PCA 2021: Black Label Trading Co.

For all the booth changes I’m seeing at the show this year, Black Label Trading Co. is one of the few that’s stayed the same. In my opinion, that’s a good thing.

While the seating area on the side was new last year, this is basically the same booth they have used for a few years now. Besides it being a good-looking booth with nice display areas for the cigars, it might be the best walled-booth layout that I can think of in terms of ease of moving about when it’s crowded with retailers. This year Black Label is debuting two lines with new size extensions and a collection of some of its limited edition blends.

Black Works Studio Hive

The Hornet, Kato and Killer Bee limited edition blends are getting a special collection release with new sizes as a PCA 2021 Convention & Trade Show exclusive. The 27-count box will retail for $337.50 and features the three blends in lancero, perfecto and robusto sizes.

• Wrapper: Ecuador (Candela, Connecticut, Maduro)
• Binder: Honduras (Habano)
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Black Works Studio Green Hornet Lancero (7 1/4 x 42) — $12.50 (Six per box)
• Black Works Studio Green Hornet Perfecto (5 x 60) — $12.50 (Four per box)
• Black Works Studio Kato Candela Robusto (5 x 50) — $12.50 (Four per box)
• Black Works Studio Killer Bee Connecticut Lancero (7 1/4 x 42) — $12.50 (Six per box)
• Black Works Studio Killer Bee Lancero (7 1/4 x 42) — $12.50 (Three per box)
• Black Works Studio Killer Bee Perfecto (5 x 60) — $12.50 (Four per box)

Production: 900 Boxes of 27 Cigars (24,300 Total Cigars)

Release Date: Fall 2021

Black Label Trading Co. Last Rites Viaticum (2021)

The Last Rites Viaticum is back with two new sizes, and just like last time, is a limited edition.

• Wrapper: Ecuador (Maduro)
• Binder: Honduras (Habano)
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Black Label Trading Co. Last Rites Viaticum Lancero Box Press (6 3/4 x 40) — $15.50 (Box of 20, $310)
• Black Label Trading Co. Last Rites Viaticum Toro Box Press (6 x 48) — $15.25 (Box of 20, $305)

Production: Undisclosed

Release Date: August 2021

Black Label Trading Co. Porcelain Robusto

The Porcelain line is getting a new size, this time a robusto. The new size’s details were mostly worked out, with the exception of the price, which has not yet been announced.

• Wrapper: Connecticut
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua, U.S.A. (Pennsylvania)

• Black Label Trading Co. Porcelain Robusto (5 x 50) — TBA

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: Fall 2021

Brian Burt

I have been smoking cigars since 2005 and reviewing them as a hobby since 2010. Initially, I started out small with a 50-count humidor and only smoking one or two cigars a month. Not knowing anybody else that smoked cigars, it was only an occasional hobby that I took part in. In March of 2010, I joined Nublive and Cigar Asylum, connecting me with many people who also shared an interest in cigars. Reading what they had to say about brands I had never heard of, I quickly immersed myself in the boutique brands of the industry and it was then that cigars transformed from a hobby into a passion.