邓去世后,太平洋雪茄公司希望发布一款邓爵士生前最爱抽的雪茄来纪念他。这款潘趣的香港地区限量版取名为Punch Sir David(潘趣大卫爵士),49环径,7.125英寸,在古巴雪茄厂里,这个尺寸被称为Paco(帕科)。这个尺寸是同圣克里斯托的 El Morro(埃尔莫罗)一样的。
潘趣限量版一共生产1200盒,每盒50支装,橱柜式盒子。每支雪茄都佩戴了副标,上面印着Sir David Exclusivo Hong Kong(大卫爵士香港专卖)。这款雪茄当时在香港的售价折合每支388港币,约50美元。
2018年8月,太平洋雪茄公司位于香港中环的一家高档雪茄酒廊开业,开业仪式上举办了这款潘趣香港地区限量版的首发仪式。
古巴的地区限量版计划始于2005年,为世界各地的特定市场提供产品,地区限量版仅在该地区销售。
Hong Kong has a new Regional Edition Punch cigar and it was created to honor the late Sir David Tang, founder and chairman of Pacific Cigar Co. Ltd., the official distributor of Cuban cigars for Habanos S.A. in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tang passed away last year, and Pacific Cigar wanted to honor its knighted founder by releasing a limited-edition cigar that resembles his favorite smoke—the Punch Double Corona. The new cigar is called the Punch Sir David, and measures 7 1/8 inches long by 49 ring gauge. In Cuban factories, the size is known as a Paco. While it isn’t quite as long as a Punch Double Corona, which measures 7 5/8 inches in length, the Punch Sir David has the same parameters as the San Cristobal de La Habana El Morro.
The Punch Sir David comes in 50-count cabinets. Only 1,200 boxes were produced, and the cigar was made exclusively for the Asia-Pacific region. Each smoke retails for HK$388 apiece (nearly $50), and wears a secondary band that reads “Sir David Exclusivo Hong Kong.”
The special Punch had its release last month in conjunction with the grand opening of the renovated Pacific Cigar Divan, an upscale cigar lounge located in Central Hong Kong.
The Punch Sir David is part of Cuba’s Regional Edition program, a project that started in 2005 giving particular markets around the world unique, limited-edition cigars sold only in that region.