Black Label Trading Co. Intergalactic Event Horizon

Trying to get in all the reviews I can while the weather is perfect I ventured out back today with a newly released Black Label Trading Co. Intergalactic Event Horizon.

The Good Stuff:

Black Label Trading Co. dropped the Intergalactic in 2022. This month they started shipping an updated version of the release called the Intergalactic Event Horizon. While most of the blend stays the same, the Event Horizon features a Pennsylvanian Broadleaf wrapper instead of the Sumatran wrapper featured on the original blend which James Brown, owner of Black Label Trading Co. says completely transforms the experience. Produced at the company’s fabrica Oveja Negra factory in Nicaragua, the event Horizon will come in three sizes: Petite Corona (4 3/4 x 46), Robusto (5 1/2 x 50) and the toro (6 x 48). Each format comes packaged in boxes of 20 ranging between $11 and $12 per cigar with only 900 boxes of each being released. Huge thanks to the Black Label team for sending a few of these our way for review.

• Size: 4 3/4 x 46
• Wrapper: Pennsylvanian Broadleaf
• Binder: Ecuadorian Habano
• Filler: Nicaraguan
• Body: Full
• Strength: Medium / Full
• Price: $11

Prelight:

The Black Label Trading Co. Intergalactic Event Horizon starts out with a very deep, dark brown wrapper. The wrapper is mostly consistent in color with a few lighter areas scattered throughout. The wrapper itself feels very thick and dense while the cigar is packed rather tightly with no soft-spots. The wrapper’s text is very, very toothy and gritty with a good amount of oils coating it. The foot of the cigar is covered as the wrapper is folded over it. There are some smaller veins running their course through the cigar’s slim, little body leading up to the cigar’s pig-tail style cap. The cigar is then wrapper up with the same band we found on the Intergalactic only in copper instead of the blue.

The wrapper on the Black Label Trading Co. gives off an incredible amount of perfume and floral notes with lighter notes of spice. The foot of the cigar is pretty much the same due to the wrapper covering it. The cap cut clean and easy while the cold draw produces some light fruit flavors over earthiness and light floral flavors.

First half:

Note: Due to the smaller format of this cigar I will reviewing it in halves instead of thirds.

The Black Label Trading Co. Intergalactic Event Horizon starts out with a quick black pepper blast which fades very quickly allowing the cigar to release bold notes of cherry and raisin over an awesome floral mixture, sweet wood and musk, and a great sweet-spiced finish. The retrohale brings out the spice and despite it being on the bold side, I quite enjoy it and find myself rerohaling quite often. The burn line is so damn sharp and dead even leaving behind a trail of very tightly compacted white ash which held on for an inch before falling into my ashtray.

Finish:

Into the second half of the Black Label Trading Co. Intergalactic Event Horizon and the flavors are just pouring out of this thing. It’s quite a departure from its Sumatran-wrapper brother. The cherry and raisin mixed with sweet woodsy/musk lead the charge backed by sweet spice, vanilla, and an awesome honey finish. I really love this profile. It took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to take this cigar down to the nub. It burned perfectly from start to finish with no help needed from my torch. There was no harshness, no sap, nor any extended heat. I close out the cigar with a very minor nicotine kick.

Overview:

the original Intergalactic didn’t really knock my socks off, however the Event Horizon is a completely different beast that surely rocked them right off my feet. The flavor profile was right in line with everything I personally look for in a cigar while being very balanced, yet complex. It was fun trying to sort through all the layers of great flavors. The cigar performed perfectly, is priced well, and is something I will definitely track down more of while I can before they are all sold out.