古巴芬芳2003年首次问世以后，已经出现了七次不同的更新版本。如今，品牌所有人阿什顿雪茄公司发布了第八个系列。这款名为哈瓦那珍藏系列的限量版预计夏季供货给零售商，但雪茄爱好者目前可以通过已经发货的体验装提前一饱眼福。

这个新系列继续交给尼加拉瓜的老爹雪茄公司代工生产，茄衣是厄瓜多尔种植的淡红色的哈瓦那罗萨多盖叶，茄套、茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶，是加西亚家族在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利、贾拉帕、纳曼吉三个地区自己种植的。每一片烟叶都经过三重发酵，用老式的古巴插管式卷茄方式制成，最终粘上古巴式的三缝茄帽。

这个系列只有一个尺寸，52环径，6英寸，公牛型号，这款产品被命名为“Monarch”（君主）。口味是中等到浓郁强度。每盒25支装，每支在美国的售价是9.5美元，预计生产3000盒，少于之前的其他版本。

阿什顿公司的萨蒂亚·莱文表示，雪茄将分批生产和发货，公司计划将这个版本打造成一款持续生产，但产量有限的专卖产品，每年一次到两次发货给选定的零售商。

目前，公司推出一款包含五支“君主”雪茄的体验装，包括两支原始系列的君主，两支康涅狄格系列的君主，以及一支哈瓦那珍藏系列的君主。体验装的建议零售价是每包39.99美元。

Since its debut in 2003, La Aroma de Cuba has grown steadily, with seven different iterations on the market. Now, brand owner Ashton Distributors Inc. has added an eighth. Called Habano Reserve, boxes of the new, limited-production cigar will not be shipping to retailers until this summer, but consumers can get a sneak peek via a new sampler pack that is shipping now.

Like the rest of the La Aroma de Cuba lines, Habano Reserve is produced by the Garcia family at the My Father Cigars S.A. factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, but this one will be made in fewer quantities than the others. The blend consists of a reddish Ecuador Habano Rosado cover leaf atop Nicaraguan binder and filler leaves hailing from farms owned by the Garcias in Estelí, Jalapa and Namanji. According to Ashton, every leaf of tobacco used in Habano Reserve underwent a “triple fermentation process” before being rolled entubado style and topped with a Cuban-style triple-seam cap.

There’s only one size in this line, and it’s called the Monarch, a 6-by-52 toro. According to the company, the Habano Reserve is intended to be medium-to-full-bodied.

For the time being, it will be available as part of Ashton’s new La Aroma de Cuba “92-93 Rated” sampler pack, which features five Monarchs presented in three different La Aroma de Cuba blends that have rated 92 or 93 points by Cigar Aficionado. The sampler contains two Monarchs from the original La Aroma de Cuba, two of the Connecticut blend and one Habano Reserve. The suggested retail price is $39.99.

The initial production of the La Aroma de Cuba Habano Reserve Monarch is limited to 3,000 boxes of 25 cigars. Sathya Levin of Ashton said the cigar would be made and shipped in batches. “We plan on making La Aroma de Cuba Habano Reserve an exclusive, limited ongoing production that ships to select retailers in boxes one to two times annually.”

Each cigar has a suggested retail price of $9.50.