亚历克·布拉德利公司有一款三角形的雪茄,可能是世界上最独特的雪茄形状。这款雪茄下个月计划重新供货市场,预计11月份可以运达零售商处。
这个名为三部曲的雪茄产品线最早创立于2000年代初期,当时艾伦·鲁宾听见公司一个同事抱怨市场上的圆柱形雪茄太多,毫无新意。鲁宾去了一家家得宝建材商店,看见了德伟锯,受到了启发。自己制作了三角形雪茄的模具。这款雪茄已经停产十几年了。今年8月份,公司为佛罗里达州的零售商Smoke Inn制作了300盒独家销售的罗布图型号雪茄,当时公司还透露未来不久会在整个美国市场推出公牛型号。
鲁宾的儿子布拉德利和父亲,以及兄弟亚力克一起工作,主导了重新制作三部曲的工作。布拉德利回忆到,他2017年进入家族企业工作时,他就询问是否要重新启动三部曲的制作工作,公司取得了那么多成绩,是可以再次用这个异形雪茄来庆祝一下。
顾名思义,三部曲产品线有三个款式,分别是:正宗卡罗乔、异国情调马杜罗、本土喀麦隆。区别在于茄衣不同,正宗卡罗乔使用的是洪都拉斯贾马斯兰特山谷种植的卡罗乔茄衣烟叶。异国情调马杜罗使用的是尼加拉瓜贾拉帕地区种植的深色的古巴种子烟叶。本土喀麦隆使用的是非洲地区种植喀麦隆烟叶。他们的茄套都是洪都拉斯种植的康涅狄格种子烟叶,茄芯都是尼加拉瓜和洪都拉斯的混合烟叶。
雪茄是公牛型号,52环径,6英寸,盒子类似艾伦鲁宾在2000年初初制作的三角形雪茄模具。单支雪茄的零售价是15美元。
公司原计划每个款式生产1000盒,一共生产3000盒三角形雪茄。但是由于之前发售的罗布图型号受到市场的积极响应,公司这次推出公牛型号时,将计划产量翻了一倍,生产6000盒。
这个系列的雪茄是普拉森西亚家族在洪都拉斯的东方雪茄厂代工生产的。
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What can be arguably called one of the world’s most unique cigar shapes is making a return to the market next month. The triangular Alec Bradley Trilogy is shipping for a limited run, and it should arrive at retailers in November.
Trilogy first came about in the early 2000s when Alec Bradley brand owner Alan Rubin remembered the words of a colleague who said there were just too many round cigars on the market. Rising to the challenge, Rubin went to Home Depot, found a DeWalt saw and built his own triangular-shaped cigar molds. The cigars had been off the market for more than a decade, until Alec Bradley released 300 boxes of a store-exclusive Robusto in August for Florida retailer Smoke Inn, with a promise of a Toro to come in the near future for the full U.S. market.
Rubin’s son Bradley, who works with his father and brother Alec, spearheaded the return of Trilogy. “I began asking about relaunching Trilogy when I started in the family business in 2017," he said. “When I was given the green light on Trilogy, my two main goals were to create something beautiful to pay homage to my dad's accomplishments and to celebrate the many successes of Alec Bradley."
Trilogy, true to its name, has three installments: Authentic Corojo, Exotic Maduro and Native Cameroon. While the cigars share the same Honduran Connecticut-seed binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras, the wrappers are what set them apart: Authentic Corojo is rolled with a Honduran Corojo wrapper from the Jamastran Valley, Exotic Maduro features a dark Nicaraguan cover leaf from the Jalapa region and Native Cameroon is draped in an African-grown Cameroon leaf.
Measuring 6 inches by 52 ring gauge, the Toro will come in boxes made to resemble the triangular cigar molds that Alan Rubin made in the early 2000s. The cigars have a suggested retail price of $15 each.
Production of the Trilogy Toro was originally slated for only 3,000 boxes (1,000 of each blend) but the positive response of the Robusto caused the company to double the run to 6,000 boxes.
The cigars are made in Honduras by the Plasencias at their Tobacos De Oriente factory.