洛基·帕特尔公司首次推出纪念版雪茄，纪念中国农历新年。在中国的纪年里，新的一年从2月10日开始，这一年是龙年。
洛基·帕特尔的龙年限量版雪茄是单一尺寸，52环径，6.5英寸，公牛品型。整支雪茄几乎被红色的双烟标包裹。主烟标印着2024。副标面积更大，装饰着一条巨大的金色龙。外包装盒是喜庆的红色，鎏金的字体。阿拉伯数字的2024字样，还有英文的龙年的字样。
纳什·帕特尔介绍说，这款雪茄产量有限，预计生产6000盒。每盒10支，每支在美国的售价是35美元。这些雪茄将在美国及世界各地销售。
雪茄的茄衣是墨西哥圣安德烈斯烟叶，有两片茄套烟叶，一片是洪都拉斯的贾马斯兰特山谷种植的，一片是尼加拉瓜烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。雪茄使用的尼加拉瓜烟叶都是帕特尔家族自己种植的。这款雪茄是在尼加拉瓜的塔维库萨（Tavicusa）雪茄厂卷制的，口味强度是中等到浓郁。
这款限量版雪茄预计3月份在美国PCA贸易展亮相，计划4月向零售商发货。
For the first time ever, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is coming out with a cigar to commemorate the Lunar New Year, which is also known as Chinese New Year. Rocky Patel Year of the Dragon, a limited-edition, one-size line packed in bold, red and gold boxes, will make its debut at the PCA Trade Show in March. Shipping is expected in April.
The Chinese New Year for 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. It begins on February 10.
The cigars are toros, six-and-a-half inches long by 52 ring gauge, and nearly the entire wrapper leaf is covered by the dual red bands that adorn the cigar. The smaller one, positioned nearer the head, has gold type reading 2024 Year Of The Dragon beneath the familiar Rocky Patel logo. The second, larger band is decorated with a large, twisted dragon in golden scales.
“It’s limited production—maybe 6,000 boxes,” says Nish Patel. They will sell for $35 per cigar, and come packed 10 to each box. The cigars will be sold in the United States and around the world.
“I would say it’s a medium to full cigar,” says Patel. It’s rolled at the Tavicusa cigar factory in Nicaragua, using a blend of tobaccos from Central America and Mexico. There are two binder leaves, one grown in the Jamastran Valley of Honduras, the other in Nicaragua. The filler is entirely Nicaraguan and the wrapper is from the San Andrés Valley of Mexico. All the Nicaraguan tobaccos are grown on farms owned by the company.
