根据地雪茄公司推出一个新的雪茄品牌，名为Metapa，这是一个地名，是尼加拉瓜诗人Rubén Darío的出生地。雪茄的烟标和包装盒上都印有诗人鲁本·达里奥的形象。这个新品牌将参加PCA贸易展，预计秋季发货给零售商。

雪茄的茄衣是厄瓜多尔苏门答腊的盖叶，根据地雪茄第一次采用这种茄衣烟叶。茄套是康涅狄格的阔叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。规划了马杜罗、克拉罗两种茄衣版本。有四个尺寸，双皇冠，54环径，7英寸。公牛，52环径，6英寸。罗布图，50环径，5英寸。大皇冠，48环径，5.5英寸。在美国的售价从每支14.5美元到18美元不等。每盒雪茄都是10支装。雪茄是委托尼加拉瓜的A.J.费尔南德斯生产的。

根据地雪茄公司的老板梅利洛说，这款梅塔帕雪茄是纪念尼加拉瓜诗歌的灵魂。鲁本·达里奥是最伟大的西班牙语诗人之一。我一直希望为他打造一个雪茄品牌，我也一直想采用厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶作为茄衣，于是我们推出了梅塔帕。

如果你在地图上找不到梅塔帕这个地名，可能是1920年这个镇被改名为诗人的名字Cuidad Darío，这个镇位于尼加拉瓜西北部的马塔加尔帕地区。

Foundation Cigar Co. and its owner Nick Melillo are paying tribute to the cultural heritage of Nicaragua with a new brand that honors Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. Named after his town of birth, the cigar line is called Metapa, and features a portrait of Darío on both the bands and boxes. The cigars will be on display in a couple of weeks at the PCA trade show, and will ship to retailers in the fall. 

Wrapped in Ecuador Sumatra cover leaf—a first for Foundation—Metapa also consists of a Connecticut broadleaf binder and Nicaraguan filler. It’s offered in both Maduro and Claro, and comes in four softly-pressed sizes: Double Corona, measuring 7 inches by 54 ring gauge; Toro at 6 by 52; a 5-by-50 Robusto and Corona Gorda at 5 1/2 by 48. Suggested retail prices range from $14.50 to $18 per cigar, all of which come in 10-count boxes. 

“Metapa is a tribute to the poetic soul of Nicaragua,” says Melillo. “The image of Rubén Darío is iconic; he is considered one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language. I have always wanted to make a brand in his honor, and I have always wanted to introduce a blend around Sumatra Ecuador wrapper. Metapa is the result.”

If you can’t find Metapa on a map, it’s because the town was renamed Cuidad Darío after the poet in 1920. It’s located in the Matagalpa region of northwest Nicaragua.

The cigars are made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez.