In April of 2007, Havana Cellars/Tatuaje released the first of what would eventually become a somewhat regular production vitola in the Cabaiguan line, the WCD 120. Commemorating Washington D.C. based W. Curtis Draper’s 120th year in business, the 4 5/8 x 42 petit corona had a total production of only 1,800 cigars, making it one of the smallest single store releases for Tatuaje before or since. In 2012, Tatuaje was once again asked to produce a cigar for W. Curtis Draper, this time for their 125th anniversary. As one of four different manufactures who participated in making blends for the occasion, Tatuaje decided to produce the same cigar they made in 2007, this time calling it the Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX and increasing the total number produced to 3,250. At the tail end of March, Tatuaje announced plans to produce the blend a third time, not as a limited release as in previous versions, but instead as a regular production cigar that would be sold exclusively at W.Curtis Drapers and named simply the Cabaiguan WCD. Here is what I said in my review of the original Cabaiguan WCD 120 back in 2010: Basically if you took any of the larger Cabaiguan smokes, compacted the flavors into a petit ...
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