Last week, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars teased a few new 2016 projects, including a couple from the Miami-based El Rey de los Habanos factory. Now, literally two hands worth of retailers will be getting Johnson’s latest Miami-based project, Le Vignoble. If you are thinking to yourself that sounds French and wine-inspired, it is; Le Vignoble is French for the vineyard. “After watching harvest in 2014 I decided that 2015 was the best year to release a secret small batch project made in Miami,” Johnson told halfwheel. “Me being a huge fan of French wine and having so many friends in Bordeaux that live their lives in the vineyards, it was fitting to pay homage to them with a cigar named Le Vignoble.” Le Vignoble is a 6 x 38 corona especiale using an Ecuadorian habano wrapper and Nicaraguan fillers. It will retail for $12 per cigar or $120 per bundle. There’s a bit of a numbers theme, mainly centered around 10, which was the first vintage of Johnson’s Tatouage wine. “I wanted to release something small to celebrate working on my fifth vintage which is 2014. Gearing up to the harvest of 2015 was the perfect release season. For 10 weeks I’ll be ...
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