LE El Triunfador

[AlohaStyle]

Pete said today it's the original El T blend... going to smoke one now

 

[gardizzle]

Pete said today it's the original El T blend... going to smoke one now

Interesting......Look forward to your take on it.

 

[tmoney2007]

I agree with you totally, which is why I think it is a different blend...I am not sure what the point is to have the exact same blend only one inch shorter...

Also, I am pretty sure that ALL of the single store releases have been different blends, so I am not sure why this would be different...

~brooks

Noella Cuadrado... That's the only one I can think of.

 

[MU Mike]

They are a regular production cigar still.


As far as the SODO goes, I am a big fan of the Original Blend El T so at first I was thinking I "had to have" this in a Petite Lancero. The more I thought about it the less I wanted it, sounds like it is the same price as the regular Lanceros if it is $200 a box, same ring gauge, then if it is the same blend.... what's the point? I can just as easily walk in to a local B&M and purchase a Lancero and hack off an inch and a half and pretend it's a SODO without having to call that one shop I'd likely never purchase from again for this cigar. To take it a step further I could get one of those stencils from the hardware store and spray paint SODO on the side of one of my El T boxes and I am all set :hysterica

Exactly. As much as I love the petite lancero size, I've got a 100-cab of El T's in the humidor.

 

[Craig Mac]

Noella Cuadrado... That's the only one I can think of.

Yeah, but it was box pressed, and typically they have to take a bit of tobacco out to box press it. And it definitely had a different profile, nothing dramatic, but was different.

 

[AlohaStyle]

Well I just got back from buying a couple boxes of the SODO and smoking one in the shop and wow, it's a nice cigar! Yes it's the original El T blend, but everyone that has smoked one has agreed it tastes different than the lancero. Since it's the same blend, I am certain it's because of this current crop of the broadleaf vs the wrapper used on the original lancero.

I have smoked many of the current Tatuaje broadleaf wrappers, including a ton down in Esteli this spring, and this new SODO has the flavor profile of this broadleaf but with the El T blend. I have smoked almost all of the Tats, and the SODO is one of my favorites. Not only do I like this vitola, the blend and wrapper make it well balanced, complex and adds a little more cocoa and pure goodness than the lancero. Is "pure goodness" a common term used in reviews? LOL

Anyway, that's my take on the SODO. Everyone smoking them at the shop tonight loved them and if you guys don't buy'em up, that's just fine by me... that means more for me later!