Black Label Trading Co. Shipping Bishops Blend 2024 Next Week

Next week, Black Label Trading Co. will ship the 2024 versions its Bishops Blend line to “select retailers.”

This will be the eighth year for the limited production line and it’s a return to the core Bishops Blend. As part of last year’s 10th anniversary celebration, the company released the Bishops Blend Novemdiales, which used a different blend than previous releases. This year’s release is similar to the 2022 version, though the price has increased by $1 per cigar. Blend-wise, that means an Ecuadorian habano maduro wrapper over an Ecuadorian habano binder and Connecticut, Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania broadleaf fillers. It is made at the company’s Fábriva Oveja Negra factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Bishops Blend will be offered in three sizes:

• Black Label Trading Co. Bishops Blend 2024 Corona Largo (6 1/4 x 46) — $13 (Box of 20, $260)
• Black Label Trading Co. Bishops Blend 2024 Robusto (5 x 48) — $12 (Box of 20, $240)
• Black Label Trading Co. Bishops Blend 2024 Lancero (7 x 42) — $13.50 (Box of 20, $270)

“We are very excited about this highly anticipated release. This is the eighth release of Bishops Blend and continues to be one of our most sought-after, limited annual releases,” said James Brown, creator of Black Label Trading Co. and partner at Fábrica Oveja Negra. “Bishops Blend boasts big bold flavors of anise, pepper, raisins, and a sweet earthiness on the finish. It is very complex and extremely refined. As with the past vintages, the broadleaf fillers shine at the forefront and are perfectly balanced by the Nicaraguan filler tobaccos.”