前兩年老化室夸特羅尼加拉瓜系列很風光,當時它有一款產品被評為年度最佳雪茄。如今這個系列添加了一個很粗的尺寸,這款新品60環徑粗,6英寸長,可以稱為Grande。這樣尼加拉瓜系列的尺寸就增加到六個。
這款新品完全采用尼加拉瓜煙葉卷制,是 A.J. 費爾南德斯公司在尼加拉瓜代工生產。拉斐爾諾達爾(Rafael Nodal)是該品牌的所有人之一,同時還是美國阿塔迪斯煙草公司的產品能力部門負責人,老化室品牌就是阿塔迪斯公司負責經銷。該公司還經銷著名的一些雪茄品牌的非古版本,比如蒙特、羅密歐與朱麗葉、烏普曼。
這個系列的大師(Maestro )被《雪茄愛好者》雜志評為2019年度的冠軍雪茄,這是該品牌獲得的最高榮譽。接著這個系列的協奏曲(Concerto )在2021年被評為年度第14名。其他尺寸在盲評測試里往往得分都很高。
新品是每盒20支包裝,每支零售價是12.5美元,這個月底的拉斯維加斯的煙草+展覽會(Tobacco Plus Expo)上將會亮相,2月1日正式向零售商發貨。
有關這款Grande的評級,請參閱即將發行的《雪茄內幕》。
附參考原文:
The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua brand—which made headlines two years ago when one of its sizes was named Cigar of the Year—is getting a new addition and it’s going to be big. Aptly called Grande, the thick cigar measures 6 inches long by 60 ring gauge and brings the line to six sizes.?
Made solely from Nicaraguan tobacco, the cigar is produced in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez for Rafael Nodal, who is one of the owners of the brand. Nodal also serves as head of product capability for Altadis U.S.A., the tobacco giant that distributes Aging Room and makes a large portfolio of brands, most notably the non-Cuban versions of Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta and H. Upmann.
The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua brand got the highest critical acclaim when the Maestro size was named Cigar of the Year for 2019 by Cigar Aficionado. The Concerto made the list at No. 14 for 2021 and the other sizes in the line tend to score well in the magazine’s blind tastings.
The new smokes come packed in 20-count boxes and have a suggested retail price of $12.50 each. They will be previewed at the Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas at the end of the month and start shipping to retailers on February 1.
For a rating of the new Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Grande, see an upcoming issue of Cigar Insider.
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