手工雪茄的价格越来越高，多米尼加雪茄制造商拉奥罗拉（ La Aurora）公司觉得是时候找一种实惠的替代品了。在拉斯维加斯举办的PCA贸易展上，拉奥罗拉公司推出了两个新系列，猎人尼加拉瓜系列、猎人马杜罗系列，售价低至每支4.5美元。

拉奥罗拉公司最早是2018年推出猎人品牌的，当时是康涅狄格茄衣的版本，如今又新增了尼加拉瓜茄衣版本、马杜罗茄衣版本。这个品牌的雪茄采用长茄芯烟叶，手工制作，价格实惠。

最早使用康涅狄格烟叶做茄衣的版本叫猎人克拉罗版本（Cazadores Claro），茄衣是厄瓜多尔种植的康涅狄格烟叶，茄套是印尼烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加的茨保河谷（Cibao Valley）种植的烟叶。这个系列的口味强度是轻柔到中等强度。

而猎人马杜罗版本的茄衣是黑色的印尼烟叶，茄套是印尼烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。

猎人尼加拉瓜版本的茄衣是尼加拉瓜烟叶，茄套是印尼烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加烟叶。拉奥罗拉公司说这个版本口味会比较辣口。

每种版本都是三个尺寸，罗布图，50环径，5英寸，每支售价4.5美元。公牛，54环径，5.75英寸，每支售价4.75美元。高达，60环径，6英寸，每支售价6.5美元。雪茄都是在多米尼加共和国卷制的。预计4月开始向零售商发货。

As cigar prices edge higher and higher, veteran cigarmaker La Aurora thinks it’s time for an inexpensive alternative. This weekend, at the PCA trade show in Las Vegas, the Dominican cigar company will be presenting its expanded Cazadores line, with prices as low as $4.50 per cigar.

Cazadores isn’t new—it was introduced in 2018—and it was originally available in only Connecticut wrapper. Now, it has been expanded with the addition of Nicaraguan and Maduro versions. Named for the Spanish word for “hunters,” Cazadores is made with long filler, rolled by hand and priced for value. 

Cazadores Claro, the original line, is made with Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper, Indonesian binder and Dominican fillers from the Cibao Valley. La Aurora says it’s mild to medium in strength. Cazadores Maduro has a dark, Indonesian wrapper around an Indonesian binder and Dominican fillers. Cazadores Nicaragua has a Nicaraguan wrapper, an Indonesian binder and Dominican filler. La Aurora describes the blend as spicy. 

Each blend comes in three sizes, and prices are identical. The Cazadores Robusto is 5 inches by 50 ring gauge, with a suggested retail price of $4.50 per cigar. Cazadores Toro measures 5 3/4 by 54, selling for $4.75 and the Cazadores Gordo measures 6 by 60 for $6.50. Each cigar is rolled in the Dominican Republic. 

Shipments will begin in April.