My Father & Tatuaje La Union – My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) – Double Corona (7.25 x 50)
My Father & Tatuaje La Union – My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) – Double Corona (7.25 x 50)
The Particulars
| wdt_created_by | cigarkey | brand | cigarname | vitola | strength | wrapper | binder | filler | infused | sweettip | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcclossm | My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) | My Father & Tatuaje | La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) | Double Corona - 7.25" × 50 | Full | Ecuadorian Habano, Natural | Nicaragua | Nicaragua | No | No | My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua |
| COMPANY / BRAND: | My Father & Tatuaje |
| CIGAR: | La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) |
| VITOLA: | Double Corona - 7.25" × 50 |
| STRENGTH: | Full |
| WRAPPER: | Ecuadorian Habano, Natural |
| BINDER: | Nicaragua |
| FILLER: | Nicaragua |
| INFUSED: | No |
| SWEET TIP: | No |
| ORIGIN: | My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua |
Prolegomenon and Other Random Thoughts
I’m sure most people already know that Tatuaje and My Father work together closely, as the My Father factory has been producing most, if not all, of the Tatuaje lineup since Tatuaje was founded back in 2003. Tatuaje was even My Father’s first private label customer. What you might not know is that Pete Johnson of Tatuaje is married to Janny Garcia of My Father. If you aren’t familiar with Janny, you absolutely should be. She’s a powerhouse in the My Father organization as their Vice President and the daughter of Don “Pepin” Garcia. So obviously, the two brands have an incredibly strong relationship, and the La Union project feels like a very natural extension of that. The La Union logo is actually a drawing of Pete Johnson and Jaime Garcia shaking hands, with the hand of Don Pepin Garcia blessing the partnership.
But I’ll be honest, this is a seriously confusing release to keep straight. There are two different pairs of cigars offered in two different humidors, making for four unique blends in total. The Black humidor was the first release from 2024, and the Red humidor was the second release from 2025. For the matched pair from each humidor, one cigar is a Tatuaje blend “for My Father” and the other is a My Father blend “Para Tatuaje,” but all the cigars are made at the My Father factory and heavily feature tobaccos from the Garcia family farms.
While they’re technically Churchills sporting a 109-style bullet cap, My Father is officially calling the vitola a “Prominente Especial.” The Tatuaje cigars also feature a closed foot that the My Father cigars don’t have. And if you need any more help keeping them straight, the Black humidor cigars have a reddish-orange foot band, while the Red humidor cigars have a yellow foot band.
But shit, these bad boys are expensive. MSRP is $60 EACH, which means it’s $120 for a pair since most retailers are not selling them individually. I get why they’re doing it, because if one blend is 🔥while the other is 💩 they’ll get stuck with half a humidor of a very expensive cigar. And to really appreciate the concept of “La Union” you need to try both cigars. So these blends need to be absolutely memorable, because that is a hell of a buy-in.
I kicked these reviews off with the My Father for Tatuaje cigar from the Black Humidor.
| wdt_created_by | cigar_key | cigar | date | appearance | draw | burn | flavors | overall | buyagain | rating | CApp | CDrw | CBrn | CFlv | COvr | CBuy | score | Plainly_Put |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcclossm | My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) | My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) | 2025-06-20 | Good | Good | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Most likely (good stick, but look for a deal) | 4.75 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3.50 | 8.67 | Get a couple |
The Review
This review for the My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) is based on the journal entry dated 2025-06-20
Appearance & Construction (0-3): Good (3)
The My Father cigar is appreciably the darker of the two, and it’s a nice dark chocolate brown. It has a good oily sheen, nice mottling, and a hint of tooth. The veins are a little lighter than the rest of the leaf, providing some nice accents, but they’re all thin and smooth save for one thicker one. The seams are super tight and the cap is perfect. The primary band is the exact same on each cigar, while the secondary band is how you can identify which one is which. The MF cigar has a gold band with black lettering that says “Para Tatuaje.” The only thing I don’t love is the orange foot band, as it just feels out of place. But overall, it’s a beautifully rolled cigar.
Draw (0-3) & Burn (0-4): Good (3) / Good (3)
The burn starts with a little bit of a wave but is well-controlled. The ash is a medium gray that’s littered with tiny oil crystals. The ash doesn’t hold very long, falling just after the first inch. The burn is still slightly uneven, but staying controlled enough to not need a lighter correction in the second third. It finally evens out around the midway point, but it never gets razor-sharp flat. It’s not a bad burn by any means, but it needs a little more attention and frequent rolling of the ash.
Flavor Profile (0-5): Excellent (5)
Warm cocoa, exotic spice, and light black pepper greet me on light-up. Spice is a funny thing. Sometimes it’s exotic, sometimes it’s pepper, sometimes it’s delicious, and other times it’s just a harsh irritant. This is delicious, earthy, and exotic. I’m getting a lot of citrus-sweet and chewy, savory earthy and bready notes that have me thinking about Pad Thai of all fucking things. There’s something about this combo that tastes exactly like the sauce dashed with lime. It’s spicy, sweet, salty, and a hair sour, all while being very savory, but it’s fucking delightful. Charred oak comes into play, giving it a thick and dark bottom end. Red pepper shifts the burn to the front of the mouth. There’s a nice, moderate creaminess to the finish to accentuate the chewiness of it all. The blend is balancing out just right, successfully avoiding any harshness with all the spice.
With the second third, the earthiness increases while the sweetness and spice pull back a bit. The cocoa flavors accentuate it beautifully. The spice recedes at times, but it’s always present and comes back strong on the reprise. That signature “Pepin spice” is here for those who love spicy blends, but it sits just below being a flat-out pepper bomb 🌶️💣. I’m also getting some nuttiness now too, and you know how Pad Thai has peanuts in it? So it feels very fitting, but it is full-on banger status right now.
Getting into the final third doesn’t bring any major changes, but it’s either my palate getting worn out or the cigar genuinely pulls back on intensity, as it feels a bit flatter than the first two-thirds. The black pepper is also starting to build up on the back of the soft palate and bring some harshness. It’s all still very good, it’s just lacking the robustness and wow factor that the first two-thirds had. The last inch, however, really pulls back on the Pad Thai-type flavors and ends heavy on the earth and charred wood. It’s an underwhelming finish to what has been a really great blend. But then I get one last blast of spice and those delectable, spicy, sweet, salty, and sour exotic spice flavors right at the very end.
Overall Experience (0-5): Excellent (5)
This is a great blend and exactly what you would expect from a My Father special release. With the size, you need to be ready for a solid time investment, but it’s absolutely worth it. But the price… it’s always the price… because $60 is a super steep cost of entry. If this was a standalone release at $35 to $40 per stick, it’d be so much easier to recommend and maybe even box-worthy. But this is a pricey treat that falls just short of being fully worth it.
Base Rating (0-5)4.75 |
Final Score (0-10)8.67Get a couple |
Is it Burnable?Most likely (good stick, but look for a deal) |
Overall Score and Individual Journal Entries
While the review is based off one instance of journaling this cigar; there's a number of reasons you can have different experiences smoking the same cigar multiple times. A blend can evolve with age (for better or worse), palates evolves, preferences change, and sometimes you just get a bad example! This section captures the ratings from each journal entry and the related journal photo. Below you'll find an aggregate score based on every time the cigar has been journaled. Unless it was a gift or on-off smoke, this section will be updated every time I journal this cigar!
| Times Journaled | Base Rating | Burnable? | Final Score | Plainly Put |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4.63 | Most likely (good stick, but look for a deal) | 8.50 | Get a couple |
| Journaling Date | Cigar | Appearance | Draw | Burn | Flavors | Overall Experience | Base Rating | Burnable? | Final Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) | Good | Good | Good | Excellent | Excellent | 4.75 | Most likely (good stick, but look for a deal) | 8.67 | |
| 2026-09-05 | My Father & Tatuaje La Union - My Father for Tatuaje (Black Humidor) - Double Corona (7.25 x 50) | Good | Good | Good | Excellent | Great | 4.50 | Most likely (good stick, but look for a deal) | 8.33 | Ash fell in first inch |
Journaling Photos
The Flavor Wheel
| Category | Strength |
|---|---|
| Baking Spice | 2.50 |
| Pepper | 2.00 |
| Coffee / Espresso | 1.50 |
| Anise / Licorice | 0.00 |
| Sweet | 2.50 |
| Chocolate | 2.00 |
| Bready / Toasty | 2.00 |
| Woody / Charred | 2.50 |
| Grass / Hay | 0.00 |
| Earth | 3.00 |
| Leather | 1.00 |
| Floral / Aromatic | 0.00 |
| Fruity | 1.50 |
| Nutty | 2.00 |
| Salty / Mineral | 1.00 |
| Creamy | 2.00 |
| Musty / Barnyard | 0.50 |
| Bitter | 0.50 |
| Smooth | 2.00 |
| Harsh | 0.00 |
With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience. These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out. When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.
The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.
- 0: No flavor detected
- 1: Mild flavor
- 2: Medium flavor
- 3: Strong flavor
Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.
With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience. These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out. When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.
The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.
- 0: No flavor detected
- 1: Mild flavor
- 2: Medium flavor
- 3: Strong flavor
Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.
| Category | Strength |
|---|---|
| Baking Spice | 2.50 |
| Pepper | 2.00 |
| Coffee / Espresso | 1.50 |
| Anise / Licorice | 0.00 |
| Sweet | 2.50 |
| Chocolate | 2.00 |
| Bready / Toasty | 2.00 |
| Woody / Charred | 2.50 |
| Grass / Hay | 0.00 |
| Earth | 3.00 |
| Leather | 1.00 |
| Floral / Aromatic | 0.00 |
| Fruity | 1.50 |
| Nutty | 2.00 |
| Salty / Mineral | 1.00 |
| Creamy | 2.00 |
| Musty / Barnyard | 0.50 |
| Bitter | 0.50 |
| Smooth | 2.00 |
| Harsh | 0.00 |
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