埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略（Ernesto Perez Carrillo）一直在研究新的烟叶混合，他的最新作品使用了洪都拉斯烟叶，这是他14年以来的第一次尝试。这次发布的新款叫做“短期复古2022马杜罗”（ Short Run Retro 2022 Maduro），2月25日从迈阿密发往美国各地零售商。上一次卡里略使用洪都拉斯烟叶还是在2008年，当时用在他的一款“古巴荣耀迈阿密的工匠”（La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Miami）产品线里。

卡里略有时候每周尝试三四种烟叶混合，他认为调制烟叶是一个持续的过程，就像职业运动员或者音乐家一样。几个月前，他终于获得一种他比较满意的烟叶混合，他觉得算是一款赢家产品。因为烟叶库存有限，结果就给大家呈现出这款短跑复古2022马杜罗。

今年的产品线和去年发布的产品线有一样的尺寸，烟叶混合不一样。茄衣用的是美国康涅狄格阔叶，茄套是厄瓜多尔烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜、墨西哥、洪都拉斯的混合烟叶。

卡里略说，洪都拉斯烟叶成就了这款雪茄的烟叶混合，我一直想试试能否用洪都拉斯烟叶来调配一些雪茄。新冠病毒大流行之前，我从普拉森西亚家族那里购买了他们在贾马斯兰特山谷种植的洪都拉斯烟叶，然后我就开始不断的尝试。上一次我使用洪都拉斯烟叶的时候还是在生产“迈阿密的工匠”时，当时我们用洪都拉斯烟叶做茄套，从那以后我就没有再用过洪都拉斯烟叶。

今年的产品线还是三个尺寸。Short Play（短剧）是罗布图尺寸，50环径，5英寸，单支售价是8.5美元。Extended Play（慢速唱片）是公牛尺寸，52环径，6英寸，单支售价是9.5美元。Long Play（长篇）是格兰德（grande）尺寸，60环径，6英寸，单支售价10.5美元。这批产品线合计生产了大概4万支雪茄，将供货给150家零售店。

“这就是发布这些产品的目的，我们使用了非常独特的烟叶。”卡里略说，虽然他从事雪茄生产已经50多年了，但是仍然对烟叶混合的研究工作感到非常兴奋。还有很多烟草，可以继续在接下来的烟叶混合研究中去尝试。这是一件让我非常兴奋的事情。

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Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is always working on new cigar blends, and his latest creation contains Honduran tobacco, a leaf he hasn’t used in 14 years. The E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2022 Maduro, which is shipping today from Miami, has Honduran tobacco as part of the filler, which he last used in 2008 when he came out with his La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Miami.

Perez-Carrillo sometimes makes three or four blends a week. “Blending is a constant process, like a pro athlete or accomplished musician,” he says. It was a few months ago when he lit up something that made him smile, something he thought was a winner—but something he couldn’t make in enough quantity for a regular-production brand. The result is the E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2022 Maduro.

This Short Run has the same names and sizes as the version released last year, but the blend is entirely different. The wrapper is Connecticut broadleaf, the binder from Ecuador. The fillers are a mix of Nicaraguan, Mexican and Honduran tobaccos.

The Honduran leaf is where this blend really started. “I wanted to see if I could make some blends with Honduran tobaccos,” says Perez-Carrillo. “Just before the pandemic I got two bales of Honduran tobaccos from Jamastran, from the Plasencia family. We started doing experiments with that…The last time I used Honduran tobacco was when I did the Artesanos de Miami. We used that tobacco as a binder at that time. I’ve never used it since.”

The cigars come in three sizes: Short Play is a robusto measuring five inches long by 50 ring gauge, with a suggested retail price of $8.50; Extended Play is a 6-by-52 toro priced at $9.50 and Long Play is a grande, 6 inches long by 60 ring, priced at $10.50. The run for this line is roughly 40,000 cigars total, and it will be offered to 150 stores.

“It’s what these Short Runs are about, using unique tobaccos,” says Perez-Carrillo. Despite having made cigars for more than 50 years, he’s still excited about blending. “There’s a lot of tobaccos out there that I know about but still haven’t blended with,” he says. “This is something I’m very excited about.”