Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Seleccion No. 1 5"5/8 * 46

The Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Seleccion No. 1 is a medium strength corona extra that is skillfully hand crafted in Honduras. From its Habano filler to its alluring, oily, dark maduro wrapper the Epicure Seleccion is a Honduran puro that celebrates its country’s rich cigar history, which was started in the 1950s by the Viallazon Cigar Factory. This commemorative puro has a rich complexity highlighted by peppery and earthy notes.

• Brands
  Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Seleccion

  The Epicure Seleccion is the latest edition to the Hoyo de Monterrey brand, which includes La Amistad, Hoyo de Tradicion, Hoyo de Monterrey, and El Torcedor. The Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Seleccion is a medium strength cigar that is handmade at the Villazon Cigar factory in Honduras. The Epicure Seleccion is a Honduran puro that sports an oily maduro wrapper that has a rich complexity highlighted with notes of pepper and earth. Considered to be one of the first cigar brands crafted in Honduras and made from Cuban-seed tobacco grown in Central America, Hoyo de Monterrey brand has been crafting fine cigars since the 1950s.
• Cigar Shape
  Corona Extra

  A Corona Extra (traditionally 5 1/2*46) can range from 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 inches by a 45 to 47 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"5/8

  This cigar is 5"5/8 inches long, or 142.88 mm.
• Origin
  Honduras

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Honduras, a Central American country which shares a border with Nicaragua, is widely known in the premium cigar industry as the ideal place to grow Cuban and Connecticut seed tobaccos. Danli and the Jamastran Valley is considered the heart of Honduras’ cigar industry. The Jamastran Valley is known for producing a full-bodied tobacco that draws strong comparisons to the tobacco grown in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba. This same region is also known for its Connecticut shade grown and Corojo shade grown tobacco. In addition, Honduras produces Cuban-seed sun grown filler tobaccos of the highest quality.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  46

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 46, so his diameter is 46/64 inches or 18.29 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  General Cigars/ST Group

  General Cigar Company manufactures premium cigars in several factories located in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Founded by Edgar Cullman, Sr. in 1960, the company experienced incredible success with their Macanudo brand. After a series of acquisitions throughout the years that made General Cigars one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, the company merged with Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) in 2010.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Habano

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Habano wrapper leaf is Cuban-seed tobacco that is grown and cultivated in the traditional Cuban way.

  Honduran

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Honduran cigar wrapper has the reputation of great quality, with wrapper leaf being grown in the Jamastran, Talanga and San Agustin valleys. Some of the wrappers being grown in Honduras include Corojo, Honduran Claro, Honduran Criollo, Honduran Jamastran Viso Rosado, Honduran San Agustin Havana Seed and San Agustin Ligero.
• Cigar Binder
  Honduras

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar and bind the filler tobaccos together. Honduran tobacco is known for being full-bodied. Cigars produced in Honduras are regarded for their consistency and quality. Using Honduran tobacco as a binder will add to the cigar’s overall strength and flavor profile.
• Cigar Filler
  Honduran Habano

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  689674106951
  689674106944