TX Duo Review - Tatuaje Cojonú 2021 OR?

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Dark dark yellow cello. It's always nice to find, except when it isn't real.

I picked these up in a terrible B&M about an hour outside of Dallas. At one point, they bought a lot of cigars, they didn't sell many and they didn't take care of what they had. Based on the lights, humidity, temperature and insulation, I'd say dark cello here can be as much a sign of negligence as age. 

I don't smoke a lot of Cojonú as it's such a big bold peppery blend. I've enjoyed the Gran Cojonú and the Capa wrappers fresh, but this isn't a band I'm buying boxes of. This was 7x58 of nearly overwhelming oak, earth, black pepper, and the Tatuaje meat/soy/maillard profile. Not much nuance and more than I could retro. Balanced with a thumb on the scale is about as good as I can say.

The only letups were a little backhanded, I had a couple of nearly inch long running burns that on correction the wrapper came through with an incredible toasted coconut flavor that kept me working.

Overall, not particularly enjoyable but quite educational.

Any thoughts @Capn_Jackson?