Hoyo de Tradicion

Hoyo de Tradicion was created in 2007 by Estelo Padrón, the legendary master blender who had overseen Hoyo de Monterrey production from the very first cigars rolled outside Cuba at the HATSA factory in Cofradia. Padrón conceived the Tradicion as a personal tribute to the Honduran tradition he had spent decades building, a line that reached back to the spirit of the original Cuban Hoyo de Monterrey while being grounded entirely in the terroir and tobacco culture he had cultivated in Honduras over his career. The blend uses a Honduran wrapper over Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan filler with a Connecticut binder, the same multi-country construction at the heart of the broader Hoyo family but with Honduran leaf on the outside rather than Ecuadorian or Broadleaf. Four vitolas are offered, Epicure, Corona, Toro, and Toro Grande, at prices from $4.50 to $5.20. The name itself is a testament to what Padrón and Llaneza built together over more than three decades in Honduras.