多米尼加的雪茄制造商帕尔马雪茄的何塞·乔希·布兰科（José "Jochy" Blanco）旗下的La Galera（卷茄间）在中国的农历蛇年之际推出一款蛇年纪念版雪茄，这是一款限量版产品，今年初已经在亚洲地区上市，预计4月2日进入美国市场销售。

雪茄是在多米尼加共和国的帕尔马雪茄厂卷制的，47环径，7英寸，标准的丘吉尔尺寸。茄衣是墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶，茄套是多米尼加的Olor烟叶，茄芯也是多米尼加烟叶，包括几个品种：克里奥罗98、Olor、古巴皮洛托，还有很难种植的Pelo de Oro（金发）品种。雪茄使用的多米尼加烟叶全部是何塞·乔希·布兰科自己种植的。这款产品是浓郁口味强度。

外包装有蛇形主题，包装盒是桃花心木，装饰着类似蛇皮的冲压皮革。每个雪茄盒里还赠送了一个双指的雪茄便携盒。每个盒子有10支雪茄，售价是430美元，一共生产了2025盒，部分配货给美国市场。

La Galera is celebrating the Lunar New Year in the United States with its Year of the Snake, a limited-edition cigar that comes packaged with an eye-catching leather case. While it was released in Asia earlier this year, the festive smokes will be coming to the U.S. market on April 2. 

The cigars are made by Jochy Blanco at his Tabacalera Palma factory in the Dominican Republic. Blanco also grew all the Dominican tobacco in the blend. La Galera Year of the Snake measures 7 inches by 47 ring gauge—a standard Churchill size—and is composed of a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, Dominican Olor binder and filler blend of all-Dominican leaf: Criollo ’98, Olor, Piloto Cubano and the hard-to-grow Pelo de Oro varietal. According to Blanco, it’s a full-bodied blend.

There’s no mistaking the serpentine theme of the packaging, as each mahogany box is decorated with stamped leather made to resemble snakeskin. As a bonus, each box also comes with a two-finger leather cigar case. Only 2,025 boxes are being produced with a portion allocated for the U.S. market, where it will have a suggested retail price of $430 per 10-count box.