阿特诺萨烟草公司本周将向零售商配送一款新茄，章鱼（El Pulpo）系列的新尺寸，命名为鱿鱼（Squid）。

章鱼系列是2023年推出的品牌，是阿特诺萨烟草公司继生活万岁（Viva La Vida）品牌之后的第二个雪茄品牌。首次发行是三个尺寸：大公牛、大罗布图、大比力高。后来陆续增加了长矛、短罗布图尺寸，这次推出的是第六个尺寸，盒压造型的完美（box-pressed perfecto），最粗处60环径，6.5英寸长，每盒10支，建议零售价每支20美元。

《雪茄爱好者》杂志在纽约约访了品牌所有人法基兄弟，了解这款雪茄的情况。

兄弟中的比利·法基说，我们尝试了很多形状，想要展示我们需要表达的某种口味。客户也希望我们能出一款不同寻常的形状，我们用了一年时间完成新的项目，在 A.J. 费尔南德斯的帮助下，我们推出了这款盒压造型的完美尺寸。

茄衣是深色的墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶，茄套茄芯是浓郁丰富的尼加拉瓜烟叶。章鱼、鱿鱼都会喷出黑墨，作为防御的一种手段，这也是对雪茄近乎黑色的墨西哥茄衣烟叶的一种微妙的隐喻。

章鱼品牌的大比力高尺寸曾经在2023年获得《雪茄爱好者》杂志评选出的年度雪茄排行榜第10名。

Artesano del Tobacco has added a new cephalopodic cigar to El Pulpo, its full-bodied line of aquatic-themed smokes. This week, The Squid is heading to retailers. With its long, tapered body and splayed pigtail cap, it’s not too hard to see that this shapely Salomon actually resembles the sea-dwelling creature it was named after. 

Cigar Aficionado recently met with brothers and brand owners Billy and Geson “Gus” Fakih in New York City to get a look at the new cigar. 

“We tried different shapes to showcase and bring out a certain flavor we were looking for,” Billy says, adding that customers also asked him for a unique shape. “This process took us about a year to accomplish. And with A.J. Fernandez’s help, we now have a box-pressed perfecto.”

Like the rest of the El Pulpo line, Squid is made by A.J. Fernandez in Nicaragua and consists of a dark, Mexican San Andrés wrapper and bold Nicaraguan blend. The cigar measures 6 1/2 inches long and tapers out to a 60 ring gauge at the foot. Squids come in boxes of 10 and have a suggested retail price of $20 per cigar.  

El Pulpo, which translates to “the octopus” in Spanish, debuted in 2023 and was the second release from Artesano del Tobacco, following its Viva La Vida line. Squid brings the brand to six sizes, including a lancero named The Eel, a short robusto called The Fry (like a fish-fry, get it?) and the Belicoso Grande, which was Cigar Aficionado’s No. 10 cigar of 2023. 

Both the squid and the octopus emit clouds of black ink as a way to defend against predators. Is this perhaps a subtle reference to the near-black Mexican wrappers that cover the entire El Pulpo line? 

“I agree 100 percent,” Billy says. “It’s all part of the theme.”