姆·奧茲格納眼下正忙著他的新事業(yè),，在沉寂多年之后,，他回到雪茄行業(yè)重操舊業(yè)，成立了奧茲格納家族雪茄公司，即將推出一個新的雪茄系列，名為Aramas。這個名字結(jié)合了土耳其和亞美尼亞的名字，反映了奧茲格納的血統(tǒng)，他父親是亞美尼亞人,，他母親是土耳其人。
奧茲格納原本計(jì)劃將這款新產(chǎn)品命名為“亞拉拉特山”（Mount Ararat）,，這座如今位于土耳其境內(nèi)的山對土耳其人和亞美尼亞人都有著重要意義,，傳說中諾亞方舟最后的停泊地就是亞拉拉特山。由于商標(biāo)注冊的問題,，奧茲格納無法使用 Ararat作為商標(biāo),，他決定創(chuàng)造了一個詞Aramas。在亞美尼亞語里,，亞拉拉特山被稱為Masis,。他將兩個單詞融合在一起，使用Aramas作為商標(biāo),。
這個新品是委托埃內(nèi)斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略在多米尼加共和國生產(chǎn),，茄衣使用的是墨西哥圣安德烈斯煙葉，茄套是厄瓜多爾種植的蘇門答臘種子煙葉,，茄芯有一部分是多米尼加和尼加拉瓜煙葉,，還有一些康涅狄格的闊葉煙葉，這樣的組合讓這款雪茄有點(diǎn)與眾不同,。
蒂姆·奧茲格納說雪茄早已經(jīng)卷制好,，也發(fā)酵了一段時間。因?yàn)橥獍b準(zhǔn)備不足的原因,，推遲了上市,。預(yù)計(jì)下周在多米尼加共和國舉辦的TAA展覽會上向零售商展示這款新品。雖然這個產(chǎn)品線不是TAA專供,。
預(yù)計(jì)4月份會向美國市場發(fā)貨，蒂姆·奧茲格納說這款雪茄的口味強(qiáng)度是中等到濃郁,。
這個系列目前有四個尺寸,。A52，52環(huán)徑,，5英寸,，零售價是每支12.75美元,。A55，55環(huán)徑,，5.5英寸,，零售價是15美元。A54,，54環(huán)徑,，6.25英寸，零售價是13.75美元,，也是這個產(chǎn)品線里唯一一款魚類造型,。A60，60環(huán)徑,，6英寸,，零售價是15.75美元。雪茄不是盒壓造型,，圓柱形,，每盒都是20支包裝。
Tim Ozgener is keeping busy in his new venture. Not long after debuting his first brand in years, he is now coming out with Ozgener Family Cigars Aramas. The name combines the Turkish and Armenian names for a mountain that’s important to both cultures, reflecting Ozgener’s Armenian and Turkish heritage.
Ozgener intended to name the cigar for Mount Ararat, a mountain in Turkey that’s meaningful to Turks and Armenians alike. Ozgener’s father was Armenian, his mother is Turkish, and the mountain is pictured on the artwork for the cigar. In Armenian, the mountain is called Masis. Trademark issues kept him from using those names, so he combined the two to create his own name, Aramas.
The cigars are rolled in the Dominican Republic, by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, and the filler blend contains some Connecticut broadleaf, a somewhat unusual touch. The rest of the filler is Dominican and Nicaraguan. The binder is Ecuador Sumatra and the wrapper is dark, Mexican San Andrés.
“The cigars have been ready and aging,” says Ozgener, but packaging has delayed the launch. He intends to show them off to retailers at the TAA show next week in La Romana, Dominican Republic, although the cigar will not be a TAA exclusive. Aramas should ship by late April.
Like his first line, Bosphorus, the sizes begin with the first letter of the brand, followed by a number referring to ring gauge: A52 measures 5 inches long by 52 ring gauge and has a suggested retail price of $12.75; A55 is 5 1/2 by 55 and will retail for $15; A 54 (a torpedo, the lone figurado in the brand) is 6 1/4 by 54 and will sell for $13.75; and the A60 is 6 by 60 with a $15.75 price tag. They come in boxes of 20, and are round.
Ozgener describes the cigars as medium to full bodied.