第10名，阿圖羅·富恩特稀有粉色陳年1960年代幸福結局（Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Happy Ending）

富恩特雪茄公司發布新款并不是很頻繁，但一旦有新款，就會大張旗鼓的發布。稀有粉色系列就是這樣的情況。這款名為“幸福結局”的雪茄是完美造型，53環徑粗，5.5英寸長，讓我們從第一口到最后一口從感到高興。

粉紅色的外包裝盒富有光澤、引人矚目，很多雪茄客想探究為什么富恩特選擇這種不同尋常的顏色。像富恩特公司制造的大多數雪茄一樣，這個系列也有一個背景。

公司老板卡洛斯·富恩特的女兒莉亞娜·富恩特一直致力于乳腺癌有關的公益事業。粉紅絲帶是這場女性健康運動的官方標志。所以雪茄包裝盒選擇了粉紅色。雪茄銷售收入的一部分將捐贈給相關的公益組織。

即使沒有宣傳，這款雪茄也非常棒。粉紅系列的一些尺寸參照了富恩特海明威系列的完美造型。幸福結局是粉色系列里唯一一款完美造型。這款雪茄在多米尼加卷制，茄衣是厄瓜多爾煙葉，茄套是多米尼加煙葉，茄芯是多米尼加和尼加拉瓜的混合煙葉。盲評得分93分。

這款雪茄的表現讓人很興奮，起初有泥土、榛子、咖啡的味道，錐形的茄腳部分燒完，就開始爆發出橘子皮、丁香、姜餅的高潮表現。

第9名，洛基·帕特爾大珍藏羅布圖（Rocky Patel Grand Reserve Robusto）

洛基·帕特爾公司旗下的品牌眾多，產品線豐富。但是這個系列是洛基·帕特爾真正著手探索為每一種想象到的口味，即使是其他國家的口味，來制作的雪茄產品線。當公司第一次發布大珍藏系列時，這個系列只供應國際市場，在奧地利舉行了首發儀式。如果你想買到它，必須去歐洲才能找到。

2020年，這個系列進入了美國市場。這個產品被證明是洛基·帕特爾諸多品牌的重要補充。這個系列是在洪都拉斯的天堂雪茄廠（ El Paraiso factory）生產的，雪茄廠是普拉森西亞家族的產業，這個工廠主要為洛基·帕特爾公司代工生產雪茄。

當你聽到雪茄制造商介紹他的雪茄是一款混合了“國際口味”的產品時，這通常是指“古巴式”的口味。但是帕特爾從來沒有說過大珍藏產品線是模仿古巴雪茄。

雪茄茄衣是厄瓜多爾煙葉，茄套是尼加拉瓜煙葉，茄芯是洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜的混合煙葉。50環徑粗，5.5英寸長，盲評得分93分。

每一口都充滿了咸皮革味，隨后是碎花生和紅肉的味道。接著無縫轉換到咸焦糖和甘草味。大珍藏產品線可能起初是面向國際市場和客戶，但是對于世界上任何喜歡優質雪茄的雪茄客來說，都是一支好茄。

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Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Happy Ending

It isn’t very often that Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. comes out with a new brand, but when it does, it’s released with great fanfare and normally lives up to the hype. This was the case with the Rare Pinks. A perfecto shape in the line called Happy Ending delighted us from first puff to last. The striking, glossy pink boxes may have some smokers wondering why Fuente opted for such an unusual color. Like most things made by Fuente, there’s a backstory. These cigars are tied to breast cancer awareness—a social cause quite important to Liana Fuente, daughter of company patriarch Carlos Fuente Jr. A pink ribbon, as many know, is the official symbol of this women’s health movement, and a certain portion of proceeds from the sale of every box fund the worthy cause. This cigar is fantastic even without the advocacy. Some of the sizes are modeled after the perfecto shapes found in Fuente’s Hemingway line. Though a tapered perfecto as well, the Happy Ending is unique to the Rare Pink series. It’s made in the Dominican Republic and is an exciting composition that starts slowly with layers of earth, hazelnut and coffee. Once the burn goes beyond the tapered foot, the smoke bursts like a literary climax with orange peel, cloves and gingerbread.

Rocky Patel Grand Reserve Robusto

Between his many catalog lines and huge portfolio of brick-and-mortar brands Rocky Patel truly sets out to make a cigar for every palate imaginable—even for palates in other countries. When he first released the Grand Reserve, it was for international markets only. If you wanted to try it, you probably had to travel to Europe. The Grand Reserve debuted in Austria before its release across the European continent. In 2020, it found its way to the United States and the Robusto proved to be a great addition to Rocky Patel’s many brands. They’re made in Honduras at the El Paraiso factory, an operation owned by Nestor Plasencia that is dedicated almost entirely to producing Rocky Patel products.

Any time you hear a cigarmaker say that he’s blended a smoke for “international tastes” that’s usually shorthand for “Cubanesque.” But Patel never said that the Grand Reserve was meant to mimic Cuban cigars. Rather, this is a confident assembly of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos brought together by an Ecuadoran wrapper. Each puff is loaded with a savory, leathery quality that sets the stage for subsequent notes of crushed peanut and red meat. Sweet transitions to salted caramel and licorice are seamless. The Grand Reserve may have targeted an “international” audience at first, but this is simply a smoke for anyone in the world who loves a fine cigar.