今年是多米尼加雪茄行业的传奇人物唐·费尔南多·莱昂·阿森西奥的100岁诞辰，拉奥罗拉公司将推出一款限量版雪茄来纪念这个伟大的人物，这款长矛尺寸的雪茄以前只是在多米尼加销售，如今也将在美国销售。这款雪茄将在今年美国的PCA贸易展上接受预定，并很快会供货给零售商。

雪茄在美国的单支售价是税前每支20美元，生产1000盒，每盒10支包装。

费尔南多是拉奥罗拉雪茄公司创始人爱德华多·莱昂·希门尼斯的第三个孩子，他还有一个姐姐、一个哥哥。费尔南多在公司担任烟叶混合师，1950年代接管公司。他带领公司渡过了多米尼加的独裁统治和政治纷争，因对雪茄行业的热情和渊博的知识而享有盛誉，他在2009年去世。每年的4月22日是他的出生纪念日。

这款长矛比传统的长矛尺寸短一些、粗一些。40环径，6.875英寸。带有长矛传统的猪尾辫。长矛属于宾丽类别中较大的一个尺寸，造型十分优雅，因为环径细，所以茄衣烟叶在雪茄口味上发挥更大的作用。虽然老茄客们很喜欢这个尺寸，但由于市场越来越偏向于较粗的尺寸，这几年长矛的受欢迎程度有所下降。

这款限量版全称是拉奥罗拉家族珍藏费尔南多莱昂传奇长矛，茄套是多米尼加烟叶，茄芯是巴西、多米尼加烟叶，茄衣是多年发酵的科罗霍烟叶。公司宣称茄衣烟叶是2008年收获的烟叶。是唐·费尔南多去世前研发的最后一个产品。茄衣烟叶是在港口草原农场种植的，这个农场位于多米尼加共和国的博瑙地区。

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Dominican cigarmaker La Aurora is honoring what would have been cigar legend Don Fernando León Asensio’s 100th birthday with a limited-edition smoke called La Aurora Family Reserve Fernando León Legacy Lancero. The slender cigar, previously only available in the Dominican Republic, will now also be available in the United States. La Aurora will be taking preorders at this year’s PCA trade show, with shipments to stores to follow soon after.

Fernando León was the third son of La Aurora’s founder, Eduardo León Jimenes, and served as master blender for his father’s company before taking the helm in the 1950s. He guided the company through dictatorships, political strife and more and was renowned in the cigar industry for his knowledge and passion for tobacco. He would have turned 100 on April 22. 

The cigar is a little shorter (6 7/8 inches long) and a little fatter (40 ring gauge) than a traditional lancero, and it has the lancero’s traditional pigtail cap. Lanceros, which are part of the larger panetela category, are an elegant size, where the thinner ring gauge allows the wrapper to play a larger role in the flavor profile. While embraced by seasoned cigar smokers, their popularity has decreased in recent years due to the market’s increasing shift towards thicker ring gauges.

La Aurora Family Reserve Fernando León Legacy Lancero is made from a Dominican binder and mix of fillers from Brazil and the Dominican Republic, wrapped with a specially aged Corojo wrapper that bears some extra significance—La Aurora says it was harvested in 2008 and was the last project developed by Don Fernando before his passing in 2009. The cover leaves were grown at his experimental Sabana del Puerto farm in the Bonao region of the Dominican Republic. 

The cigar will have a suggested retail price of $20 each (before taxes) and will be limited to a production of 1,000 boxes, each containing 10 cigars.