PUNCH PRINCESAS EDICIÓN LIMITADA 2025 GOES ON SALE IN CYPRUS

The second Edición Limitada releases for 2025 is now available at stores across Cyprus.

That cigar is the Punch Princesas Edición Limitada 2025, a 5 3/10 inches (135mm) x 52 cigar rolled in the edmundo vitola, which is perhaps best known as the size for the Montecristo Edmundo. The new cigar has been released to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the Punch brand, which was established in 1840. It carries a special main band that honors the anniversary as well as a new third band at the foot.

While around 10 different brands have had a cigar released in this vitola, this is the first time it has been used for a Punch release. Interestingly, Habanos S.A. has said that the Princesas name was once used for Punch, though presumably in a different size.

In Cyrpus, each Princesas is priced at €49.95 ($58.08) or €999 ($1,161.50) for a 20-count box. Like most Edición Limitada cigars, no production numbers have been given.

The Punch Princesas debuted during an event held on Dec. 6 in Limassol, Cyprus, that was hosted by Phoenicia T.A.A. Cyprus Ltd., the distributor of Cuban cigars throughout the Middle East. Stores located in the Cyprus market will also be able to sell the cigars in special three-count boxes instead of the 20-count boxes that will be used for other markets. A total of 2,000 three-count boxes, numbered from 0001 to 02000, have been produced, and each box is priced at €175 ($203.69).

The Edición Limitada series is an annual release from the Cuban cigar monopoly.

Habanos S.A. selects some of its most famous brands and produces vitolas that are not regularly offered for sale in that specific brand. The cigars use tobacco only from the Vuelta Abajo region of Pinar del Rió, which is then aged for a minimum of two years. They carry a secondary band that reads "Edición Limitada" and then the year they were announced.

Typically, Habanos S.A. announces three Edición Limitada cigars per year, but for 2025, there are only two; the other is the Montecristo Elba Edición Limitada 2025 (5 3/4 x 54), which went on sale in October. This is likely due to the Romeo y Julieta Amantes, a cigar created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Romeo y Julieta. For all intents and purposes, the Amantes could be the third Edición Limitada, but it's not branded as such. The last time there were just two Edición Limitada cigars announced for a year was 2015, when the Montecristo 80 Aniversario was announced in a way similar to the Amantes.

Source: Halfwheel