6月5日，美国阿塔迪斯烟草公司旗下的蒙特雪茄1935周年系列双钻石限量版雪茄，迄今为止非古蒙特品牌里售价最昂贵的一款产品，开始向零售商发出第一批配货。

这款限量版雪茄54环径，6.5英寸，每盒20支装，外包装盒是钢琴烤漆，非常光滑，完全可以当做一个雪茄保湿盒来使用。这款售价高达单支150美元的昂贵蒙特只生产了250盒，也就是5000支。

你可能不禁会问，凭啥那么贵？阿塔迪斯烟草公司的母公司、美国烟草集团产品能力的副总裁Rafael Nodal表示，答案很简单，陈年烟叶。这款限量版蒙特使用的烟叶至少发酵了10年。

你可以把这款双钻石版本看成是蒙特1935周年钻石版的后续产品，而钻石版本来又是蒙特1935周年尼加拉瓜版本的拓展系列。这款天价蒙特是在尼加拉瓜生产的，委托 A.J. Fernandez代工生产，所使用的烟叶全部是费尔南德斯在尼加拉瓜自家农场种植的烟叶，包括莉莉安农场和圣洛塔诺农场。

一度，售价超过100美元的雪茄只出现在陈年雪茄的拍卖会上，而且还是古巴雪茄。如今，像大卫杜夫、洛基·帕特尔、多米尼加之花、阿图罗·富恩特、帕德龙、奥利瓦、通用雪茄等非古雪茄制造公司的雪茄售价都已经超过100美元了，更不用说古巴高希霸的那些大口径尺寸了。

You can count Altadis U.S.A. as another company releasing a cigar with a $100-plus price tag, and it’s on its way to retailers. First shipments of the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Edición Doble Diamante are leaving the warehouse today and the cigars have a suggested retail price of $150 each. 

You may be asking yourself why it’s priced so high. According to Rafael Nodal, vice president of product capability for Tabacalera USA (Altadis U.S.A.’s parent company), the answer is simple: aged tobacco. Nodal says that all the tobacco inside the new Doble Diamante has been aged a minimum of 10 years before it was rolled.

The Doble Diamante is a follow-up to the Montecristo 1935 Edición Diamante, which was itself a sequel to the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua. The new upcoming Edicíon Doble Diamante is made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez, and all the tobacco was grown on Fernandez’s farms in Nicaragua, including La Lilia and San Lotano. 

Unlike its predecessors, which are regular-production cigars, this is a limited edition offered in one size, a Toro measuring 6 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge. They come packaged in glossy, piano-finished, 20-count boxes that double as humidors. Only 250 boxes are being produced for a total run of 5,000 cigars. 

There was a time when $100 cigars were only found at auctions for vintage Cubans. No more. Companies such as Davidoff, Rocky Patel, La Flor Dominicana, Arturo Fuente, Padrón, Oliva and General Cigar all have smokes that retail for $100 or more, not to mention some of the larger sizes of Cuban Cohibas.