金标系列（Gold Label）是洛基帕尔特雪茄公司的最新产品线，这款系列在今年春季曾经亮相拉斯维加斯的PCA贸易展，预计6月第一周将向零售商发货。

虽然名字看着很富豪，但金标系列是一款定价相对实惠的雪茄，单价从9.7美元到13美元不等，是一款为日常抽茄者准备的产品。

茄衣是厄瓜多尔种植的哈瓦那烟叶，有一些零售网站介绍说是厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶，这是错的。茄套是两片康涅狄格烟叶，一片是阔叶，一片是阴植叶。茄芯是厄瓜多尔、康涅狄格、尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶。雪茄口味是中等强度。

公司执行副总裁Nish Patel表示，公司在很长一段时间内都会生产这个系列，这是一款非常顺滑、中等浓度的雪茄。

雪茄在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利的塔维库萨（Tavicusa）雪茄厂卷制，有四个尺寸。半皇冠（Half Corona），46环径，3.5英寸，售价9.7美元。罗布图，50环径，5.5英寸，售价11美元。公牛，54环径，6.5英寸，售价12美元。六十（ Sixty），60环径，6英寸，售价13美元。

Rocky Patel Gold Label, one of the newest creations from Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, is just about ready for its market debut. The cigars were on display this spring at the PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas, and shipments are expected to commence at the end of the month, or the first week of June at the latest.

Despite its rich name, Gold Label is a relatively affordable smoke, ranging in price from $9.70 to $13. It was intended for “an everyday smoker,” says Rocky Patel.

The cigars are blended to be medium in body and made from a combination of Connecticut, Ecuadoran and Nicaraguan tobaccos. The wrapper is Ecuador Habano (not Ecuador Sumatra, as some retail sites have listed) and the filler is entirely Nicaraguan. In between the two are dual Connecticut-seed binders, one of them broadleaf, the other shade. 

“Rocky had this blend for a long time,” says Nish Patel, executive vice president of the company. “He wanted something with a lot of rich flavor—I think Gold Label has that. It’s a very smooth, medium-bodied cigar.”

The brand is made at Patel’s Tavicusa factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, and comes in four sizes: Half Corona, which is 3 1/2 inches long by 46 ring gauge, and has a suggested retail price of $9.70; Robusto (5 1/2 by 50, $11); Toro (6 1/2 by 54, $12) and Sixty (6 by 60, $13).