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Black Label Trading Company Lawless: flavour profile and cigars like it

Black Label Trading Company Lawless is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Rosado Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, earth and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Aging Room Blue Amber and Oliva Serie V Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Black Label Trading Company Lawless cigar
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What does Black Label Trading Company Lawless taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • earth and leather
  • cocoa and coffee

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Habano rosado
BinderNicaragua
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium to full as published by smokeinn.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byFábrica Oveja Negra for Black Label Trading Company
FactoryFábrica Oveja Negra, Estelí
SizesNot listed

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Black Label Trading Company Lawless

The line. Lawless was one of BLTC’s six original blends in 2013. A 5-by-50 Robusto Real was announced in June 2023. A 6-by-50 toro followed in March 2025. ovejanegracigars.com

The brand. Black Label Trading Company launched in 2013 with six blends. James Brown blends its cigars. James and Angela Brown opened Fábrica Oveja Negra in 2015. The factory operates in Estelí, Nicaragua. Oveja Negra Brands distributes the portfolio. ovejanegracigars.com

Cigars like Black Label Trading Company Lawless

  1. Aging Room Blue AmberClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Oliva Serie V MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Padron Family Reserve No.95 MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Rocky Patel Special EditionAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
  5. Rojas Breakfast Tacos MaduroOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Black Label Trading Company Lawless as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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