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Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial

HOYO DE MONTERREY
Epicure Especial
ROBUSTO
87

Cigarbench score

87 / 100

8 reviews on record.

Reviews

8

on record

Price

$20.97

Average, per stick.
An unsourced average, not a live quote.

average

Elevation · actual size
5.5″49 RG

5.5″ × 49 robusto · Cuba wrapper · Cuba binder and filler · mild-medium strength

I · The blend

WrapperCuba
BinderCuba
FillerCuba
OriginCuba
ColourColorado
StrengthMild-Medium

II · Cheaper than this

Matched on size, shape, strength and a trustworthy score. Not a taste claim. Only cigars with 20 or more reviews are listed.

Southern Draw Cigars Rose of Sharon Toro6″ × 52 · Connecticut Shade · Ecuador · mild-medium · 131 reviews6″ × 52 · Nicaragua · mild-medium$11.6544% less · 89Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 (Connecticut) Robusto5.5″ × 50 · Connecticut · mild-medium · 63 reviews5.5″ × 50 · Honduras · mild-medium$10.8548% less · 89Don Pepin Garcia My Father La Gran Oferta Toro6″ × 50 · Ecuador · Habano · mild-medium · 59 reviews6″ × 50 · Nicaragua · mild-medium$8.7059% less · 89Caldwell Cigar Co. Eastern Standard Corretto5″ × 50 · Brazil · Connecticut Shade · Ecuador · mild-medium · 34 reviews5″ × 50 · Dominican Republic · mild-medium$12.8039% less · 89Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Flor Fina 8-5-8 Maduro6″ × 47 · Connecticut Broadleaf · United States · mild-medium · 30 reviews6″ × 47 · Dominican Republic · mild-medium$6.7468% less · 89

III · What people taste

Counted words in the 8 reviews we hold. Never a quote, never our opinion.

creamnamed in 4 of 8 reviews50%
leathernamed in 4 of 8 reviews50%
cedarnamed in 3 of 8 reviews38%
spicenamed in 3 of 8 reviews38%
honeynamed in 2 of 8 reviews25%
peppernamed in 2 of 8 reviews25%
sweetnamed in 2 of 8 reviews25%
almondnamed in 1 of 8 reviews13%

IV · The rest of the Hoyo de Monterrey house

Petit Robusto4″ × 50 · Cuba · medium$10.50Epicure No. 24.9″ × 50 · Cuba · medium-full$8.98Hoyo La Amistad Dark Sumatra (by AJ) Media Noche5.5″ × 54 · Ecuador · Sumatra · full$7.95Excalibur Black Toro6″ × 52 · Connecticut Broadleaf · medium-full$9.30Hoyo La Amistad Black (by AJ) Rothschild4.5″ × 50 · Ecuador · Sumatra · full$3.72

The score blends 8 reviews from every source we hold, shrunk toward the mean so a cigar with three reviews cannot outrank one with three hundred. How the score is built
Price is one retailer's per-stick quote, not an average, and it is not live.
We do not judge plume or mould from a photo, and we do not tell you when a cigar is ready. Read r/cigars' pinned guide for that.