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Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco: flavour profile and cigars like it

Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco is a mild hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention cinnamon, nutmeg, oak, caramel, floral and nuts.

On our flavour map it leans toward caramel sweetness, with cream and nuts behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are H. Upmann Half Corona and Por Larrañaga Montecarlos.

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What does Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • oak
  • caramel
  • floral
  • nuts

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMild
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesLe Hoyo de Río Seco (Toro) 5.5x56

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 the United Kingdom.

Cigars like Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco

  1. H. Upmann Half Corona87% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cedar and wood, a step stronger.
  2. Por Larrañaga Montecarlos82% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cocoa and coffee, less fruit and flowers, a step stronger.
  3. Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 279% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  4. Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente75% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore fruit and flowers, less caramel sweetness, a step stronger.
  5. Quai d'Orsay No. 5472% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cream and nuts, less fruit and flowers, same strength.

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

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