Punch Preferidos Edición Regional 2018

Punch ist one of the oldest Habanos brands. Don Manuel Lopez of Juan Valle & Co. founded the brand in the mid-19th century, his eyes on the lucrative British market.

At that time, a satirical newspaper of the same name enjoyed widespread success. A satisfied Mr. Punch, the clown representing the newspaper, is still on the boxes, cigar in hand. His portrait is surrounded by illustrations of cigar manufacture in the 19th century. And those practices survive still to this day. 

After some cigars of the Punch brand were retired over the last years, 5TH AVENUE chose to elect one of these traditional cigars as an exclusive Edición Regional. It is the second after the Punch "Sir John" in 2012.

The name is„Preferido“, Spanish for „crowd favourite". The choice of name is no coincidence, as the Montesco format (measuring in at a length of 130 mm and a gigantic ring gauge of 55) was a show-stopper once before. The Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill became the cigar of choice for many aficionados right fromt the start. Now, this extraordinary format makes its medium-strong debut with a Punch blend.

Only 10.000 cases of 10 pieces will be available. Every case of these cigars will be individually numbered. They will also bear the ring characteristic for the Ediciónes Regionales. Printed on it will be "Exclusivo 5ta Avenida", the Spanish name of 5TH Avenue. They will be available in all three markets of official exclusive importers - Germany, Austria and Poland.

The cigars comprise a selection of finest tobaccos from the Vuelta Abajo, the home of tobacco, which are among the world's best. Especially experienced torcedores  (cigar rollers) were selected to manufacture these noble longfillers - after the Cuban method used still to this day "totalmente a mano".