L’Atelier Côte d’Or La Tâche ’18 Shipping in July

This summer, L’Atelier Imports will be releasing a follow-up to the Côte d’Or La Tâche that debuted in 2016.

The L’Atelier Côte d’Or La Tâche ’18 is a 6 x 46 corona gorda vitola made with an Ecuadorian Sancti Spiritus wrapper—the same one that is used on the L’Atelier Selection Spéciale—covering a binder and filler blend that is grown in Nicaragua. In addition, the filler includes pelo de oro, which translates to golden hair from Spanish, a type of tobacco that produces a low yield compared to other varieties and has been banned in Cuba due to its propensity to mold.

Pricing will be $16 per cigar and production is limited to 1,000 boxes of 10, for a total of 10,000 cigars. The Côte d’Or La Tâche ’18 is being made at the My Father Cigars S.A. factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The cigar gets its name from the region in eastern France that is known for producing pinot noir grapes.

In a conversation during the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Dan Welsh, co-founder of L’Atelier Imports—which is now formally part of Tatuaje—told halfwheel that boxes of the L’Atelier Côte d’Or La Tâche ’18 are scheduled to ship to retailers in July.