這幾年,，根據(jù)地雪茄公司的老板尼克·梅利洛（Nick Melillo）創(chuàng)建了好幾個新的雪茄品牌,，有關(guān)歷史,、民間傳說、文化遺產(chǎn)的主題?，F(xiàn)在他把創(chuàng)作點轉(zhuǎn)向了詩人,，10月20日，他的最新品牌梅塔帕（Metapa）開始向零售商發(fā)貨,。這個新品牌是為了紀(jì)念尼加拉瓜詩人魯本·達(dá)里奧（Rubén Darío）,，他被認(rèn)為是西班牙語系最偉大的詩人之一。梅塔帕是詩人出生的小鎮(zhèn)地名,，在1920年更名為休達(dá)德·達(dá)里奧（Cuidad Darío）,。
這個新品牌在尼加拉瓜卷制，委托A.J.費爾南德斯生產(chǎn),，定義為常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線,。雪茄的茄衣是厄瓜多爾蘇門答臘的蓋葉，根據(jù)地雪茄還是首次采用這種茄衣煙葉,。茄套是康涅狄格的闊葉,，茄芯是尼加拉瓜埃斯特利地區(qū)、賈拉帕地區(qū)種植的煙葉,。有兩個版本,，一個是克拉羅色，一個是馬杜羅色,。
兩種茄衣顏色都各有四個尺寸,，羅布圖，50環(huán)徑,，5英寸,，售價15.5美元。大皇冠,，48環(huán)徑,，5.5英寸，售價14.5美元,。公牛,，52環(huán)徑,，6英寸，售價16.5美元,。雙皇冠,，54環(huán)徑，7英寸,，售價18美元,。所有尺寸都是每盒10支裝盒。
Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigar Co. has created multiple cigar brands over the years that pay tribute to a variety of topics such as history, folklore and cultural heritage. Now he has turned his mind to men of verse. His newest brand, Metapa, pays tribute to Rubén Darío, considered one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language. The cigars started shipping to retailers today.
Made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez, Metapa is a regular-production line rolled with an Ecuador Sumatra wrapper—a first for Foundation—around a Connecticut broadleaf binder and Nicaraguan fillers grown in Estelí and Jalapa. It’s offered in two versions: Claro or Maduro.
Both lines come in the same four, softly box-pressed vitolas: Robusto, measuring 5 inches by 50 ring gauge ($15.50); Corona Gorda, 5 1/2 by 48 ($14.50); Toro, 6 by 52 ($16.50); and Double Corona, 7 by 54 ($18). All of them are packed in boxes of 10 cigars.
The name Metapa comes from the Nicaraguan town where the poet was born, which was renamed Cuidad Darío in 1920.
For a vertical brand tasting of Metapa, see a future issue of Cigar Insider.
