通用雪茄公司近期将发售旗下麦克纽杜品牌的一款陈年系列新品雪茄，上一次推出陈年系列还是2021年，当时发售的是麦克纽杜陈年2010，当时那款雪茄使用了已经发酵11年的康涅狄格阴植叶作为茄衣。今年，麦克纽杜的陈年系列新品是“陈年马杜罗2013”（ Vintage Maduro 2013），这款雪茄使用的茄衣是2013年收获的康涅狄格阔叶。
通用公司称，2013年收获的康涅狄格阔叶质量比较理想。当年的温度、降雨和湿度的结合创造了最佳的生长条件。
公司负责康涅狄格烟草业务的负责人欧内斯特·戈卡伊（Ernest Gocaj）说，2013年的种植季是我经历的最好的生长季之一。收获的时候看得出烟叶质量很好，我们在为期八周的发酵过程中对烟叶进行了密切监控。
这款雪茄的茄套是洪都拉斯烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加的古巴皮洛托（Piloto Cubano）烟叶、巴西的马塔菲娜（Mata Fina）烟叶，以及种植于尼加拉瓜的贾拉帕地区的烟叶的混合。
这个系列都是每盒20支的包装，有三个尺寸。罗布图，50环径，5英寸，在美国的售价是每支11.99美元。格兰德，54环径，6英寸，售价12.99美元。丘吉尔，49环径，7英寸，售价13.29美元。雪茄是在位于多米尼加共和国的通用雪茄厂卷制的。
麦克纽杜的陈年系列已经存在几十年了，之前发布的陈年系列的茄衣分别选用了1988年、1993年、2000年收获的烟叶。2010年，通用雪茄推出了第一款马杜罗陈年，茄衣选用了1997年收获的康涅狄格阔叶。
Following up on 2021’s Macanudo Vintage 2010, General Cigar Co. has released another vintage Macanudo, this time with a darker, maduro wrapper. The Vintage Maduro 2013 showcases a Connecticut broadleaf cover leaf that General says was harvested that same year. The cigars began shipping to retailers late last week.
According to the company, 2013 was a particularly ideal year for broadleaf tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley, where the wrappers of these Macanudos were cultivated. The combination of temperature, rainfall and humidity made for optimal growing conditions.
“The growing season in 2013 was one of the best I’ve ever seen,” says Ernest Gocaj, who oversees the growing operations in Connecticut for General Cigar. “The crop was exceptional at harvest, which meant that we had to be obsessive when it came to monitoring the tobacco during the eight-week curing process.”
The Honduran binder holds together a filler blend of Dominican Piloto Cubano, Brazilian Mata Fina and Nicaraguan tobacco from Jalapa.
Macanudo Vintage Maduro 2013 comes in 20-count boxes and is available in the following sizes: Robusto, measuring 5 inches by 50 ring gauge, ($11.99); Toro Grande, 6 by 54 ($12.99); and Churchill, 7 by 49 ($13.29). They’re made in the Dominican Republic at the General Cigar Dominicana factory.
The Macanudo Vintage line has existed for decades with previous wrapper vintages including 1988, 1993 and 2000, which General released in 2006. In 2010, General sold its first Macanudo Vintage Maduro, which had a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper dated from 1997.
