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超過(guò)10年發(fā)酵時(shí)間的煙葉,，古巴最有代表性的雪茄,，以溫斯頓·丘吉爾命名的尺寸，這兩點(diǎn)結(jié)合起來(lái),，就是古巴的新品,，羅密歐與朱麗葉丘吉爾陳年系列鋁管,。
近期,，古巴哈伯納斯公司宣布，這款陳年系列的最新產(chǎn)品很快將在全球零售門店上架,。每盒25支裝,，每支雪茄單獨(dú)裝在一個(gè)鋁管中。47環(huán)徑,，7英寸,，丘吉爾的品型一直是古巴雪茄常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線的基本陣容之一，這個(gè)尺寸在古巴雪茄廠里被稱為“朱麗葉2號(hào)”,。這是陳年系列推出的第六款產(chǎn)品,，也是陳年系列的第二款丘吉爾尺寸的產(chǎn)品。
2014年古巴啟動(dòng)陳年系列項(xiàng)目,，那一年推出了兩款,。一款是羅密歐與朱麗葉金字塔（Romeo y Julieta Pirámides），52環(huán)徑,，6.125英寸,，在CA雜志盲評(píng)得分92分。另一款是蒙特丘吉爾（Montecristo Churchill）,，47環(huán)徑,，7英寸，盲評(píng)得分91分,。這兩款雪茄上市時(shí),，發(fā)酵時(shí)間是5年到8年之間。每個(gè)雪茄包裝盒都蓋上了最初生產(chǎn)日期的印章,，而且還加蓋了“Revisado”的印章,，表明雪茄在發(fā)貨之前經(jīng)過(guò)了最終檢查。
2015年,，古巴又發(fā)布了兩款陳年系列產(chǎn)品,。一款是帕特加斯的大皇冠（Partagás Corona Gorda A?ejados ），46環(huán)徑,，5.625英寸,，測(cè)評(píng)得分91分。好友美麗4號(hào)（ Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No. 4 A?ejados ）,，48環(huán)徑,，5英寸，測(cè)評(píng)得分90分,。
2017年,，古巴發(fā)布了一款陳年系列產(chǎn)品。烏普曼的陳年羅布圖（H. Upmann Robusto A?ejados）,，50環(huán)徑,，5英寸,。
也就是說(shuō)，基本上每一次發(fā)布的陳年系列新品,，都是該系列里的新尺寸,。
和之前發(fā)布的陳年系列產(chǎn)品不太一樣，羅密歐與朱麗葉丘吉爾陳年本身就是常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線里的一款標(biāo)準(zhǔn)尺寸,。哈伯納斯公司表示,，未來(lái)幾個(gè)月，全球各地的門店都會(huì)上架這款產(chǎn)品,。上周,，瑞士蘇黎世的哈瓦那之家率先開始銷售,，售價(jià)是每盒835瑞士法郎,，折合858美元，每支雪茄大概是34.32美元,。對(duì)比同一家商店的常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線的羅密歐與朱麗葉的丘吉爾尺寸雪茄,，未經(jīng)陳年發(fā)酵的普通丘吉爾是每盒580瑞士法郎，陳年系列比常規(guī)系列售價(jià)高44%,。
哈伯納斯公司一直沒有透露陳年系列的煙葉產(chǎn)地是哪里,，公司高管也一直否認(rèn)會(huì)囤積大量雪茄用于未來(lái)銷售。這款陳年系列羅密歐與朱麗葉丘吉爾傳聞已經(jīng)發(fā)酵十年,，大家普遍認(rèn)為這一款雪茄和其他陳年系列產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)流程是一樣的,。
Cuban tobacco aged for more than 10 years. One of the country’s most iconic cigars, named after Winston Churchill. Put the two together and you have the latest in Cuba’s line of aged cigars, the Romeo y Julieta Churchill A?ejados Tubos.
Habanos S.A. announced the new cigar will soon be shipping to global markets, packed in boxes of 25, with each cigar presented in a tube. Known in factories as a Julieta No. 2, the 7 inch by 47 ring gauge Churchill size has always been one of the benchmarks in the Cuban cigar portfolio. This is the second time the size has been released in this aged series, which now has six cigars in total.
Cuba’s A?ejados program was launched in 2014 with the release of the Romeo y Julieta Pirámides, a 6 1/8 by 52 figurado (rated 92 points in Cigar Aficionado), and the Montecristo Churchill, a standard 7 by 47 cigar that scored 91 points in the magazine. At the time of their release, each of the cigars were reported to have been aged between five to eight years. Every box was stamped with the original production date, and always carried a “Revisado” stamp, indicating the cigars had gone through a final inspection before being shipped.
In 2015, two more A?ejados were announced: the Partagás Corona Gorda A?ejados (5 5/8 by 46, 91 points), and the Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No. 4 A?ejados (5 by 48, 90 points). Then, two years later, Habanos added the H. Upmann Robusto A?ejados (5 by 50) to the program. In each case, the A?ejados cigar represented a new size in the brand’s normal lineup.
Unlike previous A?ejados releases, the Romeo y Julieta Churchill is the first A?ejados cigar that is also a standard size sold in the brand. It will be available, according to Habanos S.A., around the world in the coming months; however, the La Casa del Habano in Zurich, Switzerland, was able to get them last week in advance. The Churchills are being sold there for 835 Swiss Francs (about $858) per box of 25, or approximately $34.32 per cigar. Compare that to 580 Swiss Francs (about $596), which is the cost of a regular, un-aged box of Romeo Churchills from the same store. That’s a markup of 44 percent.
Habanos S.A. has never confirmed where the tobacco for the A?ejados cigar line came from. Rumors of a large cache of cigars set aside for future sale have always been denied by current executives in the Cuban cigar monopoly. Since the new Romeo y Julieta Churchill A?ejado is touted as having been aged for 10 years, the assumption is that the cigars are from the same original program as the other A?ejados cigars.
