Hoyo de Monterrey

HOYO DE MONTERREY

The name of Hoyo de Monterrey cigars comes not from the man who founded it, but the farm where he grew his world-class tobacco. José Gener was just thirteen years old when he left his home in Tarragona, Spain to work on his uncle’s plantation in Cuba. The Cuban cigar industry was in the ascension at the time, and by adulthood Gener had established the family farm as one of the best in Cuba. Found in the town of San Juan y Martinez, in the heart of the Vuelta Abajo region, the farm is still reached through a gate in the main square. Above it, an inscription: “Hoyo de Monterrey. José Gener. 1860”.