Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra Cigar Review

So today the 3 Amigos sat down to try out the Hoyo Dark Sumatra line. I personally really enjoy this line of cigars, and was happy to have one after lunch. The 3 Amigos today consisted of myself, Shawn, and Josh, and we smoked the robusto (Noche) version of this cigar.

You can see my big black and white girlfriend, Nikki, in the picture. We recently determined that she is part “Karelian Bear Dog”, which I think is pretty cool.

The Dark Sumatra is one of the fullest flavored Hoyo de Monterrey blends, featuring an extra fermented dark wrapper.

Here’s the sales stuff from the company for Background Info:

It takes a great cigar master to spot the potential of a new tobacco–and an even greater one to turn it into an outstanding cigar. So it was with Estelo Padrón when he discovered an unusually dark Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper curing in his barn. One look at its deep color inspired him to create this singularly rich, robust Hoyo de Monterrey cigar that is as deeply satisfying as it is authentically Honduran.

A line extension from Hoyo de Monterrey, this extra-rich cigar called “Dark Sumatra”, is named after its wrapper tobaccos, which are hand-selected from the very darkest and richest Ecuadorian sun-grown, Sumatra seed leaves. These choice, extra-dark Sumatra leaves are then aged in “tercios”, wood-textured bales made of thick, dried palm leaves. This special selection and aging process guarantees that the Dark Sumatra is one of the best-tasting cigars ever to come out of Honduras. Dark Sumatra also has a rich textured Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a special robust blend of premium Honduran and Dominican filler tobaccos that all contribute to the extraordinary taste.

Pre-Smoke: This is a nice looking cigar, very firm with a dark rather oily looking wrapper, as advertised. The packaging is cool too, with a nice gold, white, and brown Hoyo band, and a neat spanish cedar wrapper on the bottom half of the cigar. They look really good in the humidor, and are cheap – only $4.50 each at Top Hat Tobacco in St. Louis, Missouri.

Burn and Taste: This cigar had a nice pretty even burn, producing a strong white ash. What I mean by that is the ash didn’t flake off or spit little bits of ash on me while I smoked it, it stayed together nicely until I decided to break it off in the ashtray. It actually produced a pretty decent amount of white smoke while burning. All of the 3 Amigos decided that we liked the flavor of the second-hand smoke. The cigar has an earthy, nutty taste that I would classify as a “medium” body cigar.

Overall: Superb smoke for the money, come on by to try them, or buy a box online from us here: Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra Noche Cigars.