The darkest, boldest Tatuaje — a Nicaraguan puro soft box-pressed in a 5 x 50 Robusto, now a permanent part of the Black Label core range for its 20th anniversary.
Pete Johnson built the Black Label as the aggressive, slow-aged counterpoint to his red-banded Havana line, and for two decades it moved only in limited ceramic jars and single-size cabinets. In 2026 — twenty years after the original release — Tatuaje added two sizes to the core range for the first time. The Robusto is one of them: a soft box-pressed 5 x 50 with a fuma head, built to concentrate the Black Label's dark intensity into its shortest format yet.
Blend Information
- Series: Tatuaje Black Label Private Reserve, 20th Anniversary core addition
- Vitola: Robusto, soft box-pressed, 5 x 50
- Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Criollo
- Binder: Nicaraguan
- Filler: Nicaraguan
- Country: Nicaragua
- Factory: My Father Cigars S.A., Estelí
- Strength: Full
- Head: Fuma
- Format: 20-count box
- Original line release: 2006
Tasting Profile
Dark earth, espresso, leather, and black pepper carry the length of the burn, finishing long and dense. The Robusto's compact format concentrates the Black Label's intensity — the same blend you know from the Corona Gorda and the Torpedo, delivered in a smaller frame and shorter arc.
Why This One Matters
For most of its life, the Black Label was something you tracked down — a jar release here, a cabinet there, an allocation you got lucky on. The 20th Anniversary move changes that: two sizes are now permanent, and this is the shorter one. A box-pressed Robusto with a fuma head and twenty cigars inside, available in a format that doesn't disappear in three months.
Available at Tinder Box as a single or a 20-count box.
