在古巴雪茄的常规产品线或者地区限量版中，很少看见朗斯代尔这个型号的雪茄。如今古巴哈伯纳斯公司专门为亚太地区发售的潘趣8-9-8就是这样的尺寸，6.75英寸长，43环径粗。

这个品型在古巴雪茄厂被称为达利亚（dalia），和其他朗斯代尔尺寸一样，比如高希霸的世纪五号和帕特加斯的8-9-8。为什么会称为8-9-8呢？传统的25支装的雪茄是两层排列，一层12支，一层13支。而8-9-8雪茄是摆了三层，分别是8支、9支和8支。

这款潘趣898地区限量版是每盒10支装，没有采用三层包装，只是铺了一层。虽然它是2019年底才进入亚太市场，但在哈伯纳斯公司的产品目录里，潘趣8-9-8被归类为2018年发行的雪茄，限量发售8888盒，每支售价338港币，折合每支43美元。

太平洋雪茄公司是古巴哈伯纳斯公司在东南亚地区的经销商，经销范围包括香港、日本、马来西亚、韩国、越南、新西兰、澳大利亚等国家和地区。

It isn’t often you see a Lonsdale size in Cuba’s Regional Edition program—or in the entire Habanos portfolio for that matter—but the new Punch 8-9-8 made exclusively for the Asia Pacific region is precisely that: a long, slender cigar that measures 6 3/4 inches by 43 ring gauge. 

Known as a dalia in Cuban cigar factories, the Punch 8-9-8 shares its dimensions with other Lonsdales such as the Cohiba Siglo V and the Partagás 8-9-8. The new Punches are available now and retail for HK$338, or about $43 each.

Traditional 8-9-8 cigars are so named for the way they’re packaged. Rather than two layers of cigars per box of 25, they are arranged in three layers: eight cigars on the bottom, nine in the middle and eight on top. The Punch 8-9-8 cigars, however, do not adhere to this format and are simply presented in a 10-count box.

Only 8,888 boxes will be produced. Although they have just recently arrived to the Asia Pacific market, the Punch 8-9-8 is officially cataloged as a 2018 release.

Cuban cigars are imported to the Asia Pacific region through Pacific Cigar Co. Ltd., the official Habanos distributor for most of Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia North and South Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia.