If ever there were a branding blunder, it was committed by Christian Eiroa, of Caribe cigars, the maker of La Fontana. Several years ago Caribe produced La Fontana White Label and Black Label. Both were very mild undifferentiated cigars. The White Label was rolled with a Jamastran light Connecticut wrapper, a Mexican binder and Honduran filler. The Black Label wasn't a he11 of alot different. It was a mild Caribe Honduran cigar, pretty much catered to the boom's occasional cigar smoker. About a year ago, Caribe totally changed the blend of the Black Label, but failed to let anyone know; even many of their retailers. The new La Fontana Black Label has a doble maduro Jamastran broadleaf wrapper with Corojo binder and filler. It's a totally different cigar than the old Black Label, but the band is identical. While it doesn't have the sheer power of the Antano 1970, it's not a mild smoke. I enjoyed the dark broadleaf wrapper with the corojo innards.
Remember Caribe are the folks who make the Camacho Corojo, Diploma, Liberty, and 11/18...all extremely strong cigars.
So, depending on whether you got new production, or the old stuff, you either got full powered tastey smokes or some mild boom sticks.
