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正文：一款名为赫尔曼批次的新系列雪茄将很快发往美国各地的雪茄零售商，这个新系列以175年前在古巴创建乌普曼雪茄品牌的德国银行家赫尔曼·乌普曼命名。
这个新系列是美国烟草的产品能力负责人拉斐尔·诺达尔与加西亚烟草（Tabacalera de Garcia）的大师团队（Grupo de Maestros）合作研发的。后者是在多米尼加的一家雪茄厂，负责生产非古的乌普曼、蒙特品牌。根据诺达尔的介绍，这个新系列不仅是向赫尔曼的致敬，也是对这个1844年就首次生产的雪茄品牌进行的一次现代化诠释。
这个系列的雪茄的茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，茄套是多米尼加烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加、尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶，茄芯烟叶中的尼加拉瓜烟叶主要种植于孔德加和埃斯特利地区。雪茄是在多米尼加生产的。
这个系列目前有四个尺寸。公牛，52环径，6英寸，售价是每支10.5美元。罗布图，54环径，5英寸，售价每支10.10美元。大皇冠，46环径，5.625英寸，售价9.3美元。朗斯代尔，42环径，6.5英寸，售价9美元。每款都是每盒20支的装盒，每一款的茄帽都捏成猪尾巴辫子。
阿塔迪斯公司将品牌的名字的拼写做了修改，取掉了Hermann单词最后的一个n。
非古的乌普曼品牌是由阿塔迪斯公司（Altadis U.S.A.）经销，这家公司是美国烟草（Tabacalera USA）的子公司。而这两家公司均是帝国（Imperial）烟草公司的子公司。帝国烟草总部位于英国布里斯托尔。
There’s a new H. Upmann headed to retailers this month and it pays tribute to the brand’s founder. Dubbed Herman’s Batch, the commemorative line is named for Hermann Upmann, the German banker who created the brand in Cuba 175 years ago.
The upcoming brand is a collaboration between Rafael Nodal, head of product capability of Tabacalera U.S.A., and the Grupo de Maestros of Tabacalera de Garcia, the Dominican factory responsible for brands such as the non-Cuban versions of H. Upmann and Montecristo. According to Nodal, H. Upmann Herman’s Batch was developed to not only pay tribute to H. Upmann’s founder, but also to create a modern interpretation of the cigars that Hermann Upmann first produced in 1844.
Herman’s Batch is made in the Dominican Republic and consists of an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper, Dominican binder and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua (Condega and Estelí).
Packaged in 20-count boxes, the new brand comes in four sizes: Toro, measuring 6 inches by 52 ring gauge ($10.50); Robusto, 5 by 54 ($10.10); Corona Gorda, 5 5/8 by 46 ($9.30); and Lonsdale, 6 1/2 by 42 ($9). Each cigar is topped with a pigtail.
It should be noted that Altadis anglicized the spelling of the name, dropping the last "n" in Hermann.
All non-Cuban H. Upmann brands are distributed by Altadis U.S.A., a subsidiary of Tabacalera USA, both owned by parent company and tobacco giant Imperial Brands PLC, which is headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom.
For a vertical brand tasting of the H. Upmann Herman’s Batch, see a future issue of Cigar Insider.
