We have covered quite a bit of history about Tatuaje’s Private Reserve — otherwise known as the Black Label blend — lineup on this site over the years. As the story goes, the blend was put together after owner Pete Johnson visited a “famous island known for historic cigar making.” While there, he was given a cigar by a local resident that really impressed him, and he decided to try and recreate the blend for himself using Nicaraguan tobacco. The first release was composed of a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda in 19-count ceramic jars in 2008, and there are now more than 18 different vitolas in the line, as well as four more that will be going into regular production this summer. Throughout all of the different releases, the blend has remained the same: a sun grown criollo wrapper grown in Estelí, Nicaragua covering tobaccos from Nicaragua in both the binder and filler. The Tatuaje Old Man and the C was released in August 2012, and included a culebra as well as a Black Label Lancero in the same coffin. While it was a limited release, there was never a confirmation about how many were actually made, although there were at least ...
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