Hoyo de Monterrey

Hoyo de Monterrey

Double Corona

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Prominente
Ring gauge: 49
Length: 7 ⅝ Inches / 194mm
A mighty cigar with a surprisingly subtle and creamy flavour. It rocketed to stardom when the second issue of Cigar Aficionado rated a late ’80s example 99 out of 100. Still a cigar to be reckoned with.

Epicure No.1

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona Gorda
Ring gauge: 46
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 143mm
A long standing favourite amongst the admirers of this classic Corona Gorda. Lighter tasting than the Punch Punch or Cohiba Siglo IV, but plenty of fragrant complexity nonetheless.

Epicure No.1

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona Gorda
Ring gauge: 46
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 143mm

Epicure Especial

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Gordito
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 141mm
Introduced as the top of the Epicure line in 2008, this extra-length Robusto delivers the classic light-flavoured elegance of the Epicure No.2 for an additional five eighths of an inch.

Epicure Especial

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Gordito
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 141mm

Epicure No.2

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 124mm
The Robusto of choice for many cigar epicureans. Formerly presented without any band, now it sports no less than two, so its identity is clear.

Epicure No.2

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 124mm

De San Juan

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Geniales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 5 ⅞ Inches / 150mm
San Juan y Martinez is a small town in Vuelta Abajo (the main source of tobacco for Habanos) and the inspiration behind the name of this cigar. All of the Seco and Ligero leaves used in the in the blend are taken from the surrounding plantations.

De San Juan

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Geniales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 5 ⅞ Inches / 150mm

De Río Seco

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Aromosos
Ring gauge: 56
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 140mm
Le Hoyo de Río Seco is the second recent introduction to the “Le Hoyo Series”, following the 2015 release of Le Hoyo de San Juan. These cigars only use Seco and Ligero leaves grown in San Juan y Martinez, a small town in Vuelta Abajo, a world-famous tobacco growing zone in Cuba.

De Río Seco

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Aromosos
Ring gauge: 56
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 140mm

Du Roi

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona
Ring gauge: 42
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 142mm
Once a match for Davidoff’s Chateau Latour size, although lighter in taste and boasting a distinguished aroma. As with so many classic Coronas, this vitola has been discontinued in Havana.

Du Deputé

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Trabuco
Ring gauge: 38
Length: 4 ⅜ Inches / 110mm
An elegant small cigar with a decent 38 ring gauge that makes it the perfect morning smoke. For many years it was the only cigar of this size in the Havana portfolio until it was joined by the Montecristo Open J in 2009.

Du Maire

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Entreacto
Ring gauge: 30
Length: 4 Inches / 100mm
The size name means ‘between acts’, so here we have a size designed to satisfy the theatre going smoker during the interval; these days, of course, on the pavement outside.

Petit Robusto

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 Inches / 102mm
Perhaps this cigar would have been better named Epicure No.3 as its presentation and style of taste are identical to the Epicure 1 & 2. Introduced in 2004, it was a timely anticipation of what smokers would face with smoking bans.

Hermoso No.4 (Añejados)

Year: 2016
Flavour: Light
Vitola: Hermoso No.4
Ring gauge: 48
Length: 5 Inches / 127mm
Close in size to the ever-popular Epicure No.2, this is an enjoyable alternative for fans of the Hoyo brand and all lovers of lighter blends.

Epicure No.3

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Originales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 125mm
Joining the Epicure No.1, No.2 and Especial, this is the first figurado to be added Hoyo de Monterrey’s classic portfolio in modern times. Light, elegant and well-balanced. Everything a Hoyo should be,

Double Corona

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Prominente
Ring gauge: 49
Length: 7 ⅝ Inches / 194mm
A mighty cigar with a surprisingly subtle and creamy flavour. It rocketed to stardom when the second issue of Cigar Aficionado rated a late ’80s example 99 out of 100. Still a cigar to be reckoned with.

Epicure No.1

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona Gorda
Ring gauge: 46
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 143mm
A long standing favourite amongst the admirers of this classic Corona Gorda. Lighter tasting than the Punch Punch or Cohiba Siglo IV, but plenty of fragrant complexity nonetheless.

Epicure No.1

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona Gorda
Ring gauge: 46
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 143mm

Epicure Especial

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Gordito
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 141mm
Introduced as the top of the Epicure line in 2008, this extra-length Robusto delivers the classic light-flavoured elegance of the Epicure No.2 for an additional five eighths of an inch.

Epicure Especial

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Gordito
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 141mm

Epicure No.2

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 124mm
The Robusto of choice for many cigar epicureans. Formerly presented without any band, now it sports no less than two, so its identity is clear.

Epicure No.2

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 124mm

De San Juan

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Geniales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 5 ⅞ Inches / 150mm
San Juan y Martinez is a small town in Vuelta Abajo (the main source of tobacco for Habanos) and the inspiration behind the name of this cigar. All of the Seco and Ligero leaves used in the in the blend are taken from the surrounding plantations.

De San Juan

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Geniales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 5 ⅞ Inches / 150mm

De Río Seco

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Aromosos
Ring gauge: 56
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 140mm
Le Hoyo de Río Seco is the second recent introduction to the “Le Hoyo Series”, following the 2015 release of Le Hoyo de San Juan. These cigars only use Seco and Ligero leaves grown in San Juan y Martinez, a small town in Vuelta Abajo, a world-famous tobacco growing zone in Cuba.

De Río Seco

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Aromosos
Ring gauge: 56
Length: 5 ½ Inches / 140mm

Du Roi

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Corona
Ring gauge: 42
Length: 5 ⅝ Inches / 142mm
Once a match for Davidoff’s Chateau Latour size, although lighter in taste and boasting a distinguished aroma. As with so many classic Coronas, this vitola has been discontinued in Havana.

Du Deputé

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Trabuco
Ring gauge: 38
Length: 4 ⅜ Inches / 110mm
An elegant small cigar with a decent 38 ring gauge that makes it the perfect morning smoke. For many years it was the only cigar of this size in the Havana portfolio until it was joined by the Montecristo Open J in 2009.

Du Maire

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Entreacto
Ring gauge: 30
Length: 4 Inches / 100mm
The size name means ‘between acts’, so here we have a size designed to satisfy the theatre going smoker during the interval; these days, of course, on the pavement outside.

Petit Robusto

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Robusto
Ring gauge: 50
Length: 4 Inches / 102mm
Perhaps this cigar would have been better named Epicure No.3 as its presentation and style of taste are identical to the Epicure 1 & 2. Introduced in 2004, it was a timely anticipation of what smokers would face with smoking bans.

Hermoso No.4 (Añejados)

Year: 2016
Flavour: Light
Vitola: Hermoso No.4
Ring gauge: 48
Length: 5 Inches / 127mm
Close in size to the ever-popular Epicure No.2, this is an enjoyable alternative for fans of the Hoyo brand and all lovers of lighter blends.

Epicure No.3

Flavour: Light
Vitola: Originales
Ring gauge: 54
Length: 4 ⅞ Inches / 125mm
Joining the Epicure No.1, No.2 and Especial, this is the first figurado to be added Hoyo de Monterrey’s classic portfolio in modern times. Light, elegant and well-balanced. Everything a Hoyo should be,

Hoyo de Monterrey owes its origin to the town of San Juan y Martinez, which lies at the heart of the Vuelta Abajo tobacco zone. Here the Hoyo de Monterrey plantation, one of the great Vegas de Primera, can be reached through a gate on the town’s main square inscribed ‘Hoyo de Monterrey. José Gener. 1860’.

‘Hoyo’ literally means a ‘hole’ and in this case describes the low-lying position of the plantation on the fertile banks of the San Juan y Martinez river. José Gener, a Spaniard from Tarragona, first used the name of his vega on a brand of Havanas in 1865.

The flavour of Hoyo de Monterrey’s blend makes it an attractive choice for those who seek a delicate yet aromatic Havana that is lighter to the taste but with great elegance and complexity.

The brand is renowned for its Double Corona and for the prestigious Epicure series, the No.1 and No.2, to which the longer Epicure Especial was added in 2008. There is also a range of vitolas known as the Le Hoyo Series. These are generally accepted to be slightly stronger and spicier than the brand’s classic range.

All sizes are ‘tripalarga, totalmente a mano’ – long filler, totally handmade using filler and binder leaves from the Vuelta Abajo tobacco zone.