今年是中国农历的虎年，刚过去的鼠年是2020年，而下一个鼠年是2032年。但是德鲁庄园雪茄公司显然不想等待那么久，下个月，该公司计划再次生产和供货私人联盟系列的鼠年版本雪茄，这个版本的雪茄最初是2016年推出的，2020年在农历鼠年又生产过。

乔纳森·德鲁，德鲁庄园雪茄公司的创始人和总裁，这样解释说：就像听音乐，有时候遇见你喜欢的歌曲，你会说，哟，快倒带。鼠年雪茄也是这样。

私人联盟产品线里，鼠版本算是热门产品。今年的产量将会受到限制，公司并没有透露准确生产量是多少。和最初设计和发布的一样，这个版本的茄衣还是深色的康涅狄格阔叶烟叶，茄帽捏成标志性的扇形帽子。茄套是巴西烟叶。茄芯是尼加拉瓜、洪都拉斯烟叶。

雪茄46环径，5.5英寸，每盒10支包装，在美国的零售价是每支17.12美元。德鲁外交官计划的合作零售门店在全美一共有600家左右，预计6月15日可以收到这款雪茄。

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According to the Chinese zodiac, this is not the year of the rat, it’s the year of the tiger. The last year of the rat was in 2020, and the next one won’t be until 2032, but Drew Estate doesn’t feel like waiting that long. Next month, the company is bringing back its Liga Privada Unico Serie Year of the Rat cigar, which first came out in 2016, and was re-released in 2020 in accordance with the lunar calendar. 

“With music sometimes a new song comes out and you’re like, ‘Yo, hit rewind,’ ” says Drew Estate founder and president, Jonathan Drew. “It’s a testament to a proper beat, the lyrics, the complete-ness … well same thing for Year of the Rat.”

The Rats tend to be hot items with Liga Privada smokers, and this year's run of Rats is going to be limited in production (although Drew Estate hasn’t disclosed precisely how many will be released). Like the original, the Year of the Rat is made with a dark, Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and topped with its signature fantail cap. It’s filler of Nicaraguan and Honduran tobacco is brought together by a Brazilian binder. Each cigar measures 5 ½ inches long by 46 ring gauge and comes in 10-count boxes, which retail for $171.20 per box, or $17.12 per cigar. 

Retail members of the Drew Diplomat program (approximately 600 locations nationwide) can expect the cigars to arrive at their shops on June 15.