Hoyo Excalibur Celebrates 40 Years with Excalibur Black
The Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur brand turns 40 this year, and General Cigar Co. is celebrating the milestone with the upcoming Excalibur Black, a Honduran cigar set to ship on June 7.
“With Excalibur Black, we are beginning the next chapter of the brand’s 40-year legacy with a feisty, fuller-bodied offering,” said Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager for Excalibur.
Billed as being medium in body, Excalibur Black is stronger than the core Excalibur blend, and consists of a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, Ecuador Sumatra binder, and filler of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco.
The cigars are made at the HATSA factory in Danlí, Honduras and come in three sizes: a 5 inch by 50 ring gauge Robusto; Toro, measuring 6 by 52; and No. 1, at 7 1/4 by 54. All sizes are packaged in 20-count boxes and have suggested retail prices from $8.49 to $8.99.
A line of Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Black cigarillos and mini cigars were released in February with similar packaging, but those small smokes are made with a different blend than this new Excalibur Black.
Like all non-Cuban Hoyo de Monterreys, Excalibur Black is made and distributed by General Cigar, a premium cigar subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
