Two New Honduran Hoyos Shipping Now
Hoyo de Monterrey was one of the first Cuban brands to be made in a General Cigar Co. has released two new Hoyos made in Honduras: The Hoyo de Monterrey Rojo and the Hoyo de Monterrey Oscuro. Both are heading to retailers now.
Draped in a wrapper grown in the Jamastran Valley of Honduras, Rojo is rolled with a Nicaraguan binder and filler from Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. It’s billed as a medium-bodied blend.
The Mata Fina oscuro wrapper—a first for Hoyo de Monterrey. It has an Ecuadoran Sumatra binder and a filler combination of Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos.
Both brands are produced at the HATSA factory in Danlí and both come in the same sizes with identical suggested retail prices: Rothschild, measuring 4 1/2 inches by 50 ring gauge with a suggested retail price of $5.99; Toro at 6 by 52 ($7.49); and a 6-by-60 Gigante ($8.49). They are presented in 10-count boxes.
“As one of the first Cuban ex-pat brands available in the United States, Hoyo de Monterrey laid the foundation for Honduran cigarmaking nearly 60 years ago and has become a living legend in the world of cigars,” says senior brand manager Ed Lahmann.
Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch were made in Cuba by Fernando Palicio prior to the Revolution. Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
See a future issue of Cigar Insider for vertical brand tastings of both lines.
