Tatuaje Black Tubo

This will be the 2nd review I bothered to finish for a cigar, so here it goes

I chose to light this smoke up since I had never had one before and want to see if its box worthy. I got it Monday, so it hasn't been resting for too long, but this one's wrapper was split in 2 places at the foot, so I decided I'd end its misery the construction is great, no soft spots, it cut very well, and aside from the messed up foot, nothing else was wrong. All vein details are not able to be felt either, and its a medium brown with darker brown spots. Oh and I drank water

Pre light:
Draw is slightly tighter than I like, but I hardly smoke belicoso style cigars, so it may be a good draw for the style. I get notes of bran flakes and hay, also some slight spice, but barely. Time to toast this bad boy

1/3
1st puff is spicy hay, very tasty. Also getting slightly sour notes, no big deal. A mild tobacco taste accompanying, larger than a note, smaller than a flavor. Very spicy through the nose, I'm loving this so far. Ash is tight and mostly grey with dark areas where I lit it. Burn is a little wavy, but I really don't care, its no big deal. 1/2 inch in, spice has backed off a lot, making room for tobacco and hay. Spice is green chille. Smoke isn't thick, and isn't thin, but it smokes a lot from the lit portion. Slight vanilla flavor at 1 inch. Burn is ruler straight now at.

2nd 3rd
A slight note of vanilla present, mostly tobacco and hay at the begginning of this 3rd. Burn straight, ash holding strong. Slight note of irish whiskey through the nose. Bitter pepper spice and just plain barnyard flavor, still vanilla note through nose. Ash stll strong on there at the begginning, but the ash fell at end of this 3rd.

Final 3rd
Spicy tobacco flavor, vanilla gone. Burn straight. Smoke gets hot if I don't ash the cigar asap, may be that I didn't let it rest enough after shipping. Getting a little sour also, gonna let this sit for a minute. Its getting a strong spice and over toasted bread taste. Purged, no flame. Starting to get hit with the power of this cigar, slight stomach ache, but burnt tobacco flavor, woody flavor coming out now, strong spice, and vanilla note. Green chille comming back in lieu of pepper near the end of 3rd, also some coffee and cinnamon, letting it sit for a couple minutes fixed the harshness, but the funny thing is I'm not smoking fast at all, I waited almost a minute between each puff.

As I approach the nub, it gets a little creamy, and a smooth coffee and vanilla taste comes out, also cinnamon and wood. All sourness is gone and heat has backed off

So maybe I didn't let it sit long enough after receiving it, but I did smoke the montecristo rothschild I got in the same shipment 2 days earlier, and it was amazing, so I figured it wouldn't be too bad. Would I buy these again? Maybe not in the quantity I immagined, but I will make a final descision after I've let the others I bought sit for much longer. Is it singles worthy? Definitely I'd give this smoke a... generous 90 in its present state, i'd be more honest saying 80 or 85. User error is most likely the cause of the thinner smoke and sour taste, so I can't make a final judgement yet. I'll follow up on this in a few weeks with a hopefully much more positive review.