今年是多米尼加雪茄行業的傳奇人物唐·費爾南多·萊昂·阿森西奧的100歲誕辰，拉奧羅拉公司將推出一款限量版雪茄來紀念這個偉大的人物，這款長矛尺寸的雪茄以前只是在多米尼加銷售，如今也將在美國銷售。這款雪茄將在今年美國的PCA貿易展上接受預定，并很快會供貨給零售商。

雪茄在美國的單支售價是稅前每支20美元，生產1000盒，每盒10支包裝。

費爾南多是拉奧羅拉雪茄公司創始人愛德華多·萊昂·希門尼斯的第三個孩子，他還有一個姐姐、一個哥哥。費爾南多在公司擔任煙葉混合師，1950年代接管公司。他帶領公司渡過了多米尼加的獨裁統治和政治紛爭，因對雪茄行業的熱情和淵博的知識而享有盛譽，他在2009年去世。每年的4月22日是他的出生紀念日。

這款長矛比傳統的長矛尺寸短一些、粗一些。40環徑，6.875英寸。帶有長矛傳統的豬尾辮。長矛屬于賓麗類別中較大的一個尺寸，造型十分優雅，因為環徑細，所以茄衣煙葉在雪茄口味上發揮更大的作用。雖然老茄客們很喜歡這個尺寸，但由于市場越來越偏向于較粗的尺寸，這幾年長矛的受歡迎程度有所下降。

這款限量版全稱是拉奧羅拉家族珍藏費爾南多萊昂傳奇長矛，茄套是多米尼加煙葉，茄芯是巴西、多米尼加煙葉，茄衣是多年發酵的科羅霍煙葉。公司宣稱茄衣煙葉是2008年收獲的煙葉。是唐·費爾南多去世前研發的最后一個產品。茄衣煙葉是在港口草原農場種植的，這個農場位于多米尼加共和國的博瑙地區。

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Dominican cigarmaker La Aurora is honoring what would have been cigar legend Don Fernando León Asensio’s 100th birthday with a limited-edition smoke called La Aurora Family Reserve Fernando León Legacy Lancero. The slender cigar, previously only available in the Dominican Republic, will now also be available in the United States. La Aurora will be taking preorders at this year’s PCA trade show, with shipments to stores to follow soon after.

Fernando León was the third son of La Aurora’s founder, Eduardo León Jimenes, and served as master blender for his father’s company before taking the helm in the 1950s. He guided the company through dictatorships, political strife and more and was renowned in the cigar industry for his knowledge and passion for tobacco. He would have turned 100 on April 22.?

The cigar is a little shorter (6 7/8 inches long) and a little fatter (40 ring gauge) than a traditional lancero, and it has the lancero’s traditional pigtail cap. Lanceros, which are part of the larger panetela category, are an elegant size, where the thinner ring gauge allows the wrapper to play a larger role in the flavor profile. While embraced by seasoned cigar smokers, their popularity has decreased in recent years due to the market’s increasing shift towards thicker ring gauges.

La Aurora Family Reserve Fernando León Legacy Lancero is made from a Dominican binder and mix of fillers from Brazil and the Dominican Republic, wrapped with a specially aged Corojo wrapper that bears some extra significance—La Aurora says it was harvested in 2008 and was the last project developed by Don Fernando before his passing in 2009. The cover leaves were grown at his experimental Sabana del Puerto farm in the Bonao region of the Dominican Republic.?

The cigar will have a suggested retail price of $20 each (before taxes) and will be limited to a production of 1,000 boxes, each containing 10 cigars.?