通用雪茄在2021年推出了CAO至寶（Arcana）系列,，這是一款新產(chǎn)品線,，每年生產(chǎn)和發(fā)布一次，重點(diǎn)是向雪茄愛(ài)好者們推薦不同尋常的煙草,。今年推出的這一款“雷聲”（Thunder）是通用雪茄公司歷史上第一次采用全非洲種植的煙葉作為茄芯,。這款產(chǎn)品預(yù)計(jì)9月中旬向全美國(guó)的零售商發(fā)貨,。
Thunder這個(gè)名字源自津巴布韋的維多利亞瀑布，茄芯煙葉中的一部分就種植在瀑布附近,。這個(gè)瀑布在當(dāng)?shù)卣Z(yǔ)言被稱(chēng)為Mosi-Oa-Tunya,，意思是The smoke that thunders，雷鳴般的煙霧,，是世界上最大的瀑布之一,。這款雪茄的其他茄芯煙葉是南非煙葉和喀麥隆煙葉。在雪茄行業(yè),，喀麥隆煙葉常用于茄衣或者茄套,，很少用于茄芯,。
這款雪茄的茄衣是洪都拉斯的奧蘭喬地區(qū)的圣奧古斯汀煙葉，茄套是墨西哥的圣安德烈斯煙葉,。公司介紹這款產(chǎn)品是中等強(qiáng)度,。
雪茄是在多米尼加共和國(guó)的通用多米尼加雪茄廠卷制的，只有一個(gè)尺寸,，52環(huán)徑,，6.5英寸。每盒20支裝,，每支售價(jià)12.99美元,。大概生產(chǎn)多少盒，還不得而知,。
2021年和2023年,，通用雪茄發(fā)行了至寶系列塵世牽掛（Mortal Coil），2022年發(fā)行了至寶系列火行者（Firewalker）,，雷聲是至寶系列的第三款產(chǎn)品,。
General Cigar Co. is adding a new cigar as part of its CAO Arcana series called Thunder Smoke, and its filler tobacco is all from Africa.
Introduced in 2021, the Arcana series is an annual release that highlights unusual tobaccos. Thunder Smoke marks a first for the company as no cigar in General’s portfolio has ever been blended with all-African filler. The cigars are expected to ship by mid-September.
Thunder Smoke is named after Victoria Falls, a waterfall in Zimbabwe, close to where some of the filler was grown. Known locally as “Mosi-Oa-Tunya,” it translates to “The smoke that thunders” in Lozi (a Bantu language), and is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. The other African fillers come from South Africa and Cameroon. While the latter is not unusual in the cigar world, it is more commonly used as a wrapper or binder rather than filler.
The rest of the five-country blend includes a Honduran Olancho San Augustin wrapper and a Mexican San Andrés binder. According to the company, CAO Arcana Thunder Smoke is medium-bodied.
Made in the Dominican Republic at the General Cigar Dominicana factory, Thunder Smoke is available in only one size, a toro that measures 6 1/2 inches by 52 ring gauge with a suggested retail price of $12.99 each. The cigars come in 20-count boxes and are limited in production, though exact numbers have not been disclosed.
Thunder Smoke is the third cigar in the Arcana series, with Mortal Coil released in 2021 and 2023, and Firewalker in 2022.
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