20多年來(lái)，通用雪茄公司發(fā)布了很多版本的潘趣珍稀科羅霍系列產(chǎn)品，今年，該公司發(fā)布了一款名為“貴族”的新款，外形類似棒球棍。

這個(gè)新品是基于一個(gè)舊款的改良，舊款最初是為抽雪茄的體育界傳奇人物NBA教練奧爾巴赫（ Red Auerbach）以及匹茲堡橄欖球隊(duì)的老板亞瑟.約瑟夫.魯尼（Art Rooney ）設(shè)計(jì)的。

當(dāng)時(shí)非古的潘趣品牌屬于維拉宗公司（Villazon & Co. ）所有，1966年通用雪茄公司收購(gòu)了維拉宗公司。

雪茄類似路易斯維爾·斯拉格的棒球棍，呈錐形。最粗的地方是54環(huán)徑，長(zhǎng)6.125英寸。茄衣是厄瓜多爾蘇門答臘煙葉，茄套是康涅狄格煙葉，茄芯是尼加拉瓜、洪都拉斯、多米尼加的混合煙葉。

這款雪茄是在洪都拉斯的HATSA雪茄廠生產(chǎn)，目前在美國(guó)各地的雪茄店都已經(jīng)開售。建議零售價(jià)是每支稅前9.99美元。每盒20支包裝。

潘趣的高級(jí)品牌經(jīng)理埃德·拉赫曼（Ed Lahmann）說(shuō)，這款“貴族”的尺寸幾乎是一個(gè)被遺忘的尺寸。我們?cè)诨仡櫯巳て放频臋n案時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)尺寸已經(jīng)幾十年沒(méi)有生產(chǎn)過(guò)。在工廠進(jìn)一步查找后發(fā)現(xiàn)了80個(gè)這種特殊尺寸的模具，這正是我們制作限量版雪茄需要的。

通用雪茄公司是歐洲斯堪的納維亞煙草集團(tuán)的子公司。

附參考原文：

For more than two decades, General Cigar Co. has released limited annual runs of its Punch Rare Corojo series, and this year, the company resurrected a size that’s meant to resemble a baseball bat. According to company lore, the new Aristocrat is based on an old shape that was originally made for cigar-smoking sports legends Red Auerbach and Art Rooney back when the Punch brand was owned by Villazon & Co. (General Cigar acquired Villazon in 1996.)

Tapered like a Louisville Slugger, the shapely figurado measures 6 1/8 inches long by 54 ring gauge at its fattest point. Its Ecuador Sumatra-seed wrapper covers a Connecticut broadleaf binder that holds together a blend of Nicaraguan, Honduran and Dominican tobacco.

The Punch Rare Corojo Aristocrat is made in Honduras at the HATSA factory, and is now available at tobacconists across the United States, with a suggested retail price of $9.99 per cigar. Aristocrats come in 20-count boxes.?

“The Aristocrat size was almost a forgotten size,” says Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager for Punch. “Lucky for us, as we were looking back in the archives of Punch, we learned that this size hadn’t been made in decades. Further digging in the factory turned up 80 molds for this special size which is just what we needed for a limited-edition smoke.”

General Cigar Co. is a subsidiary of Europe’s Scandinavian Tobacco Group.