As part of 2013’s flurry of releases commemorating the 10th anniversary of Tatuaje, a new spin on the familiar Tatuaje Brown Label hit store shelves, a cigar packaged in a zippered travel humidor and called the Belle Encre Reserva. It’s based on the Brown Label Reserva, meaning that the Ecuadorian habano wrapper was switched for a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper. This gives the Reserva line something special and different to set it apart from the original release, which happened to debut the year earlier in the form of the Tatuaje Belle Encre, a 5 3/8 x 48 perfecto released under the Brown Label banner, the line known more properly as Seleccion de Cazador. Here’s what I had to say about it originally: I’m a fan of Tatuaje’s Reserva cigars and so it was a no-brainer for me to buy a box of these when I saw them released. The travel humidor alone was worth the extra dollar raise over the regular Belle Encres, though even in a plain box I think that is easily justified with the Connecticut broadleaf wrapper. The overall flavor profile and construction were great, though there were a couple of slight burn issues that resolved themselves and some ...
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