今年是原产于古巴的罗密欧与朱丽叶雪茄品牌诞生150周年，美国市场的该商标所有人阿塔迪斯烟草公司（ Altadis U.S.A.）向雪茄行业的一些顶级烟草种植商寻求烟叶，用于制作一款纪念版产品。这款名为罗密欧与朱丽叶150周年的雪茄使用了一些著名雪茄制造商的库存烟叶。

公司产品能力副总裁拉斐尔·诺达尔介绍说，我们从亲密的合作伙伴那里采购了专门用于这个项目的烟草。茄衣是 A.J.费尔南德斯种植的厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶，茄套是特伦特（Turrent）家族种植的圣安德烈斯烟叶，茄芯是普拉森西亚家族种植的秘鲁、洪都拉斯烟叶。还有一部分茄芯烟叶是公司的长期合作伙伴何塞·门德斯（José Mendez）家族种植的多米尼加烟叶。

这个系列产品在多米尼加的加西亚雪茄厂卷制。有三个尺寸。Balconet（窗外护栏），54环径，6英寸，每支售价27美元。Prologue（序幕），50环径，5英寸，每支售价25美元。Cresecendo（音量增强），50环径，7英寸，每支售价28美元。所有尺寸都是每盒16支装。

这款产品在多米尼加雪茄节上已经亮相，接下来4月份将登陆美国新奥尔良举办的PCA贸易展，随后向零售商发货。

The iconic Romeo y Julieta brand turns 150 years old this year, and Altadis U.S.A., owners of the U.S. trademark, has turned to some of the industry’s top tobacco growers for the celebratory smokes. Appropriately called the Romeo y Julieta 150th Anniversary, the cigar is made with a composition that the company calls a “Hall of Fame blend.”

“We sourced tobaccos from our close partners specifically for this project,” says Rafael Nodal, vice president of product capability for Altadis U.S.A. “The wrapper is an Ecuadoran Sumatra grown and fermented by A.J. Fernandez. The binder, a San Andrés, comes from our partners, the Turrent family. For the fillers, we used Peruvian and Honduran tobacco grown by our partners, the Plasencia family. And the Dominican filler tobacco was grown by our long-term partners José Mendez & Co.”

The cigars are made in the Dominican Republic at the company’s signature cigar factory, Tabacalera de Garcia, and come in three sizes: Balconet, measuring 6 inches by 54 ring gauge ($27); Prologue, 5 by 50 ($25) and Cresecendo, 7 by 50 ($28). All sizes are presented in decorative 16-count boxes made especially for this release.

Those attending the ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic this month will be among the first to see these commemorative cigars. Next, the new Romeos will be on display at the PCA trade show in New Orleans in April, before shipping immediately after the convention concludes.