60环径或者更粗的雪茄曾经被称为雪茄行业的怪胎,如今已经成为高端市场的主流产品。尼加拉瓜雪茄制造商阿加诺萨烟草公司在旗下的JFR疯子马杜罗系列中增加了两个大口径雪茄,作为本月在拉斯维加斯举办的TPE贸易展的专供款。
两个新款的尺寸分别是60环径、6.5英寸,和70环径,7英寸。60环径的零售价是9.99美元,70环径的是10.5美元。每款都是28支一盒的包装。雪茄的茄衣是墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶,茄套和茄芯烟叶是阿加诺萨公司在尼加拉瓜的自有农场种植的。据说这些粗大的环径是为了满足零售商和消费者的需求而设计的。
JFR是Just for Retailers的首字母缩写,2005年推出,这个系列仅在零售门店出售。JFR疯子系列是2014年推出,是JFR品牌的延伸,基本都是粗环径的雪茄。公司认为,抽那么粗口径的一定是疯子,就戏称这个产品线是疯子系列。后来,又出现了其他系列,比如Lunatic Torch、Lunatic Loco。
除了这两款新雪茄,阿加诺萨烟草公司还将在TPE展会上展出一款包含四支雪茄的体验装,这四支雪茄包括了JFR产品线的三款烟叶混合,尺寸都是52环径,6.5英寸,超级公牛型号,有两支科罗霍手杖,马杜罗和康涅狄格手杖各一支。体验装的零售价是一包25美元。除了马杜罗手杖使用了墨西哥茄衣,康涅狄格手杖使用了厄瓜多尔康涅狄格种子茄衣烟叶,其他的烟叶全部是阿加诺萨烟草公司自己种植的。
新尺寸的马杜罗系列计划3月底或者4月份向零售商发货,四支装的体验装将在TPE贸易展后直接发货。
Once known as an oddity in the cigar industry, fat cigars of 60 ring gauge or more have become mainstream in the premium market, and Nicaraguan cigarmaker Aganorsa Leaf is adding two more hefty sizes to its JFR Lunatic Maduro line. The new smokes will be available for preorder to those who attend the TPE trade show taking place in Las Vegas later this month.
The two new cigars are named after their dimensions: 6 1/2 x 60 ($9.99) and 7 x 70 ($10.50). All the tobaccos used in the cigars are grown on farms in Nicaragua owned by Aganorsa, save for the Mexican San Andrés wrapper. According to the company, these thick new sizes were created in response to both retailer and consumer demand.
The massive new smokes ship in boxes of 28.
Introduced in 2005, the JFR brand was intended to be sold only in retail shops (the letters stand for “Just For Retailers”). The JFR Lunatic, which first was introduced in 2014, is an extension of the original JFR brand consisting of heavy-ring-gauge cigars. The line is playfully called Lunatic because the company believes one has to be crazy to smoke cigars so large, some of which have a whopping 80 ring gauge. Since then, there have been other sub-brands added to Lunatic such as Lunatic Torch and Lunatic Loco.
In addition to the mammoth new cigars, Aganorsa Leaf will also have for preorder the JFR “Fresh Pack” a four-cigar sampler containing three blends of the core JFR brand all presented in the same 6 1/2-by-52 Super Toro vitola. Inside will be two Corojo sticks and one each of the Maduro and Connecticut. The sampler pack has a suggested retail price of $25.
The cigars consist entirely of leaves grown by Aganorsa, except the Mexican cover leaf for the Maduro line and the Ecuador Connecticut wrapper used for the Connecticut line.
The JFR Fresh Pack will start shipping directly after the trade show, whereas the new sizes of Lunatic Maduro are expected to ship either late March or early April.
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