- Source: Punch (cigar)
Punch is the name of two brands of cigars, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in Honduras for General Cigar Company.
History
The Punch brand was first registered in 1840 by German named Stockmann and named for the European puppet show character, Mr. Punch (not the magazine, which was created a year later). The brand quickly became a success, especially in Great Britain. The first change of ownership came in 1874, when the brand was bought by a Luis Corujo, and again in 1884, when the brand was purchased by Manuel López Fernández and its bands and boxes still bear his name to this day. Retiring in 1924 and dying shortly after, López gave ownership of the brand to Esperanza Valle Comas, who only held it for a few years before the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Like most other businesses around the world, the Cuban cigar industry faced financial hardships. In 1930, the firm of Fernández, Palicio y Cía bought up the brand, where it became one of the company's headlining cigar marques, along with Belinda, La Escepción, and Hoyo de Monterrey, and maintained its popularity with British cigar smokers.
After the embargo was set against Cuba by the United States, Fernando Palicio fled Cuba for Florida, where he subsequently sold his cigar lines to Frank Llaneza and Dan Blumenthal of Villazon & Co., which has continued to make Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, and Belinda cigars from Honduran tobacco for the American market.
Cuba subsequently nationalized the tobacco industry and Punch continued production and is still a popular, multi-locally-marketed Cuban cigar line. Among connoisseurs, the eponymous Punch, Double Corona, Churchill, and Super Selection No. 2 are especially prized and sought after.
Punch also produces two machine-made cigarillos: the Cigarritos and Cigarritos Reserva.
Punch has two Edición Limitada production cigars. One was released in 2013, and the other in 2017. It is also extremely popular as a brand for the Edicion Regional series of cigars produced by Habanos for local markets.
= Vitolas in the Punch Line
=The following list of vitolas de salida (commercial vitolas) within the Punch marque lists their size and ring gauge in Imperial (and Metric), their vitolas de galera (factory vitolas), and their common name in American cigar slang.
Hand-Made Vitolas
Churchill - 7" × 47 (178 × 18.65 mm), Julieta No. 2, a churchill
Corona - 55⁄8" × 42 (143 × 16.67 mm), Corona, a corona
Coronation - 51⁄8" × 42 (130 × 16.67 mm), Petit Corona, a petit corona
Double Corona - 75⁄8" × 49 (194 × 19.45 mm), Prominente, a double corona
Margarita - 43⁄4" × 26 (121 × 10.32 mm), Carolina, a small panetela
Petit Corona del Punch - 51⁄8" × 42 (130 × 16.67 mm), Mareva, a petit corona
Petit Coronation - 45⁄8" × 40 (117 × 15.88 mm), Coronita, a petit corona
Petit Punch - 4" × 40 (102 × 15.88 mm), Perla, a tres petit corona
Punch - 55⁄8" × 46 (143 × 18.26 mm), Corona Gorda, a grand corona
Royal Coronation - 53⁄4" × 44 (146 × 17.46 mm), Conserva, a long corona
Royal Selection No. 11 - 55⁄8" × 46 (143 × 18.26 mm), Corona Gorda, a grand corona
Royal Selection No. 12 - 51⁄8" × 42 (130 × 16.67 mm), Mareva, a petit corona
Super Selection No. 1 - 61⁄8" × 42 (156 × 16.67 mm), Corona Grande, a long corona
Edición Limitada Releases
Serie d'Oro No. 2 (2013) - 51⁄2" × 50 (140 × 20 mm), Campanas, a pyramid or torpedo
Regios de Punch (2017) - 47⁄10" × 48 (120 × 19.1 mm), Hermoso Especial, a corona extra
Edición Regional Releases
Superfino (Italy 2005, 2006) - 43⁄8" × 42 (110 × 16.67 mm), Minuto, a tres petit corona
Robusto (Switzerland 2005, 2007) - 47⁄8" × 50 (124 × 19.84 mm), Robusto, a robusto
Super Robusto (Asia Pacific 2006, 2007) - 61⁄8" × 50 (155 × 19.84 mm) Doble, a toro
Robusto (United Arab Emirates 2008) - 47⁄8" × 50 (124 × 19.84 mm), Robusto, a robusto
Serie d'Oro No. 1 (UK 2008) - 61⁄8" × 52 (156 × 20.64 mm) Pirámide, a pyramid or torpedo
Punch Royal (Benelux 2009) - 51⁄2" × 50 (141 × 19.84 mm) Goridto, a robusto extra
Small Club (France 2009) - 4" × 50 (102 × 19.84 mm) Petit Robusto, a petit robusto
Platino (India 2009) - 75⁄8" × 49 (194 × 19.45 mm) Prominente, a double corona
Diadema (Italy 2009) - 91⁄8" × 55 (233 × 21.83 mm) Diadema, a diadema
Northern Lights (Nordic Countries 2009) - 43⁄8" × 52 (110 × 20.64 mm) Petit Edmundo, a petit robusto
Poderoso (Switzerland 2009) - 61⁄2" × 54 (164 × 21.43 mm) Sublime, a toro
Footnotes
Min Ron Nee with Adriano Martinez Ruis, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars. Hong Kong: Interpro Business Corp., 2003.
"Ramón Allones - Cuban Cigar Website". www.cubancigarwebsite.com.
See also
Cigar brands
References
External links
Official website of Habanos S.A.
Punch on the Cuban Cigar Website
Cuban Cigars
Pod System
List of Punch cigar names, sizes and information
Punch Cigars Reviews
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