通用雪茄公司将推出麦克纽杜品牌的灵感（Inspirado）系列的限量版产品，这款产品的深色茄衣烟叶来自巴西的巴伊亚（Bahia）地区，比传统的巴西盖叶口味要淡一些。以前谈到阴植叶时，大家首先会想到康涅狄格河谷种植的阴植叶，而麦克纽杜的灵感系列使用的是巴西阴植叶，种子是康涅狄格种子，最初是2021年发布的巴西阴植叶作为茄衣烟叶卷制的麦克纽杜的灵感系列，这周就可以发货给零售商了。

茄套是墨西哥圣安德列斯烟叶，茄芯是巴西、尼加拉瓜的贾拉帕地区、多米尼加共和国的混合烟叶。多米尼加烟叶是古巴的皮洛托品种，以及一种通用雪茄公司称之为多米尼加库比塔（Cubita）的烟叶，这也是一款源自古巴的烟叶品种，种植在多米尼加的Mao地区，种植面积大概一英亩。

今年的限量版有两个尺寸。一款是公牛，52环径，6.5英寸，每支售价10.99美元。一款是丘吉尔，48环径，7英寸，每支售价11.99美元。外包装盒色彩艳丽，很像巴西国企。每盒10支包装，其中公牛尺寸生产了2100盒，丘吉尔尺寸生产了1200盒。

雪茄是在多米尼加共和国的圣地亚哥的通用雪茄厂卷制的。

The Macanudo with a Brazilian wrapper has returned, but it isn’t made with the dark tobacco you might think. When a cigar’s wrapper is described as “shade-grown,” the Connecticut River Valley normally comes to mind. General Cigar Co. is re-releasing a limited-edition version of its Macanudo Inspirado brand but these shade-grown wrappers come from Brazil’s Bahia region, and are lighter than typical Brazilian cover leaf. Originally released in 2021, Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade is back and ships to retailers this week.

Underneath the Connecticut-seed Brazilian wrapper is a Mexican San Andrés binder holding together a mix of fillers from Brazil, Nicaragua’s Jalapa region and the Dominican Republic. According to the company, the Dominican tobacco is Piloto Cubano, along with a proprietary leaf General refers to as Dominican Cubita, a Cuban-seed varietal that is grown on a one-acre plot in the Mao region. 

Intended to be medium in body, the cigars are available in two sizes, a Toro and a Churchill. The Toro is 6 1/2 inches by 52 ring and retails for $10.99, while the Churchill is 7 by 48 with a suggested retail price of $11.99. Both sizes come in brightly-colored boxes of 10 that are intended to evoke Brazil’s flag. Production is limited to 2,100 boxes of the Toro and 1,200 of the Churchill.

Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade is produced in the Dominican Republic at the General Cigar Dominicana factory in Santiago.