12月份,拉帕里納雪茄發布了兩個新款。這兩個新款首次亮相都是在去年夏季的PCA貿易展上。一款是限量版的125周年,已經發貨,一款是常規版本的“殺死比爾”的兩個新尺寸,要晚一周發貨。
125周年是為了慶祝拉帕里納雪茄公司成立125周年,雪茄裝在一個19世紀風格的紫晶玻璃罐中,一共37支雪茄。52環徑粗,6.5英寸長,公牛尺寸。頂部帶有扇形帽。雪茄是奧利瓦公司在尼加拉瓜的塔波利薩雪茄廠代工生產的,全部是尼加拉瓜煙葉卷制。一共生產300罐。在美國地區的售價是每支25美元。
拉帕里納的KB系列(殺死比爾)增加了兩個尺寸,目前一共是四個尺寸。雪茄包裝盒也做了全新設計,新的設計顯得更加活力。雪茄包裝盒上印有日文字符,雪茄包裝盒側面還有雪茄品牌所有人比爾·佩利的形象,他的眼睛用字母X遮蓋起來,暗示這款濃郁的雪茄會“殺死比爾”。
新增加的尺寸,一個是“第三部分”,另一個叫“第四部分”,茄衣使用的是洪都拉斯特羅赫斯地區的煙葉,茄套是洪都拉斯煙葉,茄芯是洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜的混合煙葉。雪茄的煙葉混合成分和產品線的其他尺寸基本一致,只是多加入一些利格羅煙葉,增加環徑,以及維持KB系列眾所周知的煙味強度。
“第三部分”52環徑粗,5英寸長,羅布圖型號,在美國地區的每支零售價是10.25美元?!暗谒牟糠帧笔?4環徑粗,6英寸長,公牛型號,每支零售價是11.5美元。這兩個尺寸都是每盒30支的包裝。
和KB系列的其他尺寸一樣,這兩款雪茄是在洪都拉斯的古巴之根雪茄廠卷制。這個雪茄廠是亞力克·布拉德利雪茄公司所有。
附原文:
The month of December is kicking off with two new releases from La Palina that first appeared at the PCA trade show this past summer: the limited-edition La Palina 125 A?os, which started shipping today, and two new sizes for the regular-production KB line, which retailers can expect early next week.
La Palina 125 A?os celebrates the company’s 125th anniversary. It comes in a nineteenth-century style amatista glass jar containing 37 cigars. Available in a 6 1/2-inch-by-52-ring-gauge Toro, it’s topped with a fantail cap. The cigar, which retails for $25, is made at Oliva’s Tabolisa factory in Nicaragua, and consists entirely of Nicaraguan tobacco. Only 300 jars are being produced.?
La Palina’s KB (or “Kill Bill”) line is being brought up to four sizes and getting new, vibrant packaging featuring Japanese characters and an image of brand owner Bill Paley on the side of the box with his eyes Xed out, suggesting the full-bodied smoke will “kill Bill.”
The new sizes, called Part Three and Part Four are made with a Honduran wrapper from the Trojes region, Honduran binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. It’s the same blend as the rest of the line but with a little more ligero to adjust for the larger ring gauges and maintain the power that KBs are known for.
Part Three is a robusto-sized smoke that measures 5 by 52 and has a suggested retail price of $10.25. At 6 by 54, Part Four comes in a toro format and will retail for $11.50. Both ship in boxes of 30.
Like the first two editions of the KB line, the new sizes are made at the Raices Cubanas factory in Honduras.
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