Excalibur Prensado Oscuro 6"1/8 * 48

The only box pressed cigar in the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur line, this superb dark cigar is wrapped with a USA Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that is oily and flawless. Cigar Aficionado gave this medium bodied toro a 90 rating for its "strikingly white ash", "cedary, toasty, nutty" flavors and "almondine finish".

• Brands
  Excalibur

  Since their introduction in the 1970s, the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur line has become the go-to cigar for countless smokers all over the world. Made in Honduras, Excalibur uses a prime USA Connecticut Shade wrapper covering a Connecticut binder and an impressive blend of Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers to give you a mild to medium-bodied smoke containing tasty notes of cedar, roasted almonds and black pepper. When you factor in the appealing price of these golden-hued beauties, they become impossible to ignore. Try one and find out why they've stood the test of time and become a certifiable classic.
• Cigar Shape
  Toro

  The standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length
  6"1/8

  This cigar is 6"1/8 inches long, or 155.57 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
  48

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 48, so his diameter is 48/64 inches or 19.05 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
  USA Connecticut Broadleaf

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Connecticut Broadleaf is grown in the United States' Connecticut Valley and is prized for its dark, oily, full flavored and aromatic characteristics. The plants are grown in full sun giving this cigar wrapper its characteristic sweetness. The Connecticut Broadleaf plant leaves are mainly processed as maduro tobacco. Today, Connecticut Broadleaf seeds are being grown in other countries besides the United States.
• Cigar Binder
  USA Connecticut Broadleaf

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  USA Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco is grown in the Connecticut River Valley area. The soil in this region is of glacial origins. The tobacco is dark, oily, flavorful, and aromatic. It is used primarily as a maduro wrapper, but it also serves as an excellent binder.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic Piloto Cubano

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

  Honduras

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

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• Magazine rating
  87