每個(gè)雪茄客都知道好友（Hoyo de Monterrey）的美食家二號(hào)（Epicure No. 2）,，這是雪茄行業(yè)名氣最大的羅布圖尺寸雪茄之一,。這個(gè)系列還有美食家一號(hào),，更長(zhǎng),，口徑稍細(xì)。如今古巴的好友的美食家系列有了新成員,，美食家三號(hào),。上周六，這款新品在西班牙揭幕,。
9月23日晚,，西班牙馬德里郊外的沙漠城植物園（Desert City botanical garden）。一場(chǎng)名為美食家花園（El Jardín de Epicure）的雪茄宴會(huì)上,，400多名雪茄愛(ài)好者在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)表演和美食的陪伴下,，成為第一批品嘗這個(gè)新品雪茄的人。美食家三號(hào),，54環(huán)徑,，4.875英寸，比力高（belicoso）造型,。這種尺寸的比力高在古巴雪茄廠里被稱為“原創(chuàng)”（Originales）,。
美食家三號(hào)裝在滑蓋盒中，每盒25支,。預(yù)計(jì)本周將在西班牙各地的雪茄店上架,，每支售價(jià)20歐元，折合21.25美元,。西班牙是第一個(gè)收到美食家三號(hào)配貨的國(guó)家,，這款新品未來(lái)幾個(gè)月會(huì)陸續(xù)配貨到世界各地。
首發(fā)儀式是哈伯納斯公司在西班牙地區(qū)的授權(quán)經(jīng)銷商Tabacalera S.L.U.組織的,，雪茄愛(ài)好者團(tuán)體古巴熱情俱樂(lè)部（Club Pasión Habanos）協(xié)助組織,。這不是西班牙第一次舉辦古巴新品的首發(fā)儀式。之前,，蒙特的寬埃德蒙多（Wide Edmundo）,、帕特加斯的傳奇（Legado）、高希霸的新奇（Novedosos）也都是在西班牙舉行的首發(fā)儀式,。
美食家三號(hào)是好友品牌2008年發(fā)布美食家系列以來(lái),，第一次增加新款。這支新品將美食家系列常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線的尺寸增加到了四款,。
Everyone knows the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2, one of the cigar world’s most famous robustos. And we’re certain you’ve heard of the Epicure No. 1, which is a little longer and a little slimmer. But now there’s a new number in Cuba’s Hoyo line, the No. 3, and it was unveiled on Saturday night in Spain.
It was an evening of Cuban cigars, live performances and fine food at the Desert City botanical garden and nursery just outside of Madrid in Spain on September 23rd. In a cigar banquet dubbed “Epicure’s Garden” or El Jardín de Epicure, more than 400 cigar fans were among the first to try the new Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 3, a belicoso that measures 4 7/8 inches long by 54 ring gauge. This particular belicoso format is referred to as Originales in Cuban cigar factories.
The cigars, which come in slide-lid cabinets of 25, are expected to appear in shops throughout Spain this week where they will retail for 20 euros each (about $21.25). Although Spain is the first country to receive the Epicure No. 3, shipments of the new smokes should arrive around the world in the coming months. There is no official word as to when the other countries will receive their allocations or in what order.
The event was organized by enthusiast group Club Pasión Habanos and Tabacalera S.L.U., Spain’s distributor of Cuban cigars. This wouldn’t be the first time that a new cigar got its premiere party in Spain. Previous cigars like the Montecristo Wide Edmundo, Partagás Legado and Cohiba Novedosos were also unveiled in the Iberian nation.
The No. 3 is the newest addition to the regular-production Hoyo Epicure Series since the Epicure Especial was released in 2008. Not counting La Casa del Habano exclusive cigars and other limited editions, the new cigar brings Hoyo’s Epicure series to four sizes.
For a rating of Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 3, see an upcoming issue of Cigar Insider.
