E.P.卡里略公司计划未来三年内推出六款不同茄衣烟叶的新品牌，名为“精华”（Essence series）。目前，第一款苏门答腊版本和第二款马杜罗版本已经向零售商发货。据公司创始人埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略介绍，每一个版本都是为了展示不同特点的茄衣烟叶。所有版本都将在多米尼加共和国的卡里略之家雪茄生产。
苏门答腊版本的茄衣是厄瓜多尔种植的苏门答腊种子烟叶，两片茄套烟叶，一片是尼加拉瓜烟叶，一片是洪都拉斯烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜、多米尼加的混合烟叶。
马杜罗版本的茄衣是墨西哥圣安德雷斯烟叶，茄套是洪都拉斯烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。
这两个版本的口味强度都是中等。雪茄都是每盒24支装。有三个尺寸。罗布图，50环径，5英寸，每支售价9.25美元。公牛，52环径，6英寸，每支售价10美元。高达，60环径，6英寸，每支售价10.75美元。精华系列的雪茄是圆柱形，和承诺（Pledge）、传承（La Historia）、忠诚（Allegiance）那些系列不一样，它们做成了盒压造型。
每个包装盒内都贴了一个二维码，扫描后可以看见雪茄信息，还有一份消费者调查问卷，帮助你发现适合你口味的卡里略雪茄。
其他版本的精华系列将在未来两年内陆续发布。
The first two lines of E.P. Carrillo's Essence series, Sumatra and Maduro, are heading to retailers now. According to company founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, each line in the series is intended to showcase a different wrapper. Both are made in the Dominican Republic at Casa Carrillo.
The Sumatra line consists of an Ecuador Sumatra wrapper with two binder leaves (one from Nicaragua, the other from Honduras) and a mix of fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The Maduro line is made with a Mexican San Andrés cover leaf over a Honduran binder and Nicaraguan filler.
According to the company, both lines are intended to be medium in body.
Packaged in boxes of 24, both lines come in the same three sizes and price points: Robusto, measuring 5 inches by 50 ring gauge ($9.25); Toro, 6 by 52 ($10); and Gordo, 6 by 60 ($10.75). Unlike box-pressed brands such as Pledge, La Historia or Allegiance, the Essence Series is round.
Each box includes a QR code that brings you to a webpage providing information on the cigar, along with a questionnaire intended to pair consumers with a cigar in the E.P. Carrillo portfolio.
Further lines in the Essence Series are planned for release over the next two or three years.
