Westside Liquor's November 2008 Cigar Newsletter

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Welcome to Westside Liquor's monthly cigar newsletter. It is our goal to spread the good word about new and exciting products in each and every newsletter. We also will give staff reviews of featured products to help you pick out a new beer, wine or cigar. In future issues we will also delve into informative articles so we all can better understand the contributing factors involved in bringing us our favorite cigar.

Dark Sumatra Ebano Cigars by Hoyo de Monterey

This month we will be reviewing the Dark Sumatra Cigar by Hoyo de Monterey. 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.

New from Hoyo de Monterrey is this extra-rich cigar called "Dark Sumatra". It 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 our Dark Sumatra is one of the best-tasting cigars ever to come out of Honduras.
With a 6” length and a ring of 45 the Dark Sumatra is another long lasting very full flavored cigar. It has a very long draw with a rich robust taste. The Dark Sumatra is definitely the heaviest cigar we have reviewed so far this year, but don’t let that scare you away from giving it a try. Its complex taste will grow on you as you smoke it making you wonder what flavor combination will be coming next.