翘曲雪茄的Corto系列问世已经有10年了,老板凯尔·盖利斯认为是时候推出马杜罗版本了。4月份的新奥尔良PCA贸易展上,这款Corto马杜罗版本将与观众见面。
这款Corto Maduro是单一尺寸,名为X46,46环径,4.5英寸,盒压造型。茄衣是深色的墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶,茄套、茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。这一版的口味特别浓郁。据介绍,使用的尼加拉瓜烟叶有一大部分是梅迪奥提姆波(medio tiempo)烟叶,medio tiempo是指某些烟草植株的最顶端的一种小而劲道强的叶子。
2015年发布Corto品牌时,也只有一个尺寸,后来又增加了一种尺寸。Corto品牌以前是在尼加拉瓜的阿加诺萨烟草公司生产,但马杜罗版本是在尼加拉瓜的NACSA雪茄厂生产的。
这款Corto Maduro是每盒20支装,在美国的售价是每支12.95美元。预计四月份发货给零售商。凯尔·盖利斯透露今年晚些时候将推出更多的尺寸。
Now that the Corto brand from Warped Cigars is 10 years old, owner Kyle Gellis thinks it’s time for a maduro. Next month, at the PCA trade show in New Orleans, he’ll be previewing the Corto Maduro, a single-size line in a Mexican wrapper.
Corto Maduro will be offered in a box-pressed, robusto format called X46, which measures 4 1/2 inches long by 46 ring gauge. Besides the dark, Mexican San Andrés wrapper, all the tobacco is Nicaraguan. It’s a full-bodied blend, intended to be stronger than the original, and according to Gellis, the cigar is fueled by a large amount of medio tiempo tobacco from Estelí. Medio tiempo primings are small, powerful leaves that sometimes grow atop the tobacco plant, above the corona level.
Since its release in 2015, Corto has been a small brand with limited production. Like the upcoming Corto Maduro, it debuted in only one size (only one more size has been added). While the core line is made at Aganorsa Leaf in Nicaragua, Warped has contracted the NACSA factory to produce Corto Maduro. This wouldn’t be the first time that Gellis has worked with NACSA, as the Nicaraguan factory also makes his Absolutos brand. The core Corto brand is still being produced at Aganorsa Leaf.
Presented in 20-count boxes, Corto Maduro has a suggested retail price of $12.95 per cigar and should ship to retailers in April after the trade show. Gellis plans on releasing more sizes later this year.