Pre-light Experience

Seth: The Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro was lovely in appearance. The cigar had a sandy clay color, and it showed some Claro, Natural and light Colorado coloring. The wrapper itself was toothy with small veins throughout. The cigar was constructed very well with a nice cap. There were nice aromas of hay, wood and tobacco.
John: The Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro features a Colorado-colored wrapper with an overall appearance that is neat and tidy. The cap is cleanly applied, and the wrapper displays firmly pressed veins throughout. I weighed the cigar at 15.5 grams and measured the humidity with the HumidiMeter Pro at 60.9%. Aromas from the wrapper were limited, consisting of mild wood with little else present. From the foot, I was getting only mild hay and tobacco.
Jiunn: The Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro has a quality, even and uniform Colorado wrapper. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas tell of cedar, black tea and a hint of star jasmine flowers.

Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro

First Third

Seth: The first third delivered aromas of faint coffee, cream, tobacco, hay, wood and earth. The cigar was balanced and flavor focused. Nice complexity level throughout the cigar. In terms of strength and body, the cigar was a solid medium.
John: The first third opens with dry wood and spices, with mild tobacco occupying the center of the profile. Spices and wood combine on the finish and linger on the palate. Through the retrohale, I’m picking up creamy spices that linger, accompanied by some herbal notes on the finish. As the first third settles in, bread begins combining with mustiness through the retrohale.
Jiunn: The first third is highly earth forward with leather, cedar wood and minerals. There’s also a generic sweetness and creaminess (more wood forward). Retrohaling shows more minerals and spicy cedar. The finish is lengthy with leather and cedar. Strength and body is medium.

Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro

Second Third

Seth: The second third delivered those cream, cedar and coffee notes. Hay, earth and pepper were present as well. Again, the cigar remained balanced in the second third with a strength and body level around medium.
John: Moving into the second third, the profile consists of creamy wood with mild earth in the center. Dry wood and herbs team up through the finish, while significant dryness builds on the palate between each puff. As the cigar approaches the halfway point, the post draw dryness becomes increasingly pronounced and persistent.
Jiunn: The second third shows the same flavors of leather, cedar wood and minerals with generic sweetness and creaminess but picks up cedar bitterness and tannins. Strength and body finishes the same medium.

Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro

Final Third

Seth: The final third was in line with the first and second. The cigar did not show a great bit of transitioning, but it had a nice complexity and core flavor profile. Cream, coffee, tobacco, leather, hay, wood and earth were present to the end. Pepper notes as well with a strength and body level around medium.
John: The final third begins with medium-strength herbaceousness. Dry wood moves into the center at medium to medium-full strength, lingering into the post draw and becoming increasingly tannic. As the last third settles in, toasted earth and clover join the finish. Approaching the halfway point of the final third, wet cardboard enters the finish. Post draw tannins increase to medium strength and continue to build. At this stage, earth, herbs and tannic wood are defining the retrohale.
Jiunn: The final third is unchanged from the second third. There’s still the overlying cedar bitterness and tannins. This is distracting to the overall better flavors of leather, minerals, generic sweetness and creaminess. Strength and body finishes the same medium.

Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro

Burn

Seth: The burn was very good throughout the entire cigar.
John: The burn was razor straight through the first third, with the ash consistently falling at the one-inch mark. Some waviness appeared in the second third, with unevenness present in the last third, though neither required intervention.
Jiunn: Excellent burn performance featuring an even burn, tight ashes, cool burning temperatures and ample smoke production.

Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro

Draw

Seth: The draw was perfect from beginning to end.
John: I measured the draw at 65 inches of water with the Cigar Medics draw machine. Subjectively, I found the draw to be approximately 1½ to 2 notches resistant, placing it in the resistant category for me.
Jiunn: Excellent draw performance as well, giving the ideal air flow and resistance.

Overall

Seth: The Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro was a good cigar. It was a blend I would come back to in the future, and it is a cigar I would smoke regularly. It had a wonderful core flavor profile that was complex from start to finish. The strength and body worked well with the flavors, and it delivered an easy smoking experience that was very enjoyable. I could smoke all the time while at the beach, and light one up in the morning or evening. I would be interested if the blend came in other vitolas, but this was a great robusto/robusto extra.
John: The Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro presents itself well pre-light, with a clean appearance and solid construction, but the smoking experience never quite rises above functional. The first third establishes a dry, wood-forward profile accented by spices and light herbal notes. While the creamy spice character on the retrohale and the introduction of bread and mustiness add some early interest, the overall flavor intensity remains muted. The second third leans heavily into dryness, both in flavor and mouthfeel. Creamy wood and mild earth provide some structure, but the persistent palate dryness becomes a defining characteristic rather than a supporting element. This dryness limits the cigar’s ability to evolve or build complexity as it progresses. The final third marks a noticeable decline. Herbaceous notes intensify, tannins build and dry wood becomes increasingly dominant. The introduction of toasted earth, clover and ultimately wet cardboard signals a clear loss of balance and refinement. While the cigar never becomes aggressively harsh, the profile tightens and becomes less enjoyable as bitterness, tannins and earth take over. Strong burn performance helps keep the experience on track, and while the draw trends resistant, it remains serviceable. Still, the flavor development never fully capitalizes on the solid construction. In the end, the Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro delivers a straightforward but dry and increasingly tannic profile that lacks the complexity or balance needed to elevate it beyond an Average overall score. Total smoking time was 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Jiunn: This Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro was a straight down the middle, no frills, one dimensional cigar. Props for the consistency, but in terms of flavors, it was a bit too earthy in especially leather and cedar for me. It’s not something that I’d return to with my own money.

Seth Geise

SCORE

7.07

Cost/Point

$0.67

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

5.25

Cost/Point

$0.90

Scoring System

Jiunn Liu

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$0.83

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: Tatuaje Series P Honduras Short Toro