可能還有一些雪茄愛好者記得Chogüí（喬古伊），這是一個多米尼加雪茄的小眾產品線，煙標上有一只好奇的小鳥。這個品牌在2018年停產，品牌持有人維克多·尼古拉斯（Victor Nicolás ）決定將其恢復生產，他借助于Venture 1492的合作重啟這個品牌的上市，Venture 1492公司是翹曲雪茄公司（Warped Cigars）老板凱爾·蓋利斯（Kyle Gellis）成立的專注于雪茄經銷和經營咨詢的公司。

當被問到當年為什么要停止Chogüí品牌的生產，老板維克多·尼古拉斯歸結于FDA的規定，他們從2021年中開始重新推出該品牌。即將上市的這款雪茄名為喬古伊Dos77科羅霍，使用的茄衣是多米尼加種植的科羅霍煙葉，茄套和茄芯都是多米尼加煙葉。生產雪茄用的煙葉是從煙葉種植大佬里奧·雷耶斯（Leo Reyes）那里采購來的。這批雪茄是在里瓦斯工廠（Manufactura Rivas factory）卷制的。

這款茄的煙葉混合成分和之前的有差異。根據尼古拉斯的介紹，茄芯里加入了一片皮洛托哈瓦那（ Piloto Cubano varietal）品種的medio tiempo煙葉，科羅霍茄衣煙葉也是新采用的，種植于哈瓦那的烏爾塔阿里巴（Havana Vuelta Arriba）。尼古拉斯認為這些改動是對以前的煙草配方的改進。

喬古伊Dos77科羅霍只有一個尺寸，特制羅布圖，50環徑，5.5英寸。預計下周發給零售商。每盒20支包裝，單支的零售價是12美元。

凱爾·蓋利斯的Venture 1492將負責這個品牌的經銷，當被問到蓋里斯為什么會有興趣接手喬古伊這樣的小眾品牌時，蓋里斯回答說，“喬古伊的粉絲們已經回來了。這個品牌開始嘗試多米尼加的元素了。”

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The boutique brand with the bird is back. Followers of lesser-known cigar companies might remember Chogüí, the small line of Dominican cigars with a curious little bird on the label. It disappeared in 2018, but brand owner Victor Nicolás has brought it back into production. And he’s done it with the help of Venture 1492, the distribution and consultation company started by Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars.?

“We started working mid-2021 on a relaunch of the brand,” says Nicolás, who cited FDA regulations as one of the reasons why he ceased production four years ago. The cigar is called Chogüí Dos77 Corojo, named for the sun-grown, Dominican Corojo wrapper that cloaks the all-Dominican blend. Tobacco for the Dos77 Corojo was procured from leaf grower Leo Reyes, and the cigars are made in the Dominican Republic at the Manufactura Rivas factory.?

This is not the same blend as the original. According to Nicolás, there’s a leaf of medio tiempo tobacco in the filler from a Piloto Cubano varietal. The Corojo wrapper is also new, as is some Havana Vuelta Arriba (HVA), and Nicolás considers these changes to be improvements to his previous cigar.

Chogüí Dos77 Corojo is re-entering the market in one size, a robusto called Rogusto Extra that measures 5 1/2 inches long by 50 ring gauge. Shipping to retailers next week, they come in 20-count boxes and have suggested retail prices of $12 each.

Gellis’ Venture 1492 company, which distributes Chogüí, specializes in small, fledgling companies like this. When asked why had an interest in taking on this brand in particular, Gellis responded: “His following has come back…he is going to start a new shift toward the Dominican Republic.”