6月5日，美國阿塔迪斯煙草公司旗下的蒙特雪茄1935周年系列雙鉆石限量版雪茄,，迄今為止非古蒙特品牌里售價最昂貴的一款產(chǎn)品,，開始向零售商發(fā)出第一批配貨。
這款限量版雪茄54環(huán)徑,，6.5英寸,，每盒20支裝，外包裝盒是鋼琴烤漆,，非常光滑,，完全可以當做一個雪茄保濕盒來使用。這款售價高達單支150美元的昂貴蒙特只生產(chǎn)了250盒,，也就是5000支,。
你可能不禁會問，憑啥那么貴,？阿塔迪斯煙草公司的母公司,、美國煙草集團產(chǎn)品能力的副總裁Rafael Nodal表示,，答案很簡單，陳年煙葉,。這款限量版蒙特使用的煙葉至少發(fā)酵了10年,。
你可以把這款雙鉆石版本看成是蒙特1935周年鉆石版的后續(xù)產(chǎn)品，而鉆石版本來又是蒙特1935周年尼加拉瓜版本的拓展系列,。這款天價蒙特是在尼加拉瓜生產(chǎn)的,，委托 A.J. Fernandez代工生產(chǎn)，所使用的煙葉全部是費爾南德斯在尼加拉瓜自家農場種植的煙葉,，包括莉莉安農場和圣洛塔諾農場,。
一度，售價超過100美元的雪茄只出現(xiàn)在陳年雪茄的拍賣會上,，而且還是古巴雪茄。如今,，像大衛(wèi)杜夫,、洛基·帕特爾、多米尼加之花,、阿圖羅·富恩特,、帕德龍、奧利瓦,、通用雪茄等非古雪茄制造公司的雪茄售價都已經(jīng)超過100美元了,，更不用說古巴高希霸的那些大口徑尺寸了。
You can count Altadis U.S.A. as another company releasing a cigar with a $100-plus price tag, and it’s on its way to retailers. First shipments of the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Edición Doble Diamante are leaving the warehouse today and the cigars have a suggested retail price of $150 each.
You may be asking yourself why it’s priced so high. According to Rafael Nodal, vice president of product capability for Tabacalera USA (Altadis U.S.A.’s parent company), the answer is simple: aged tobacco. Nodal says that all the tobacco inside the new Doble Diamante has been aged a minimum of 10 years before it was rolled.
The Doble Diamante is a follow-up to the Montecristo 1935 Edición Diamante, which was itself a sequel to the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua. The new upcoming Edicíon Doble Diamante is made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez, and all the tobacco was grown on Fernandez’s farms in Nicaragua, including La Lilia and San Lotano.
Unlike its predecessors, which are regular-production cigars, this is a limited edition offered in one size, a Toro measuring 6 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge. They come packaged in glossy, piano-finished, 20-count boxes that double as humidors. Only 250 boxes are being produced for a total run of 5,000 cigars.
There was a time when $100 cigars were only found at auctions for vintage Cubans. No more. Companies such as Davidoff, Rocky Patel, La Flor Dominicana, Arturo Fuente, Padrón, Oliva and General Cigar all have smokes that retail for $100 or more, not to mention some of the larger sizes of Cuban Cohibas.
