Aerosol-generating article with plug segments flanking an aerosol-generating element

An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article comprising:

• a first plug segment comprising a solid cross-section of material;
• a second plug segment comprising a solid cross-section of material, wherein the second plug segment is a filter plug segment and is permeable;
• an aerosol-generating element positioned immediately between the first plug segment and the second plug segment, the second plug segment being located downstream of the aerosol-generating element;
• and
• a wrapper circumscribing the first plug segment, the aerosol-generating element, and the second plug segment,
• wherein a portion of the wrapper circumscribing the aerosol-generating element is air permeable such that the wrapper establishes a fluid communication between an exterior of the aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating element, and
• wherein an air permeability of the permeable portion of the wrapper is greater than 2500 Coresta units and less than 12000 Coresta units.