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Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations: flavour profile and cigars like it

Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations is a mild hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention wood, earth, nuts, coffee and leather.

On our flavour map it leans toward earth and leather, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan and H. Upmann Majestic.

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What does Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • wood
  • earth
  • nuts
  • coffee
  • leather

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMild
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesMareva 5.125x42 (Coronations Tubos)

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide. Cuban cigars generally can't be legally imported into the United States.

What smokers and critics say

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Estonia, the Nordics and Australia.

Cigars like Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations

  1. Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan76% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more fruit and flowers, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  2. H. Upmann Majestic68% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cream and nuts, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  3. Por Larrañaga Petit Coronas66% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cream and nuts, less earth and leather, a step stronger.
  4. La Aurora Cazadores Claro63% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore cream and nuts, less fruit and flowers, a step stronger.
  5. Montecristo White (White Series)58% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore cream and nuts, less cedar and wood, a step stronger.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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