老爹雪茄公司将要推出一款名为“承诺”（La Promesa）的新系列产品，产量不多，最早曾经在2016年初生产过一批。下个月这款产品参加完IPCPR贸易展后将在全美国范围内上架。

老爹雪茄公司的总经理阿尔西德斯·蒙特内格罗（Alcides Montenegro）告诉记者，2016年初上市的那一批只是小范围的发布，而这次是全美范围内的供货。

这个系列的茄衣使用了深色的厄瓜多尔种植的哈瓦那罗萨多奥斯库罗（Habano rosado oscuro）烟叶，茄套、茄芯都是加西亚家族在尼加拉瓜种植的烟叶。该系列有五个尺寸，每盒20支装盒。五个尺寸分别是：大罗布图，54环径，5.5英寸，售价8.5美元。公牛，52环径，6英寸，售价9.2美元。长矛，38环径，7.5英寸，售价10美元。Petite（娇小），50环径，4.5英寸，售价7.8美元。大皇冠，48环径，5.5英寸，售价8.2美元。这个系列的产品是在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利的老爹雪茄厂生产的。

新系列命名为“承诺”是指老爹雪茄公司的创始人何塞·佩平·加西亚（José "Pepín" García）2001年离开古巴前往尼加拉瓜之前对家人做出的承诺。

何塞·加西亚的承诺是证明自己，可以在古巴之外的雪茄行业做出点名堂，为他的家族争光。如今，老爹雪茄公司在尼加拉瓜有烟叶田，在尼加拉瓜和美国的迈阿密都有雪茄厂。何塞·加西亚正在履行着他曾经做出的承诺。

阿尔西德斯·蒙特内格罗进一步解释说，作为移民，内心的承诺很重要，当你一个人离开家乡，没有家人和你同行，只有承诺和梦想与自己相伴。

（这篇新闻2019年5月刊登在CigarAficionado杂志）

My Father Cigars, the company behind Cigar Aficionado’s No. 2 cigar of 2018, is preparing to release a new cigar called La Promesa, meaning The Promise. According to My Father, La Promesa has only been available in small quantities, first appearing in early 2016 ahead of the FDA’s final deeming rule. Now it will have its official, nationwide release next month at the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas.

“The brand is going to have a nationwide release at IPCPR show. We had a small release in early 2016,” Alcides Montenegro, general manager & creative director at My Father Cigars told Cigar Aficionado.

La Promesa is covered in a dark, Ecuador Habano rosado oscuro wrapper, with binder and filler tobaccos from the Garcia family farms in Nicaragua. Packaged in 20-count boxes, the line comes in five sizes: Robusto Grande, at 5 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge ($8.50); Toro, 6 by 52 ($9.20); Lancero, 7 1/2 by 38 ($10.00); Petite, 4 1/2 by 50 ($7.80); and Corona Gorda, 5 1/2 by 48 ($8.20).

The “promise” in La Promesa refers to a promise that company patriarch José "Pepín" García made to his family before leaving his native country, Cuba, for Nicaragua.

“La Promesa, ‘The Promise,’ is referring to something very personal between Pepín and his family,” Montenegro said. “In 2001 when he left Cuba for the first time, completely alone, he made a promise to the rest of the family, who stayed in Cuba.”

Pepin’s promise was to prove himself, to make something of himself in the cigar industry outside of Cuba, and to honor his family and tobacco heritage. According to My Father, the company as it stands today—with its farms in Nicaragua and factories in both Nicaragua and Miami—is the fulfillment of that promise.

“For us, as immigrants, this is very important, because when one leaves his hometown, a lot of dreams, hopes and promises travel with oneself, especially when the rest of the family isn’t doing that trip with you,” Montenegro said.

My Father La Promesa is made at the My Father Cigars Factory, in Estelí, Nicaragua.