亨特&弗蘭克公司是英國地區經營古巴雪茄的老牌經銷商，幾十年以來一直擁有較多的古巴雪茄庫存。現在亨特&弗蘭克公司以“窖藏陳年珍稀項目”的名義對外發售一些庫存雪茄。

這些雪茄里有10年和20年的珍藏，還有一些首版、停產版、限量版、地區限量版和超級珍藏版。

據該公司的工作人員介紹，這次發售的所有雪茄都經過古巴哈伯納斯公司的技術人員的檢查。每一支雪茄都有加一個副標，雪茄包裝盒上也會貼上標簽，注明這盒雪茄的陳化時間。

顯然，陳年雪茄并不便宜。一盒25支裝的2001年出廠的高希霸導師的零售價是3299英鎊，折合4279美元。同樣是2001年出廠的一包五支裝的高希霸長矛的零售價是490英鎊，折合650美元。一盒2007年出廠的高希霸馬杜羅5系列的魔術師售價是2013英鎊，折合2668美元。

如果你很鐘意已經停產的雷蒙阿隆斯的898朗斯代爾，可以看看，這一盒2001年出廠的25支包裝的售價是1618英鎊，折合2144美元。一整盒1998年出廠的潘趣特雷斯小皇冠的售價是800英鎊，折合1000美元。一盒2009年出廠的英國地區限量版的10支裝的胡安洛佩茲的超級精選售價是942英鎊，折合1248美元。

亨特&弗蘭克公司的授權經營范圍包括英國、直布羅陀和愛爾蘭地區。該公司在2019年首次發布了“窖藏陳年稀缺項目”系列，這次是該公司第二次推出這個項目。

附原文：

Hunters & Frankau, the regional distributor of Cuban cigars for the United Kingdom, has been sitting on reserves of aged stock for decades. Now, these vintage Havanas have been released in what Hunters refers to as its House Reserve Aged & Rare program.

In addition to cigars with 10 or even 20 years of age, the program also includes first releases of Cuban cigars, discontinued lines, Edición Limitadas, Regional Editions and Gran Reservas.

According to the company, every single cigar has been checked by “fully-trained technicians from Habanos S.A.” at the Hunters & Frankau warehouse in the U.K. before a box is released from the House Reserve Aged & Rare collection. A secondary band and box markings indicate the age of the cigar.?

As would be expected, the aged cigars aren’t cheap. A box of 25 Cohiba Esplendidos from 2001, for example, retails for ￡3,299 (about $4,279). A five-pack of Cohiba Lanceros from the same year goes for ￡490 ($650) and a box of Cohiba Maduro 5 Mágicos from 2007—the year they first came out—will set you back ￡2,013 ($2,668).

If you’re nostalgic for the discontinued Ramon Allones 8-9-8 lonsdales, a box of 25 from 2001 can be had for ￡1,618 ($2,144). A full box of Punch Tres Petit Coronas rolled in 1998 has an ￡800 ($1,000) price tag while a box of 10 Juan Lopez Selección Supremas, Britain’s Regional Edition for 2009, is marked at ￡942 ($1,248).

Hunters & Frankau’s territories include all of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Ireland. The company first released its House Reserve Aged & Rare cigars in 2019. This marks the second launch of its aged stock under this concept.?

To see how well cigars can age, Cuban or otherwise, see the Connoisseur’s Corner, Cigar Aficionado’s tasting of vintage smokes.