亞歷克·布拉德利公司有一款三角形的雪茄,可能是世界上最獨特的雪茄形狀。這款雪茄下個月計劃重新供貨市場,預計11月份可以運達零售商處。
這個名為三部曲的雪茄產品線最早創(chuàng)立于2000年代初期,當時艾倫·魯賓聽見公司一個同事抱怨市場上的圓柱形雪茄太多,毫無新意。魯賓去了一家家得寶建材商店,看見了德偉鋸,受到了啟發(fā)。自己制作了三角形雪茄的模具。這款雪茄已經停產十幾年了。今年8月份,公司為佛羅里達州的零售商Smoke Inn制作了300盒獨家銷售的羅布圖型號雪茄,當時公司還透露未來不久會在整個美國市場推出公牛型號。
魯賓的兒子布拉德利和父親,以及兄弟亞力克一起工作,主導了重新制作三部曲的工作。布拉德利回憶到,他2017年進入家族企業(yè)工作時,他就詢問是否要重新啟動三部曲的制作工作,公司取得了那么多成績,是可以再次用這個異形雪茄來慶祝一下。
顧名思義,三部曲產品線有三個款式,分別是:正宗卡羅喬、異國情調馬杜羅、本土喀麥隆。區(qū)別在于茄衣不同,正宗卡羅喬使用的是洪都拉斯賈馬斯蘭特山谷種植的卡羅喬茄衣煙葉。異國情調馬杜羅使用的是尼加拉瓜賈拉帕地區(qū)種植的深色的古巴種子煙葉。本土喀麥隆使用的是非洲地區(qū)種植喀麥隆煙葉。他們的茄套都是洪都拉斯種植的康涅狄格種子煙葉,茄芯都是尼加拉瓜和洪都拉斯的混合煙葉。
雪茄是公牛型號,52環(huán)徑,6英寸,盒子類似艾倫魯賓在2000年初初制作的三角形雪茄模具。單支雪茄的零售價是15美元。
公司原計劃每個款式生產1000盒,一共生產3000盒三角形雪茄。但是由于之前發(fā)售的羅布圖型號受到市場的積極響應,公司這次推出公牛型號時,將計劃產量翻了一倍,生產6000盒。
這個系列的雪茄是普拉森西亞家族在洪都拉斯的東方雪茄廠代工生產的。
附原文:
What can be arguably called one of the world’s most unique cigar shapes is making a return to the market next month. The triangular Alec Bradley Trilogy is shipping for a limited run, and it should arrive at retailers in November.
Trilogy first came about in the early 2000s when Alec Bradley brand owner Alan Rubin remembered the words of a colleague who said there were just too many round cigars on the market. Rising to the challenge, Rubin went to Home Depot, found a DeWalt saw and built his own triangular-shaped cigar molds. The cigars had been off the market for more than a decade, until Alec Bradley released 300 boxes of a store-exclusive Robusto in August for Florida retailer Smoke Inn, with a promise of a Toro to come in the near future for the full U.S. market.
Rubin’s son Bradley, who works with his father and brother Alec, spearheaded the return of Trilogy. “I began asking about relaunching Trilogy when I started in the family business in 2017," he said. “When I was given the green light on Trilogy, my two main goals were to create something beautiful to pay homage to my dad's accomplishments and to celebrate the many successes of Alec Bradley."
Trilogy, true to its name, has three installments: Authentic Corojo, Exotic Maduro and Native Cameroon. While the cigars share the same Honduran Connecticut-seed binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras, the wrappers are what set them apart: Authentic Corojo is rolled with a Honduran Corojo wrapper from the Jamastran Valley, Exotic Maduro features a dark Nicaraguan cover leaf from the Jalapa region and Native Cameroon is draped in an African-grown Cameroon leaf.
Measuring 6 inches by 52 ring gauge, the Toro will come in boxes made to resemble the triangular cigar molds that Alan Rubin made in the early 2000s. The cigars have a suggested retail price of $15 each.
Production of the Trilogy Toro was originally slated for only 3,000 boxes (1,000 of each blend) but the positive response of the Robusto caused the company to double the run to 6,000 boxes.
The cigars are made in Honduras by the Plasencias at their Tobacos De Oriente factory.
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