至宝系列是2021年推出的，每年发布一次，旨在突出一种不同寻常的烟草。今年通用雪茄公司与丹麦烟斗烟草品牌 Peter Stokkebye合作，推出的雪茄里含有烟斗烟叶，有别于传统的雪茄烟叶。这款茄芯烟叶里掺入了一些烟斗烟草的限量版产品将于8月4日送达美国的零售商。

这款限量版名为Stokk（斯托克），只有一个尺寸，52环径，6.5英寸，比力高造型，每支售价12.99美元。每盒20支装，一共生产3500盒。雪茄是在尼加拉瓜的STG雪茄厂卷制。外包装盒是木纹饰面，外盒包括烟标印有符文版的Stokk字样。公司介绍，这款产品是中等到浓郁强度的口味。

当你点上这款雪茄时，先燃烧的是多米尼加安达洛（andullo）烟叶，和大多数批量发酵的雪茄烟叶不同，安达洛烟叶被卷成长筒型，紧紧包裹在棕榈树豆荚中，像腊肠一样悬挂起来。两年后，烟叶变成浓密的烟草原木。这个发酵过程可以产出很甜的浓缩烟叶。

当雪茄点燃一半，来自塞浦路斯的火烤拉塔基亚烟叶就出现了，这种烟叶通常是放在烟斗里抽吸的。通用雪茄公司介绍，加入这种烟叶，创造了一种从浓郁的泥土味到烟熏味的变化。

这款茄的茄套烟叶是尼加拉瓜烟叶，茄衣是康涅狄格阔叶。茄芯里还有一些洪都拉斯烟叶。

CAO品牌经理科里·比尔兹利（Cory Beardsley）表示，CAO品牌致力于推动烟草探索的边界。与彼得·斯托克比烟草公司的合作，让我们有机会混合成一款真正独特的雪茄，不是为了新奇，而是展示两种传统碰撞时的无限可能性。

至宝系列的前三款产品分别是：尘世牵挂（Mortal Coil）、火行者（Firewalker）、雷声（Thunder）。

General Cigar Co. is adding a new blend to its limited-edition CAO Arcana series called Stokk. Introduced in 2021, each Arcana release is intended to highlight an unusual tobacco. Stokk was made in collaboration with Danish pipe tobacco brand Peter Stokkebye, so the odd leaves in the blend are ones that are typically found in pipes rather than cigars. The filler includes a bit of smoky pipe tobacco. The new cigar is expected to reach retailers August 4.

Stokk is intended to be a smoke that evolves. When first lighting, Dominican andullo is the first type of tobacco to burn. Unlike most cigar tobacco, which is aged via bulk fermentation, andullo is rolled into long, dense logs tightly wrapped in palm tree pods and then hung to ferment for two years. This process makes for sweet, concentrated tobacco.

Once the flame reaches the midpoint, the andullo transitions to some fire-cured Latakia leaf from Cyprus—a tobacco typically associated with pipes. According to General, this creates a segue from rich and earthy flavors to a smoky profile. Some Honduran filler also makes up the blend. Holding the cigar together is a Nicaraguan binder underneath a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper. 

According to the company, Stokk is intended to be a medium to full-bodied cigar.

“CAO is all about pushing the boundaries in tobacco exploration,” says Cory Beardsley, brand manager for CAO. “Working with Peter Stokkebye tobacco gave us the chance to blend a cigar that's truly unique, not for the sake of novelty, but to show the unlimited possibilities when two traditions collide.”

Stokk comes in one size, a Belicoso measuring 6 1/2 inches by 52 ring gauge, and has a suggested retail price of $12.99. Made in Nicaragua at STG Estelí, CAO Arcana Stokk ships in 20-count boxes decorated with rune-like lettering and a wood grain finish in tribute to Stokkebye’s Danish roots. Production is limited to 3,500 boxes.

Stokk is the fourth cigar in the Arcana series, the previous releases being the Mortal Coil, Firewalker and Thundersmoke.