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CAO Arcana Mortal Coil Returns - #Cigar News @caocigars #cigars

STG has announced the return of one of their more popular releases in recent years, the CAO Arcana Mortal Coil. That cigar got a 95 in our blind tasting during it’s first release. The blend is a limited-edition cigar that features “Andullo” tobacco, which uses one of the oldest tobacco fermentation methods of the Dominican Republic. The fans of CAO spoke, and we listened. We previously brought…

CAO Announces Vision 2022 - #Cigar News @caocigars #cigars

CAO has announced the 2022 iteration of their limited edition Vision cigar. The blend uses 100% habano-seed tobacco grown in microclimates surrounding the STG Estelí factory where the cigars are rolled. CAO Vision uses a reddish-hued Honduran Jamastran Viso wrapper, Nicaraguan Jalapa binder, and blend of Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Estelí and Jalapa. CAO Vision 2022 comes almost two years…

Punch Brings Back Former Size of Rare Corojo - #Cigar News @punchcigars #cigars

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 The size was originally made at the at the Villazon factory, commissioned by Frank Llaneza, founder of Punch Cigars in Honduras.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…

General Cigar Announces Punch Fu Manchu - #Cigar News @punchcigars #cigars

General Cigar’s Punch is adding another cigar to their Chinese New Year Series: Punch Fu Manchu. This cigar celebrates the Year of the Tiger following 2021’s Kung Pow!, 2020’s Chop Suey and 2019’s Punch Egg Roll. This makes the fourth entry in the series. Punch is keeping its Chinese New Year tradition alive. For the 2022 release, we went old school, replicating a maniacal kung fu master’s white…

Punch Launching Bento Box Compilation - #Cigar News @punchcigars #cigars

Punch, owned by General Cigar, has announced the “Punch Bento Box” for the 2021 holiday season. This limited edition, brick and mortar exclusive contains all three “Year of the Zodiac” releases from 2019, 2020 and 2021. Punch Bento Box will ship in October and contains a total of 42 cigars, including 20 of the 2019’s “Egg Roll,” 12 “Chop Suey” from 2020, and 10 “Kung Pow!” from this year. All…

General Cigar Announces Punch Aniversario - #Cigar News @punchcigars #cigars

The Punch Brand has been around since 1840, originally crafted for export to the United Kingdom. To celebrate its 18th anniversary, General Cigar is releasing the Punch Aniversario, which the company is calling its more limited offering to date. Perhaps more than any other handmade cigar brand that has graced a tobacconist’s humidor, Punch has been symbolic of a trailblazer, a maverick and one…

#Cigar News: General Cigar Updates Look of Punch Signature @punchcigars #cigars

General Cigar has updated the look for its Punch Signature line. The redesigned packaging actually started hitting shelves already, earlier this month. The blend remains unchanged. Punch Signature represents the best of Central American cigars. It has a great blend and a medium-plus profile that people really love. This blend was out of stock recently while we updated the packaging so with…