西坦帕烟草公司最新的常规系列生命之环（Circle Of Life）下周终于要向零售商发货了，原计划去年5月份发货，但因为外包装盒生产的原因耽误了。

这个新产品系列的推出有点像是创始人里克·罗德里格斯（Rick Rodriguez）的老友重聚，这次罗德里格斯选择了他的职业前辈和导师，也是他在通用雪茄公司工作时的老领导，埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略（Ernesto Perez-Carrillo）代工生产这个系列的产品，雪茄是在埃内斯托的位于多米尼加共和国的卡里略雪茄厂卷制的。

而以前西坦帕烟草公司的红色系列、白色系列、黑色系列都是在尼加拉瓜生产的。

去年美国PCA贸易展上，这款新产品就亮相了，但烟叶混合的具体成分没有披露。如今谜底揭晓了，这个系列的茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，茄套是厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶为主，来自尼加拉瓜的三个烟草种植区，贾拉帕、孔德加、埃斯特利，茄芯里还有一些多米尼加的科罗霍99烟叶。

生命之环系列计划1月6日开始发货，目前有三个尺寸。罗布图，52环径，5英寸，每支售价12.99美元。公牛，54环径，6英寸，每支售价13.99美元。巨人（Gigante），60环径，6英寸，每支售价14.99美元。每盒都是20支装。

West Tampa Tobacco Co.’s newest regular-production line, Circle of Life is finally shipping to retailers starting next week. The line was scheduled to launch last May but was delayed due to complications regarding box production.

The creation of the line is a bit of a reunion for West Tampa co-founder Rick Rodriguez. West Tampa’s core brands (the Red, White and Black lines), are produced in Nicaragua, but for Circle of Life Rodriguez turned to his former mentor Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and his Casa Carrillo factory in the Dominican Republic. The two previously worked together during their time at General Cigar Co.

When the cigars were previewed at last year’s PCA trade show, tobacco details were undisclosed, but that has since changed. West Tampa tells Cigar Aficionado the blend consists of an Ecuador Habano oscuro cover leaf atop an Ecuador Sumatra binder. The fillers are from three regions in Nicaragua: Jalapa, Condega and Estelí. There’s some Dominican Corojo ’99 in the filler as well. 

Circle of Life starts shipping on January 6, and will be offered in three sizes: Robusto, measuring 5 inches by 52 ring gauge ($12.99); Toro, 6 by 54 ($13.99); and Gigante, 6 by 60 ($14.99). All sizes come in boxes of 20.