今年是原產(chǎn)于古巴的羅密歐與朱麗葉雪茄品牌誕生150周年,美國市場的該商標所有人阿塔迪斯煙草公司( Altadis U.S.A.)向雪茄行業(yè)的一些頂級煙草種植商尋求煙葉,,用于制作一款紀念版產(chǎn)品,。這款名為羅密歐與朱麗葉150周年的雪茄使用了一些著名雪茄制造商的庫存煙葉。
公司產(chǎn)品能力副總裁拉斐爾·諾達爾介紹說,,我們從親密的合作伙伴那里采購了專門用于這個項目的煙草,。茄衣是 A.J.費爾南德斯種植的厄瓜多爾蘇門答臘煙葉,茄套是特倫特(Turrent)家族種植的圣安德烈斯煙葉,,茄芯是普拉森西亞家族種植的秘魯,、洪都拉斯煙葉。還有一部分茄芯煙葉是公司的長期合作伙伴何塞·門德斯(José Mendez)家族種植的多米尼加煙葉,。
這個系列產(chǎn)品在多米尼加的加西亞雪茄廠卷制,。有三個尺寸。Balconet(窗外護欄),,54環(huán)徑,,6英寸,每支售價27美元,。Prologue(序幕),,50環(huán)徑,5英寸,,每支售價25美元,。Cresecendo(音量增強),50環(huán)徑,7英寸,,每支售價28美元,。所有尺寸都是每盒16支裝。
這款產(chǎn)品在多米尼加雪茄節(jié)上已經(jīng)亮相,,接下來4月份將登陸美國新奧爾良舉辦的PCA貿(mào)易展,,隨后向零售商發(fā)貨。
The iconic Romeo y Julieta brand turns 150 years old this year, and Altadis U.S.A., owners of the U.S. trademark, has turned to some of the industry’s top tobacco growers for the celebratory smokes. Appropriately called the Romeo y Julieta 150th Anniversary, the cigar is made with a composition that the company calls a “Hall of Fame blend.”
“We sourced tobaccos from our close partners specifically for this project,” says Rafael Nodal, vice president of product capability for Altadis U.S.A. “The wrapper is an Ecuadoran Sumatra grown and fermented by A.J. Fernandez. The binder, a San Andrés, comes from our partners, the Turrent family. For the fillers, we used Peruvian and Honduran tobacco grown by our partners, the Plasencia family. And the Dominican filler tobacco was grown by our long-term partners José Mendez & Co.”
The cigars are made in the Dominican Republic at the company’s signature cigar factory, Tabacalera de Garcia, and come in three sizes: Balconet, measuring 6 inches by 54 ring gauge ($27); Prologue, 5 by 50 ($25) and Cresecendo, 7 by 50 ($28). All sizes are presented in decorative 16-count boxes made especially for this release.
Those attending the ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic this month will be among the first to see these commemorative cigars. Next, the new Romeos will be on display at the PCA trade show in New Orleans in April, before shipping immediately after the convention concludes.