Hoyo de Monterrey Short Coronas Cigar - 1 Single

Flavour: Light
Length: 5 1/8"
Ring Gauge: 42 ring gauge
Packaging: Single cigar

Tasting Notes:Good draw and a mild flavour, great for relaxing with a mug of coffee.

Reviewed by Mark Braybrook (March 2003)

As always my cigar smoking takes place in the conservatory of my home. It is the ideal place to sit back and enjoy a smoke and a drink in total seclusion. It is the one place where I feel no one will take offence to my particular hobby. Today is my day off, due to me working Saturdays, and so I select a Hoyo De Monterrey Short Corona and a small glass of Woodford Reserve Bourbon to accompany me on an hours worth of quality time. The thing I enjoy most about my cigar smoking is the fact that one has to take time out to do it. It's a case of saying that the world can do what it likes for the next hour, as long as it leaves me in peace to smoke my cigar.

The Hoyo De Monterrey Short Corona is a 5 inch, 42 gauge Cuban cigar of superior quality. This particular one cut well, which is always a good sign. I warm the end with my Habanos matches and take my first puff. It draws well and the end glows a consistent Halloween orange. It has a rich taste immediately, with a creaminess that satisfies the palette. The cigar burns nice and evenly as I relax into myself.

Twenty five minutes later and the cigar is still full of flavour, with an excellent glow to the tip. The cigar and bourbon are complimenting each other like old rival politicians!

Forty minutes in and there is a slight harshness on the throat but this does nothing to diminish the flavour. There's plenty of flavour to enjoy and no trace of heat at my end of the cigar.

I'm up to fifty minutes now, and just under the last inch of cigar. Although I could continue, I decide to allow this cigar that has brought me such an oasis of calm, to die with dignity. I leave it poised at the edge of my ashtray and within a few moments it has extinguished itself. I could be sad that my companion has departed but I know that just at the end of the phone is my lifeline to another quality cigar; CGARS LTD.