up. As the third comes to a close, the rich earth is just ahead of the black pepper, with toasted cedar in the middle of the profile and a light cocoa powder in the background. The strength is at medium-full.
Seth: The first third starts out with some warm spices, cocoa and coffee. Tobacco and earth are present as well. Rich earth. I would classify the cigar as medium in strength and body.
John: The first third is out of the gate with creamy tobacco, earth and wood. On the retrohale, I pick up on sweet tobacco and wood. After a few puffs, the post draw establishes itself as leather. As the first third continues, wood is driving the post draw at light plus strength. Musty wood also joins the post draw as the first third continues to evolve.

Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the black pepper mellows again. At three quarters of an inch in, the toasted cedar has increased a bit as the black pepper has mellowed some more and the overall profile has become a bit dry. The retrohale is now rich earth with toasted cedar and black pepper. As the third comes to a close, the rich earth is just ahead of the toasted cedar, with black pepper a bit further behind and a light cocoa powder in the background. The strength remained at medium-full.
Seth: The second third is right in line with the first. Earth and tobacco notes with warm spices. Mocha flavor profile on the finish. The strength and body are still at that medium level as well.
John: Creamy wood leads off the second third with a sweet tobacco and earth combining to form the finish. As the second third settles in, some light-plus strength leather defines the center of the profile. Sweet tobacco and wood define the retrohale as it continues. Through the bottom half, earth joins the front of the retrohale at light-plus strength.

Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the black pepper mellows a bit more and is now just behind the middle of the profile. At a half inch in, the earth extends its lead over the toasted cedar. The retrohale is now earth and toasted cedar with mild black pepper. At an inch in, the pepper begins to pick up again. As the cigar wraps up, the earth has a good lead of the toasted cedar with the black pepper just ahead of the middle of the profile and some light cocoa powder in the background. The strength remained at medium-full.
Seth: The final third is in line with the first and second. Earth and tobacco notes present with warm spices. Mocha on the finish with some mineral qualities. Medium in strength and body.
John: The last third starts with creamy wood and a sweet tobacco and wood combination to finish. Some delayed tannins break into the post draw at medium strength. Approaching the halfway point of the final third, the profile is medium strength earth forward.

Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition

Burn

Aaron: The burn was straight throughout and the ash held on in just over one inch increments.
Seth: Burn was average throughout. Not great, but solid.
John: The burn was straight through the entire review process.

Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition

Draw

Aaron: The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.
Seth: Nice draw throughout.
John: The draw had some resistance to it, roughly 2-1/2 to 3 notches into the resistant spectrum, no doubt due to its sharp box pressed shape.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with rich earth, black pepper and some toasted cedar. A light cocoa powder joined in a bit later. The second third saw the pepper mellow and the toasted cedar increase. The final third saw the earth lengthen it’s lead and the pepper mellowed some more and then ramped back up. The construction was perfect. The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition had an average flavor profile throughout that was very earth dominant. The pepper and toasted cedar moved around a bit, but the earth was the star of the show, which really didn’t do it for me. I was hoping for a more decadent broadleaf experience from this thin ring gauge, but it never materialized. I don’t see myself coming back to this one.
Seth: The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition was a decent cigar. Not great. I thought it lacked some complexities and the Broadleaf profile was somewhat lacking. The draw and burn were not great as well so it smoked like a shell of past Broadleaf releases from Pete. I still go back to the theory that Pete’s stuff out of Miami is fantastic, but My Father is not as strong as it was.
John: The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition was pleasant to smoke overall, but was linear in the flavor delivery and never established any complex flavor combinations that grabbed my attention. I found the burn to be perfect, while the draw had some resistance to it. While the price point on these is quite reasonable for the 2024 market, Tatuaje has a very long list of excellent limited and regular production cigars to choose from. I would reach for something else from their vast portfolio over this. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 3 minutes.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$1.91

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.15

Cost/Point

$2.14

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

5.45

Cost/Point

$2.02

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Limited Lonsdale Edition