打开雪茄盒，里面躺着八支常规雪茄和一支库莱布拉（culebra）形状雪茄，这就是普拉森西亚公司庆祝2025年中国农历蛇年的方式。尤其是考虑到culebra这个词在西班牙语里是“蛇”的意思，你就不由得为普拉森西亚公司的创意拍案叫绝。

对于雪茄行业来说，一支culebra雪茄通常由三支细雪茄交织而成，就像绳子绑在一起的蛇。普拉森西亚公司这次推出的culebra有一些非传统，是两支拧在一起的。连同其他八支普通形状的雪茄，一共是10支一盒。这10支雪茄的环径都是40，长度是7英寸。普拉森西亚公司将这款尺寸称为柳叶刀（lanceros）。Cigar Aficionado一般将这个尺寸归类为宾丽（panetela）。

雪茄使用的烟叶全部是尼加拉瓜烟叶，都是普拉森西亚家族种植的。雪茄在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利地区的普拉森西亚雪茄厂生产。一共生产6000盒，有一半将供应美国市场。雪茄的售价是每盒490美元，折合每支49美元。

普拉森西亚公司的内斯特·安德烈斯·普拉森西亚说，蛇年限量版（El Año de la Culebra Edición Limitada 2025 ）产品是对中国农历新年的献礼，以优雅的柳叶刀形状和麻花造型为特点，每支雪茄都表达了我们卷茄师手艺的艺术性和精准性。

Eight long, thin cigars and a culebra. It’s a veritable viper den of smokes and that’s how Plasencia Cigars is acknowledging Year of the Snake for the 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year. The idea is quite clever when you consider that the word culebra translates to “snake” in Spanish.

In cigar terms, a culebra typically is made from three thin cigars intertwined like serpents tied together by string or ribbon. Plasencia’s El Año de la Culebra Edición Limitada 2025 is a somewhat non-traditional take on the culebra, a 10-count box that contains eight traditionally shaped smokes and a culebra of two twisted together. Each of the cigars, twisted or not, measure 7 inches by 40 ring gauge. Plasencia refers to these as lanceros, but they are made without the pigtail cap found on typical lanceros. (Cigar Aficionado would classify the shape as a panetela.) All the tobacco is grown by the Plasencia family in Nicaragua and the cigars are made at the Plasencia factory in Estelí. Only 6,000 boxes are being produced with half of them allocated for the U.S. market.

The Lanceros have a suggested retail price of $49 each. If you opt for the Culebra instead, it will cost $98 for the two slender cigars. The entire box will retail for $490.

“El Año de la Culebra Edición Limitada 2025 is a tribute to the Chinese Lunar Year, featuring elegant Lanceros and the unique Culebra,” says Nestor Andrés Plasencia, fifth-generation family member and company owner. “Each cigar reflects the artistry and precision of our master rollers.”

The cigars are expected to start shipping later this month.