Quick Smoke: L’Atelier LAT54

Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,” “hold,” or “sell.”

These Pete Johnson cigars come not from Tatuaje but from L’Atelier Imports, an outfit he formed with his brother and friends to make “consumer price conscious cigars.” The three-cigar namesake line, rolled at Don Pepin Garcia’s My Father Cigars factory, features a hybrid wrapper from Ecuador called Sancti Spiritus over Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos. The blend runs between about $8-10 per stick, with each one named for the ring gauge. It’s a medium-strength smoke with a lot of flavors that change throughout. A most enjoyable cigar. Highly recommended.

Verdict = Buy.

–George E

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