The Punch Rare Corojo is coming back again, and this time the annual cigar is coming back in a size from the past. The Punch Rare Corojo 2022 will be an Arisocrat size, a 6.125 x 40/54 figurado. The size was originally made at the at the Villazon factory, commissioned by Frank Llaneza, founder of Punch Cigars in Honduras. Frank made what he referred to as a baseball bat-size cigar for Red Auerbach and Art Rooney, two sports legends.
The ‘Aristocrat’ size was almost forgotten. Lucky for us, as we were looking back in the archives of Punch, we learned that this size hadn’t been made in decades. Further digging in the factory turned up 80 molds for this special size which is just what we needed for a limited edition smoke. This is our way of giving a nod to Punch Rare Corojo’s 20 year reign as the original seasonal cigar and paying tribute to the roots of the brand.
Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager for Punch
Punch Rare Corojo returned to the market in 2001 after a shortage of wrapper leaves forced the removal from retail for several years. The blend uses a Sumatra wrapper grown in the mountains of Ecuador, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and fillers from Nicaragua, Honduras and Dominican Republic. Punch Rare Corojo is rolled at HATSA in Honduras. Each cigar carries an MSRP of $9.99.