尼加拉瓜的乔亚（Joya de Nicaragua）雪茄公司自从美国尼克松政府时期就开始一直在生产雪茄，今年是该公司成立55周年。乔亚雪茄公司为此发布了一个“五五”（Cinco de Cinco）系列雪茄，这是乔亚的“杰作”（Obras Maestras）系列的第四个产品线。这款新品参加了今年美国PCA贸易展。
“五五”是指该公司的成立年限，乔亚雪茄公司的副总裁胡安·伊格纳西奥·马丁内斯（Juan Ignacio Martínez）说这款新产品线口感丰富饱满，口味强度是中等程度。
雪茄的茄衣是墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶，茄套、茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。这些烟叶已经发酵五年了。外包装盒是光滑的翠绿色，每盒10支包装。有五个尺寸，其中三个尺寸在美国销售。特制皇冠（Corona Extra），46环径，6.25英寸，在美国的售价是每支16美元。公牛（Toro），52环径，6英寸，售价每支20美元。大罗布图（Robusto Gordo），54环径，5.5英寸，售价每支18美元。
以上三个尺寸会同时供应国际市场，还有两个尺寸将在美国以外的市场销售，双皇冠（Corona Doble），54环径，7英寸，售价每支21美元。罗布图，50环径，5英寸，售价每支16美元。
“杰作”系列的历年产品包括：2013年推出的“四五”（Cuatro Cinco）系列，2017年推出的五十周年（Cinco Decadas）系列，2019年推出的“第一”（Número Uno）系列。“第一”系列在《雪茄爱好者》杂志的盲评测试里表现优异，其中“大使”（ L’Ambassadeur）在2020年的年度榜单里排名第6。
2021年乔亚雪茄公司还推出一款名为“两百周年”（Dos Cientos）的限量版公牛尺寸雪茄，也是“杰作”系列，庆祝中美洲脱离西班牙统治独立200周年，但是因为是限量版，没有再生产过。
这款新系列雪茄预计9月份向美国的零售商发货，10月份向国际市场发货。
Making cigars since the Nixon administration, Joya de Nicaragua turned 55 this year and the company is celebrating with a new brand called Cinco de Cinco. It’s the fourth release under Joya’s Obras Maestras series and it will be on display this weekend at the PCA trade show in Las Vegas.
Cinco de Cinco translates to “five out of five.” It’s an obvious nod to the company’s age, and Joya de Nicaragua’s executive vice president Juan Ignacio Martínez adds the claim that the blend “is a five out of five in profile and complexity; full bodied and medium strength…”
Joya de Nicaragua Cinco de Cinco is made from a blend of Mexican San Andrés wrapper around Nicaraguan tobaccos that Ignacio says are at least five years old. Packaged in glossy emerald-green boxes of 10, the new brand comes in five sizes, only three of which will be available in the United States: Corona Extra, measuring 6 1/4 by 46 ring gauge, a 6-by-52 Toro and the Robusto Gordo at 5 1/2 by 54. They have suggested retail prices of $16, $20 and $18, respectively.
International markets will be receiving the same three sizes, plus two more exclusives only offered outside the U.S.: A 7-by-54 Corona Doble ($21) and a Robusto at 5 by 50 ($16).
The Obras Maestras series includes the Cuatro Cinco brand, launched in 2013; Cinco Decadas released in 2017 for the company’s 50th anniversary and 2019’s Número Uno. Número Uno has performed particularly well in our taste tests, as the L’Ambassadeur size was Cigar Aficionado’s No. 6 cigar of 2020. A one-time, limited-edition toro called Dos Cientos from 2021 was also part of Obras Maestras, but that cigar is no longer produced.
Joya de Nicaragua intends to ship Cinco de Cinco to U.S. retailers in September, followed by a global release in October.
For a vertical brand tasting of the Cinco de Cinco, see a future issue of Cigar Insider.
