原文2019年1月刊登在CA雜志
拉斐爾·諾達(dá)爾2014年推出老化室1號(hào)紙盒雪茄時(shí),，他使用了1999年到2001年期間多米尼加共和國(guó)種植的古巴種子煙葉來調(diào)配煙葉混合,，如今他轉(zhuǎn)向了尼加拉瓜煙葉來調(diào)配新產(chǎn)品,。
2號(hào)紙盒雪茄的特點(diǎn)是使用了普拉森西亞家族在尼加拉瓜奧梅特佩島種植的煙草,，并且經(jīng)過了多年發(fā)酵,。
拉斐爾·諾達(dá)爾如今是美國(guó)煙草的產(chǎn)品能力主管,，他介紹說,，這種煙草帶有濃郁的香氣和獨(dú)特的甜味,，他剛嘗到這款罕見的煙草,，就知道是可以用來調(diào)配一款新的煙葉混合,。就像作曲家為一支管弦樂隊(duì)和某個(gè)特定樂器創(chuàng)作一支協(xié)奏曲那樣。
奧梅特佩是位于尼加拉瓜湖旁邊的一個(gè)火山島,，種植著少量煙草,。由于火山土壤富含營(yíng)養(yǎng)，煙葉帶有特殊的甜味和泥土味,。
這個(gè)新品是委托普拉森西亞雪茄廠生產(chǎn)的,，全尼加拉瓜煙葉卷制。茄套和大部分茄芯煙葉是奧梅特佩煙葉,，其余的煙葉來自埃斯特利地區(qū),、賈拉帕地區(qū),。
雪茄有三個(gè)尺寸。C大調(diào),，54環(huán)徑,，5.75英寸。B小調(diào),，52環(huán)徑,，5英寸。格蘭德,，60環(huán)徑,，6英寸。每盒20支裝,。售價(jià)從每支11.5美元到12.5美元不等,。
去年，老化室雪茄的產(chǎn)品線被分為四類,。2號(hào)紙盒屬于專業(yè)路線類別,。
目前老化室雪茄是由美國(guó)煙草旗下的阿塔迪斯煙草公司經(jīng)銷，美國(guó)煙草是帝國(guó)煙草公司控股的,。2017年,，拉斐爾·諾達(dá)爾將老化室品牌賣給阿塔迪斯公司后，就開始為阿塔迪斯公司工作,。
When Rafael Nodal released Aging Room Bin No. 1 in 2014, he blended it around Cuban-seed tobaccos harvested in the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2001. Now, Nodal is turning to Nicaragua.
Set to come out in March, Aging Room Small Batch Bin No. 2 is based around aged tobacco grown by the Plasencias in Nicaragua from the volcanic soils of Ometepe.
“This tobacco has a great aroma and a unique, sweet, earthy taste,” says Nodal, brand owner and head of product capability for Tabacalera USA. According to Nodal, the blending process for Bin No. 2 started nearly a year ago after he tried some of the Ometepe tobacco in Nestor Plasencia’s inventory.
Ometepe is a volcanic island near Lake Nicaragua where a small amount of tobacco is grown. The nutrient-rich volcanic soil is known to give the tobacco a sweet, earthy taste, although the area is not as widely used as the other three major Nicaraguan growing regions: Condega, Jalapa and Estelí.
“As soon as I tasted this rare tobacco, I knew it had to be the start of a blend,” Nodal says. “Just like a composer creates a concerto for orchestra and a specific instrument.”
Made at Plasencia Cigars S.A. in Nicaragua, the cigars contain only Nicaraguan leaf. The binder, however, is from Ometepe, as is most of the filler. The rest of the tobacco is from Estelí and Jalapa.
Aging Room Small Batch Bin No. 2 comes in three sizes: C Major, measuring 5 3/4 inches by 54 ring gauge; B Minor, at 5 by 52; and Grande, 6 by 60. All are packaged in 20-count boxes. The cigars will range in price from $11.50 to $12.50 each.
Last year, the Aging Room portfolio was consolidated and divided into four categories. Bin No. 2 falls under Aging Room’s Specialty Line category.
While Nodal owns the brand, it is distributed by Altadis U.S.A., a subsidiary of Tabacalera USA, which is owned by Imperial Brands PLC. Altadis began distributing Aging Room after Nodal began working for the company in 2017.
