王冠雪茄推出冠冕系列,分别由两家雪茄厂代工
总部位于美国那什维尔的雪茄制造商王冠雪茄近期将推出一个新系列:冠冕(Coroneta)。这个新系列产品将有两个版本,分别由两家公司代工生产。其中,哈瓦那茄衣版本是尼加拉瓜的NACSA雪茄厂生产,马杜罗版本是多米尼加共和国的卡里略之家雪茄厂(Casa Carrillo factory)生产。
王冠雪茄的联合创始人乔恩·胡贝尔(Jon Huber)表示,请两家不同的公司用各自的工艺来诠释同一个品牌的做法对于王冠雪茄来说是第一次。事实上,哈瓦那版本的冠冕雪茄在2022年春季已经生产完成,但我们决定推迟发布。因为我们对冠冕系列有着强烈的感受,我们又找到了精品雪茄教父埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略(Ernesto Perez-Carrillo)和我们共同开发马杜罗版本。
哈瓦那茄衣版本的茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶,茄套是尼加拉瓜烟叶,茄芯是尼加拉瓜三个地区的混合烟叶,埃斯特利、孔德加、贾拉帕。马杜罗版本的茄衣是墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶,茄套是厄瓜多尔康涅狄格烟叶,茄芯是多米尼加、尼加拉瓜、美国宾夕法尼亚的混合烟叶。
这两个版本都各有三个尺寸,名字是用16世纪英国的一些级别较低的贵族爵位来命名。伯爵(Earl),52环径,5英寸,售价12.95美元。公爵(Duke),54环径,5.5英寸,售价13.95美元。男爵(Baron),56环径,6英寸,售价14.95美元。每盒都是20支装,预计4月份向零售商发货。
外包装盒和烟标还在制作中,胡贝尔告诉接着,烟标设计使用了皇冠上的草莓叶,这也是冠冕系列设计的灵感来源。这两个版本都将参展PCA贸易展。
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One brand, two countries. That’s the idea behind Coroneta, the newest line from Nashville-based cigarmaker Crowned Heads. The Habano version is made in Nicaragua at the NACSA factory while the Maduro is produced by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo at his Casa Carrillo factory in the Dominican Republic.
The concept of simultaneously introducing one brand in two expressions from two different houses is something entirely first-time for us, Crowned Heads co-founder Jon Huber said. The Habano version from NACSA was actually final and production-ready back in the Spring of 2022, but we decided to hold it back. Ultimately, we felt so strongly about the Coroneta brand that we tapped the ‘Godfather of Boutique Cigars,’ aka Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, to partner with us on developing the maduro version.
The Habano line consists of an Ecuador Habano wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers grown in Estelí, Condega and Jalapa. The Maduro line features a dark Mexican San Andrés cover leaf, an Ecuador Connecticut binder and filler from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Pennsylvania.
Inspired by a simple, small style of crown called a coronet, both blends will come in the same three sizes, all of which were named after the various crowns of British heraldry worn by the lower ranks of nobility in the 16th century: Earl, measuring 5 inches by 52 ring gauge ($12.95); Duke, 5 1/2 by 54 ($13.95); and Baron, 6 by 56 ($14.95).
Boxes and bands are still in the works, but co-founder Jon Huber told Cigar Aficionado that the logo design incorporates the strawberry leaves found on the crowns that inspired the line.
Crowned Heads Coroneta Habano and Maduro will debut at this month’s PCA trade show and ship in boxes of 20 once they’re released to retailers in April.