世界上最受欢迎的高希霸BHK系列推出了第四款产品,BHK58。2月24日上午,古巴哈伯纳斯公司发布了这款新品,本周五的哈瓦那雪茄节上,宾客们将可以看到这款新品。
这款名为BHK58的新品是58环径,7英寸,是BHK系列里最粗、最长的一款。还是每盒10支的包装,雪茄是在哈瓦那的拉吉托工厂生产的。
从这款开始,BHK系列也采取了新设计的外包装。每一支BHK系列都佩戴脚标,上面印着型号的名称。更新的烟标和外包装盒不仅仅是为了美化外观,也是哈伯纳斯公司希望阻止造假者的举措。
和BHK系列其他成员一样,BHK58茄帽捏成了一条熟悉的猪尾巴,烟叶里含有梅迪奥提姆波(medio tiempo)烟叶,这种类型的烟叶生长在烟草植株的最顶端,是两片对称的小叶片,并不是每一个烟草植株都会长出这样的烟叶。
目前还不知道BHK58的零售价,但预计每支超过300美元。BHK系列首次亮相以来,价格一直很高。随着古巴雪茄价格涨价,BHK系列也越来越贵。
虽然古巴雪茄节上会预展,但不确定BHK58何时可以上市销售。周五参加雪茄节晚宴的客人们可以有机会购买BHK系列发布15周年纪念雪茄包的机会,每套包装里都由四支高希霸BHK系列的四款雪茄,包括这款最新的BHK58。
在传说中,Behike这个名字是古巴土著部落泰诺族的酋长(也有说是医生)的名字,最初的一款Behike是2006年作为高希霸品牌创建40周年的纪念雪茄。这是Behike第一次用在雪茄名称上。当时哈伯纳斯公司生产了1000盒高希霸40周年雪茄,每盒装了40支Behike。
2010年哈伯纳斯公司进一步完善Behike系列,推出BHK52、BHK54、BHK56。BHK系列的问世是哈伯纳斯公司历史上最为成功的系列产品发布。
Call it a trio no longer. Cohiba Behike, arguably the world’s most sought-after line of cigars, is getting a fatter version. The Cohiba Behike BHK 58 was formally announced this morning, and will be passed out on Friday in Cuba at the Habanos Festival.
Cigar Aficionado was given one of the cigars, which measures 7 inches long by 58 ring gauge, making it not only the thickest cigar in the line but also the longest. (The BHK 56, the previous giant of the group, is 6 1/2 inches long.)
The new cigar is also the first to showcase the new Behike packaging, which now includes snazzy footbands on each cigar, showing the name of the vitola. The updated bands and boxes are not only for looks—the packaging is meant to thwart would-be counterfeiters who seek to copy the cigar, with identification codes, chip technology in the bands and more. They still come in boxes of 10.
Like all Behikes, the BHK 58 is finished with a familiar pigtail, and it is crafted with some medio tiempo tobacco, strong leaves that grow atop some, but not all, tobacco plants. The cigar was rolled at the El Laguito Factory, in Havana.
Expect to pay north of $300 apiece for these cigars, as smaller Behikes are already among the most expensive regular-production Cuban smokes. They have been priced at a premium since their debut, but as cigars have become more expensive Behikes have seen one increase after another. Cigars that are previewed at the Habanos Festival often don’t make it to retail channels for some time; it’s uncertain when these will actually go on sale. But Habanos is going to give people who attend Friday’s gala dinner the opportunity to purchase a commemorative 15th anniversary pack of the cigars, each one containing all four vitolas of the Cohiba Behike BHK line, including the new 58.