Chazz Palminteri’s ‘A Bronx Tale’ Sonny Ships

[JohnS]

Chazz Palminteri’s ‘A Bronx Tale’ Sonny Ships

The third release in a cinematic cigar brand is on its way to retailers

 Oct 7, 2025 - By Thomas Pappalardo 

Photos/Epic Cigars 

Cigars and mob movies can sometimes go hand in hand. Actor Chazz Palminteri certainly thinks so. He wrote both the screenplay and starred in the Mafia film A Bronx Tale, and released his first brand of the same name in 2023. Now, Palminteri has a new limited-edition cigar named after his character: the charismatic yet fatalistic crime boss Sonny. The new ‘A Bronx Tale’ Sonny by Epic Cigars was expected to hit the market in the spring, but began shipping to retailers last week.

Sonny is available in one size, a box-pressed toro measuring 6 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge (previous reporting had the dimensions as 6 by 54). Sonny follows up ‘A Bronx Tale’ Calogero, which was named after the film’s protagonist. Like their screen counterparts, Sonny is bolder than Calogero, with a full-bodied blend incorporating a dark, Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper with a Dominican binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers. It has a suggested retail price of $25 apiece. 

Calogero debuted in 2023 as a single limited-edition size and was later expanded into a regular-production line. According to Zander-Greg Imports, which distributes the cigars, Sonny is also intended to become a full line.

‘A Bronx Tale’ Sonny is produced in collaboration with Dean Parsons of Epic, and Paul DiSilvio of La Casa Grande Cigars, a small rolling operation in the Bronx, New York. (You can read all about it in the new issue of Cigar Aficionado.) The cigar is made in the Dominican Republic at the Charles Fairmorn factory, and the Sonny size is limited to 1,000 boxes of 12.

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/chazz-palminteri-s-a-bronx-tale-sonny-ships

[joeypots]

Great movie, not optimistic about the cigars.

[Hoosh]

59 minutes ago, joeypots said:

Great movie, not optimistic about the cigars.

Especially at ~$25 😳

[Ford2112]

2 hours ago, joeypots said:

Great movie, not optimistic about the cigars.

Now youse can't smoke...

[El Hoze]

I sat next to Dean Parsons on a flight from Miami to DR one time…must have been 2016 timeframe if I had to guess. He gave me a few very dark maduro Epic Lanceros. I am not a big maduro guy at all. I was actually completely blown away at how good they were. 

[smashed]

15 hours ago, Hoosh said:

Especially at ~$25 😳

I have this awful feeling that $20+ a stick is starting to become more accepted and will become the norm shortly. For NW stuff. I really am interested to see where we stand in 2030. It's the Wild West out here.

[qs210]

On 10/10/2025 at 3:47 PM, smashed said:

I have this awful feeling that $20+ a stick is starting to become more accepted and will become the norm shortly. For NW stuff. I really am interested to see where we stand in 2030. It's the Wild West out here.

This does seem where we are trending.

[ElLoboLoco]

Prison Labor is the answer.