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超过10年发酵时间的烟叶，古巴最有代表性的雪茄，以温斯顿·丘吉尔命名的尺寸，这两点结合起来，就是古巴的新品，罗密欧与朱丽叶丘吉尔陈年系列铝管。

近期，古巴哈伯纳斯公司宣布，这款陈年系列的最新产品很快将在全球零售门店上架。每盒25支装，每支雪茄单独装在一个铝管中。47环径，7英寸，丘吉尔的品型一直是古巴雪茄常规产品线的基本阵容之一，这个尺寸在古巴雪茄厂里被称为“朱丽叶2号”。这是陈年系列推出的第六款产品，也是陈年系列的第二款丘吉尔尺寸的产品。

2014年古巴启动陈年系列项目，那一年推出了两款。一款是罗密欧与朱丽叶金字塔（Romeo y Julieta Pirámides），52环径，6.125英寸，在CA杂志盲评得分92分。另一款是蒙特丘吉尔（Montecristo Churchill），47环径，7英寸，盲评得分91分。这两款雪茄上市时，发酵时间是5年到8年之间。每个雪茄包装盒都盖上了最初生产日期的印章，而且还加盖了“Revisado”的印章，表明雪茄在发货之前经过了最终检查。

2015年，古巴又发布了两款陈年系列产品。一款是帕特加斯的大皇冠（Partagás Corona Gorda Añejados ），46环径，5.625英寸，测评得分91分。好友美丽4号（ Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No. 4 Añejados ），48环径，5英寸，测评得分90分。

2017年，古巴发布了一款陈年系列产品。乌普曼的陈年罗布图（H. Upmann Robusto Añejados），50环径，5英寸。

也就是说，基本上每一次发布的陈年系列新品，都是该系列里的新尺寸。

和之前发布的陈年系列产品不太一样，罗密欧与朱丽叶丘吉尔陈年本身就是常规产品线里的一款标准尺寸。哈伯纳斯公司表示，未来几个月，全球各地的门店都会上架这款产品。上周，瑞士苏黎世的哈瓦那之家率先开始销售，售价是每盒835瑞士法郎，折合858美元，每支雪茄大概是34.32美元。对比同一家商店的常规产品线的罗密欧与朱丽叶的丘吉尔尺寸雪茄，未经陈年发酵的普通丘吉尔是每盒580瑞士法郎，陈年系列比常规系列售价高44%。

哈伯纳斯公司一直没有透露陈年系列的烟叶产地是哪里，公司高管也一直否认会囤积大量雪茄用于未来销售。这款陈年系列罗密欧与朱丽叶丘吉尔传闻已经发酵十年，大家普遍认为这一款雪茄和其他陈年系列产品的生产流程是一样的。

Cuban tobacco aged for more than 10 years. One of the country’s most iconic cigars, named after Winston Churchill. Put the two together and you have the latest in Cuba’s line of aged cigars, the Romeo y Julieta Churchill Añejados Tubos.

Habanos S.A. announced the new cigar will soon be shipping to global markets, packed in boxes of 25, with each cigar presented in a tube. Known in factories as a Julieta No. 2, the 7 inch by 47 ring gauge Churchill size has always been one of the benchmarks in the Cuban cigar portfolio. This is the second time the size has been released in this aged series, which now has six cigars in total.

Cuba’s Añejados program was launched in 2014 with the release of the Romeo y Julieta Pirámides, a 6 1/8 by 52 figurado (rated 92 points in Cigar Aficionado), and the Montecristo Churchill, a standard 7 by 47 cigar that scored 91 points in the magazine. At the time of their release, each of the cigars were reported to have been aged between five to eight years. Every box was stamped with the original production date, and always carried a “Revisado” stamp, indicating the cigars had gone through a final inspection before being shipped.

In 2015, two more Añejados were announced: the Partagás Corona Gorda Añejados (5 5/8 by 46, 91 points), and the Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No. 4 Añejados (5 by 48, 90 points). Then, two years later, Habanos added the H. Upmann Robusto Añejados (5 by 50) to the program. In each case, the Añejados cigar represented a new size in the brand’s normal lineup.

Unlike previous Añejados releases, the Romeo y Julieta Churchill is the first Añejados cigar that is also a standard size sold in the brand. It will be available, according to Habanos S.A., around the world in the coming months; however, the La Casa del Habano in Zurich, Switzerland, was able to get them last week in advance. The Churchills are being sold there for 835 Swiss Francs (about $858) per box of 25, or approximately $34.32 per cigar. Compare that to 580 Swiss Francs (about $596), which is the cost of a regular, un-aged box of Romeo Churchills from the same store. That’s a markup of 44 percent.

Habanos S.A. has never confirmed where the tobacco for the Añejados cigar line came from. Rumors of a large cache of cigars set aside for future sale have always been denied by current executives in the Cuban cigar monopoly. Since the new Romeo y Julieta Churchill Añejado is touted as having been aged for 10 years, the assumption is that the cigars are from the same original program as the other Añejados cigars.