Black Label Trading Company announces the release of Bishops Blend Novemdiales to select retailers. Novemdiales is handcrafted at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua. It represents a revised iteration of the original Bishops Blend by using a Pennsylvania wrapper with other slight revisions.
“Bishops Blend has been one of our most popular and sought-after releases. This year, to help celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Black Label Trading Co., we felt compelled to create a special edition. The Bishops Blend Novemdiales is an amped-up version of the traditional Bishop. We tweaked the blend a bit and went with a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper instead of the traditional Ecuador Habano Maduro. The Novemdiales will be available in vitolas not seen before in the Bishops Blend lineage,” said James Brown, creator of Black Label Trading Co. and partner at Fabrica Oveja Negra.
Specifically, the blend is made up of the above-mentioned Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder and Nicaraguan, Connecticut (Broadleaf), and Pennsylvanian tobaccos for the filler. The Bishops Blend Novemdiales comes in three sizes:
- Petite Corona – 46 x 114 mm (4 1/2″), $10.50 per cigar
- Robusto– 50 x 127 mm (5″), $11.00 per cigar
- Toro – 48 x 152 mm (6″), $12.00 per cigar
All sizes are sold in 20-ct boxes, and production is limited to 900 boxes per each size. They are beginning to ship to retailers this week.