Gurkha Goes Big
Gurkha Cigars, which claims to have the world’s most expensive cigar—His Majesty’s Reserve – is going upscale once more with another pricy stick. His Majesty’s Reserve is infused with Louis XIII Cognac and that costs about $2500 per bottle — each one of the cigars costs about a grand. The newest entry to Gurkha is going to be called the Maharaja, which will only cost $500 per cigar. The new Maharaja, according to the release, is a “secret blend of the best quality tobaccos available” using a Maduro wrapper over Dominican binder and filler. If you are looking for this one, good luck – it is extremely limited. Only 1,000 cigars are to be made. They will come in humidors of 10 and there are only going to be 100 boxes.
New Punch
General Cigar has a much more affordable option…the new Punch Signature. The company just announced the yearly release of the Punch Rare Corojo and now comes the Signature. Now not many details are available about it yet…the cigar debuts the first of March. But in the meantime, the sarcastic Mr. Punch is in full glory, accepting twitter photos and making comments about them making memes on his new webpage. (Example: Don’t smoke premium cigars, you must like Sex and the City too)
The new Punch is coming out of General’s Honduran factory:
Master Blender Agustin Garcia hinted that Punch Signature “was inspired by the original Punch” and that it “mixes tradition with modern tastes.” He also said that he and his team “spent three years developing the blend.”
Here is info on the box and band…
The band is a re-creation of artwork developed in the 1800s for the first Punch cigars. The back of the band features Mr. Punch and his dog, Toby – a throwback to the original Mr. Punch character.
The box will hold 18 cigars and features an acrylic window on it. Details about the blend and prices will be released as we get closer.
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