亚历克·布拉德利雪茄品牌将首次推出由A.J.费尔南德斯代工卷制的版本，这款雪茄名为亚历克·布拉德利金津木侘寂（Alec Bradley Kintsugi Wabi Sabi）是金津木系列的一款衍生产品。

斯堪的纳维亚烟草集团（STG）2023年收购亚历克·布拉德利烟草公司时，也收购了所有雪茄品牌。一部分品牌被放弃和删除。一部分品牌则继续生产，金津木就在其中。

以前的金津木系列是在洪都拉斯的古巴之根雪茄厂生产，但8月，A.J.费尔南德斯将在尼加拉瓜生产最新的限量版金津木。此前，费尔南德斯为STG代工生产了大量产品系列，而金津木侘寂是他第一次代工亚历克·布拉德利雪茄品牌。

金津木侘寂只有一个尺寸，52环径，6英寸，公牛，每支售价12.49美元。每盒16支装，一共生产1500盒。这款雪茄的茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，茄套是墨西哥烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。这款产品的口味是中等到中等略强的浓度。

金津木系列是2020年推出的，那时候亚历克·布拉德利公司还没有被STG收购。Kintsugi这个概念最早可以追溯到15世纪的日本，用金银来修复破裂的陶器，凸显裂纹，带来新的表现形式。当时鲁宾兄弟还想用这个概念比喻较为分散的雪茄行业格局。

目前担任品牌大使的亚历克·鲁宾说，侘寂这个称呼不是指雪茄的缺陷，而是表达我们尊重原料的特性和它们各自代表的故事，我们在做一款有灵魂的雪茄，我们做出的这款雪茄比它的各个组合成分的总和要更棒。

金津木侘寂预计8月4日发货给美国的零售商。STG的子公司锻造者雪茄公司负责经销。

For the first time in the history of the brand, there’s going to be an Alec Bradley made by A.J. Fernandez. It’s called Alec Bradley Kintsugi Wabi Sabi and is a spinoff of the existing Kintsugi line. 

When Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired Alec Bradley Cigar Co. in 2023, all the existing brands came with the sale. Some brands were deleted, others were kept in production. Kintsugi made the cut. The core line is produced in Honduras at the Raices Cubanas factory, but next month, there will be a new limited-edition Kintsugi made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez. While Fernandez makes plenty of cigar lines for STG, Kintsugi Wabi Sabi marks the first time he’s ever made an Alec Bradley. 

Kintsugi Wabi Sabi comes in one size, a Toro measuring 6 inches by 52 ring gauge ($12.49). It’s packaged in 16-count boxes and only 1,500 boxes are being produced. The blend consists of an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper, Mexican binder and Nicaraguan filler. STG describes the strength as being “medium to medium-plus.”

Kintsugi was released in 2020 before Alec Bradley was acquired, and was conceived by Rubin brothers, Alec and Bradley. They were inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and highlighting the cracks in gold, resulting in a new form thought to be more beautiful than the original unbroken piece. The brothers also meant the name to serve as a metaphor for the cigar industry, which they felt was fragmented at the time. For Wabi Sabi, the thinking behind the cigar has changed a bit. 

“Wabi Sabi isn’t about flaws,” says Bradley Rubin, brand ambassador for STG. “It’s about honoring the character of the materials and the story they tell. We didn’t set out to chase perfection. We set out to create a cigar with soul, and what we found was something greater than the sum of its parts.”

Kintsugi Wabi Sabi ships to retailers on August 4, and is distributed by STG’s subsidiary Forged Cigar Co.