Hoyo La Amistad Black Gigante 5"7/8 * 60

For 2018, Hoyo de Monterrey and AJ Fernandez have released the third entry into their La Amistad series with the La Amistad Black. Featuring a dark and oily Ecuadorian Sumatra Oscuro wrapper on top of a rich Mexican San Andres binder and choice Nicaraguan Habano filler, La Amistad Black Box Pressed Gigante is a bold, full-bodied large gauge toro that is sure to please both traditional and modern smokers alike with its smooth yet complex notes of leather, cinnamon and pepper.

• Brands
  Hoyo La Amistad Black

  When two cigar giants band together, only something big and bold can come from it. The Hoyo La Amistad Black is the synergistic outcome of General Cigar Co. and AJ Fernandez’s efforts. A dark, Ecuadoran Sumatra Oscuro wrapper is handsomely wrapped around a Mexican San Andrés binder which houses a Nicaraguan Habano filler. A line extension of the famous Hoyo de Monterrey, the Hoyo la Amistad Black merges AJ Fernandez’s unique blends with the bold and flavorful tradition Hoyo cigars are famous for. Handmade in Nicaragua, the Hoyo La Amistad Black is a full-strength cigar that is perfect for the experienced cigar aficionado.
• Cigar Shape
  Toro

  The standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"7/8

  This cigar is 5"7/8 inches long, or 149.23 mm.
• Origin
  Nicaragua

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  60

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 60, so his diameter is 60/64 inches or 23.88 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  AJ Fernandez

  Cuban expatriate AJ Fernandez produces handmade cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Tabacalera Fernandez factory. Fernandez learned everything he knows about tobacco and cigarmaking from his late grandfather, cigar legend Alejandro Robaina.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian Sumatra-Seed

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.
• Cigar Binder
  Mexican San Andres

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  The San Andres region in Mexico is known for producing some of the best tobacco in the world. The tobacco is stalk cut and valued for its rich dark color and used to make noteworthy maduro wrappers and binders.
• Cigar Filler
  Nicaraguan Habano

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  689674122739
  689674122722