第10名，阿图罗·富恩特稀有粉色陈年1960年代幸福结局（Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Happy Ending）

富恩特雪茄公司发布新款并不是很频繁，但一旦有新款，就会大张旗鼓的发布。稀有粉色系列就是这样的情况。这款名为“幸福结局”的雪茄是完美造型，53环径粗，5.5英寸长，让我们从第一口到最后一口从感到高兴。

粉红色的外包装盒富有光泽、引人瞩目，很多雪茄客想探究为什么富恩特选择这种不同寻常的颜色。像富恩特公司制造的大多数雪茄一样，这个系列也有一个背景。

公司老板卡洛斯·富恩特的女儿莉亚娜·富恩特一直致力于乳腺癌有关的公益事业。粉红丝带是这场女性健康运动的官方标志。所以雪茄包装盒选择了粉红色。雪茄销售收入的一部分将捐赠给相关的公益组织。

即使没有宣传，这款雪茄也非常棒。粉红系列的一些尺寸参照了富恩特海明威系列的完美造型。幸福结局是粉色系列里唯一一款完美造型。这款雪茄在多米尼加卷制，茄衣是厄瓜多尔烟叶，茄套是多米尼加烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加和尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶。盲评得分93分。

这款雪茄的表现让人很兴奋，起初有泥土、榛子、咖啡的味道，锥形的茄脚部分烧完，就开始爆发出橘子皮、丁香、姜饼的高潮表现。

第9名，洛基·帕特尔大珍藏罗布图（Rocky Patel Grand Reserve Robusto）

洛基·帕特尔公司旗下的品牌众多，产品线丰富。但是这个系列是洛基·帕特尔真正着手探索为每一种想象到的口味，即使是其他国家的口味，来制作的雪茄产品线。当公司第一次发布大珍藏系列时，这个系列只供应国际市场，在奥地利举行了首发仪式。如果你想买到它，必须去欧洲才能找到。

2020年，这个系列进入了美国市场。这个产品被证明是洛基·帕特尔诸多品牌的重要补充。这个系列是在洪都拉斯的天堂雪茄厂（ El Paraiso factory）生产的，雪茄厂是普拉森西亚家族的产业，这个工厂主要为洛基·帕特尔公司代工生产雪茄。

当你听到雪茄制造商介绍他的雪茄是一款混合了“国际口味”的产品时，这通常是指“古巴式”的口味。但是帕特尔从来没有说过大珍藏产品线是模仿古巴雪茄。

雪茄茄衣是厄瓜多尔烟叶，茄套是尼加拉瓜烟叶，茄芯是洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶。50环径粗，5.5英寸长，盲评得分93分。

每一口都充满了咸皮革味，随后是碎花生和红肉的味道。接着无缝转换到咸焦糖和甘草味。大珍藏产品线可能起初是面向国际市场和客户，但是对于世界上任何喜欢优质雪茄的雪茄客来说，都是一支好茄。

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Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Happy Ending

It isn’t very often that Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. comes out with a new brand, but when it does, it’s released with great fanfare and normally lives up to the hype. This was the case with the Rare Pinks. A perfecto shape in the line called Happy Ending delighted us from first puff to last. The striking, glossy pink boxes may have some smokers wondering why Fuente opted for such an unusual color. Like most things made by Fuente, there’s a backstory. These cigars are tied to breast cancer awareness—a social cause quite important to Liana Fuente, daughter of company patriarch Carlos Fuente Jr. A pink ribbon, as many know, is the official symbol of this women’s health movement, and a certain portion of proceeds from the sale of every box fund the worthy cause. This cigar is fantastic even without the advocacy. Some of the sizes are modeled after the perfecto shapes found in Fuente’s Hemingway line. Though a tapered perfecto as well, the Happy Ending is unique to the Rare Pink series. It’s made in the Dominican Republic and is an exciting composition that starts slowly with layers of earth, hazelnut and coffee. Once the burn goes beyond the tapered foot, the smoke bursts like a literary climax with orange peel, cloves and gingerbread.

Rocky Patel Grand Reserve Robusto

Between his many catalog lines and huge portfolio of brick-and-mortar brands Rocky Patel truly sets out to make a cigar for every palate imaginable—even for palates in other countries. When he first released the Grand Reserve, it was for international markets only. If you wanted to try it, you probably had to travel to Europe. The Grand Reserve debuted in Austria before its release across the European continent. In 2020, it found its way to the United States and the Robusto proved to be a great addition to Rocky Patel’s many brands. They’re made in Honduras at the El Paraiso factory, an operation owned by Nestor Plasencia that is dedicated almost entirely to producing Rocky Patel products.

Any time you hear a cigarmaker say that he’s blended a smoke for “international tastes” that’s usually shorthand for “Cubanesque.” But Patel never said that the Grand Reserve was meant to mimic Cuban cigars. Rather, this is a confident assembly of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos brought together by an Ecuadoran wrapper. Each puff is loaded with a savory, leathery quality that sets the stage for subsequent notes of crushed peanut and red meat. Sweet transitions to salted caramel and licorice are seamless. The Grand Reserve may have targeted an “international” audience at first, but this is simply a smoke for anyone in the world who loves a fine cigar.