2014年雪茄排名第8位 阿什顿ESG系列22年致敬

2014年世界雪茄排名第八名 - 阿什顿ESG（遗产日晒）系列22年致敬
Ashton Estate Sun Grown 22-Year Salute

 

阿什顿雪茄的风格从相当温和的(阿什顿古典系列)到强烈浓郁的(阿什顿纯洁日晒系列)，展示了雪茄的完整风味。本届2014年世界雪茄排名的第八位阿什顿遗产日晒与后者的风格 - 阿什顿纯净日晒型相当接近。

品牌的设计初衷是为庆祝艾什顿20周年而准备。由于艾什顿的制造商Tabacalera 富恩特雪茄公司限制其雪茄生产的数量，首款雪茄晚了1年面世。这款雪茄是选择了非常罕见的包叶,来自Chateau de la富恩特的日晒型古巴种子（源自Fuente Fuente OpusX雪茄的老家 - 富恩特顶级雪茄品牌）(由人工树阴环境下生长的包叶 - leaves grown under shade)。ESG系列是艾什顿成熟的品牌，但他们依然对于浓郁的ESG系列精益求精，这来自于这款领先的雪茄品牌的所有者罗伯特·莱文，造就了被他称为“天鹅绒锤”的鬼魅之力的雪茄。

ESG系列雪茄释放出来不规则的间断味觉表现，令其在我们盲品尝试中屡次获得优异表现。在雪茄的垂直品牌品尝中，这五种尺寸在9月23日雪茄内幕上，艾什顿ESG22年致敬成为最好的雪茄，坚果、奶油,皮革和泥土口感混合,在终点伴随美味的杏仁香。

艾什顿ESG是在特殊的场合里品尝的雪茄，有着相对应的价格，也许他们并不便宜,但是这一次肯定是值得你掏钱的。

 

生产厂商：Tabacalera 富恩特雪茄公司

工厂位置:多米尼加共和国

包叶:多米尼加共和国

粘结剂:多米尼加共和国

填料:多米尼加共和国 

尺寸:6英寸52环径

价格:20.00美元

得分:93分

 

 

Ashton cigars come in a host of styles, from the considerably mild (Ashton Classic) to the seriously strong (Ashton Virgin Sun Grown). Closer in strength to the latter are Ashton Estate Sun Growns.

The brand was originally conceived as a way to celebrate Ashton’s 20th anniversary, which was in 2005. The first cigar came out a year late, due to limits on their production by Tabacalera A. Fuente. The cigar is made with a very rare wrapper, a sun-grown, Cuban-seed leaf from Chateau de la Fuente, the home of Fuente Fuente OpusX (which is made from leaves grown under shade). ESGs can have a mellow start but they typically pick up in strength, leading brand owner Robert Levin to dub them “the Velvet Hammer” due to their sneaky strength.

 

ESG releases have been coming out at irregular intervals, and they often perform well in our blind taste tests. In a vertical brand tasting of the five sizes in the line, conducted in the September 23 Cigar Insider, the ESG 22-Year Salute emerged as the best. The nutty smoke had notes of cream, leather and earth, with a touch of almond on the finish.

ESGs are cigars for special occasions, and priced accordingly. They aren’t inexpensive, but this one is certainly worth the price.