Hoyo de Monterrey

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Hoyo de Monterrey, Cuban cigar

The cigar brand Hoyo de Monterrey , German: Valley of Monterrey, located in the Vuelta Abajo growing area in the province of Pinar del Río , is one of the oldest and best-known cigar brands from Cuba .

history

The brand was founded by José Gener in 1865, five years after he started growing tobacco. His name is still on the boxes today. The cigars from Hoyo de Monterrey are long filler premium cigars with a mild aroma. Today the brand is owned by the Cuban state. There is another type of cigar with the same name made in Honduras .

Formats (selection)

Trade name - format - dimensions

  • Mareva - Petit Corona - 129 × 16.7 mm
  • Cristale No. 1 - Corona - 142 × 16.7 mm
  • Celebrities - Double Corona - 194 × 19.5mm

literature

  • Jochen Dersch: The great cigar lexicon . Edition Moderne Zeiten, Seedorf 2004, ISBN 3-933853-44-3 .
  • Adriano Martínez Rius: An illustrated encyclopaedia of post-revolution Havana Cigars . Interpro Business Corp., Hong Kong 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jane Resnick: Connaisseur international guide du cigare . 10th edition. Könemann Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89508-849-8 , p. 96 f .