{"id":1601,"date":"2025-11-24T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:03:06","slug":"le-hoyo-de-monterrey-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/le-hoyo-de-monterrey-geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Hoyo de Monterrey history - The origin decides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Le Hoyo de Monterrey history<\/strong>This brand has focussed on the origin of the tobacco from the very beginning. The name is not a fantasy, but refers to a tobacco plantation that still exists today on the fertile banks of a river near <strong>San Juan y Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> in the <strong>Vuelta Abajo<\/strong> (Province <strong>Pinar del R\u00edo<\/strong>). The founder <strong>Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet<\/strong> was one of the first - perhaps the only one - to use the <strong>Names of a plantation<\/strong> as <strong>Brand name<\/strong> used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#die-anfange-der-le-hoyo-de-monterrey-geschichte\">The beginnings of the Le Hoyo de Monterrey story<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#vom-arbeiter-zum-fabrikbesitzer\">From labourer to factory owner<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#die-familie-vom-hof-gejagt-der-griff-nach-fabrik-und-land\">The family chased off the farm - the grab for factory and land<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#la-escepcion-fabrik-feuer-palast\">\u201eLa Escepci\u00f3n\u201c: factory, fire, palace<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#der-mensch-jose-gener-gefurchtet-statt-geliebt\">The human Jos\u00e9 Gener: feared instead of loved<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#weiter-unter-frauenhand-sie-bewahrten-die-unabhangigkeit\">Still in the hands of women - they preserved independence<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#kontinuitat-bis-heute\">Continuity to this day<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#fazit-was-die-le-hoyo-de-monterrey-geschichte-erzahlt\">Conclusion - What the Le Hoyo de Monterrey story tells us<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#hier-findest-du-die-partagas-manufaktur\">Here you will find the Le Hoyo de Monterrey manufactory<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#ressourcen-zum-thema\">Curated for you<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#historische-habanos-manufakturen-dokumentarfilm\">Historical Habanos manufactories documentary film<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#neu-bei-kubanischen-zigarren-oder-tief-drin-\u2192-zu-den-haufigen-fragen-\u2192-zum-zigarren-glossar\">New to Cuban cigars? Or deep into it?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#wer-steckt-hinter-origin-of-cigar\">Who is behind Origin Of Cigar?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#xxx-foto-galerie\">Le Hoyo de Monterrey Photo Gallery<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#quellenangaben\">References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5.jpg\" alt=\"Hoyo de Monterrey is not just the name of a cigar brand, but originally and still today the name of a tobacco plantation in San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio. Jos\u00e9 Gener bought this plantation and named his cigars after it. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5-624x270.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">Hoyo de Monterrey is not just the name of a cigar brand, but originally and still today the name of a tobacco plantation in San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio. Jos\u00e9 Gener bought this plantation and named his cigars after it.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"die-anfange-der-le-hoyo-de-monterrey-geschichte\">The beginnings of the Le Hoyo de Monterrey story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of Le Hoyo de Monterrey begins with an immigrant from Catalonia: Jos\u00e9 Gener, born in 1818, arrived in Cuba with his family in 1831 at the age of 13. It is said that he could barely read or write at school and did not master this sufficiently later on. His uncle Miguel Jan\u00e9 was respected, and the family as a whole was considered hard-working and upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is a \u201eblack sheep\u201c in every family. Gener compensated for his lack of education with a lordly, sometimes frightening demeanour; he hardly showed any respect. He went his own way without consideration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet, the founder of the Hoyo de Monterrey and La Escepci\u00f3n brands. His contemporaries seem to have feared him for the most part. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener-624x403.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet, the founder of the Hoyo de Monterrey and La Escepci\u00f3n brands. His contemporaries seem to have feared him for the most part.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vom-arbeiter-zum-fabrikbesitzer\">From labourer to factory owner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gener worked on tobacco plantations and in transport for several years - hard and physically demanding. In 1851, he borrowed money from Uncle Miguel: since the fall of the tobacco monopoly in 1821, he recognised the opportunity in cigar production. Around 1851 he opened a small factory at Calzada del Monte No. 1. In 1861 he bought the Hoyo de Monterrey plantation, and in 1865 he officially registered the brand named after the plantation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo.jpg\" alt=\"The logo of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand.\" class=\"wp-image-1620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-5-Hoyo-624x424.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">The logo of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"die-familie-vom-hof-gejagt-der-griff-nach-fabrik-und-land\">The family chased off the farm - the grab for factory and land<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The family, to whom he owed a great deal, soon regarded Gener as competition. Step by step, he forced relatives out of the business, eventually literally throwing them out onto the street. Around 1870, supposedly forged papers emerged, according to which all family members were only employees without ownership rights. With his wife's money from a wealthy family, Gener pushed ahead with the expansion: in 1873 he bought the land between his plantation and La Majagua, which he had already taken from his uncle - in the end he owned all the land.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2.jpg\" alt=\"The name of the La Escepci\u00f3n factory, where Hoyo de Monterrey brand cigars were made, is inscribed on the doorpost of the former factory. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">The name of the La Escepci\u00f3n factory, where Hoyo de Monterrey cigars were made, is inscribed on the doorpost of the former factory.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"la-escepcion-fabrik-feuer-palast\">\u201eLa Escepci\u00f3n\u201c: factory, fire, palace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1882, Gener opened the legendary \u201eLa Escepci\u00f3n\u201c factory at Calzada del Monte No. 7, named after the brand of the same name. A year earlier, a major fire had destroyed the previous factory a few houses away. The inauguration ceremony took place in 1882; the year can still be read on the left-hand doorpost under its name. Architecturally, the building looks like a palace on the corner of Calzada del Monte and Calle Agramonte, just a few minutes' walk from the Capitolio: a building that takes up almost an entire block, with four storeys and filigree balcony grilles surrounding the large windows on the upper floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the revolution, the factory was nationalised and later closed. In the meantime, the building housed the Unidad de Propaganda Gr\u00e1fica Nacional; today it has been completely renovated and is home to the Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Carlos Rafael Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1.jpg\" alt=\"The still magnificent building on Calle Maximo Gomez (the street used to be called Calzada del Monte), where the La Escepci\u00f3n manufactory with the Hoyo de Monterrey brand was located. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1-624x525.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">The still magnificent building on Calle Maximo Gomez (the street used to be called Calzada del Monte), where the La Escepci\u00f3n factory with the Hoyo de Monterrey brand was located.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"der-mensch-jose-gener-gefurchtet-statt-geliebt\">The human Jos\u00e9 Gener: feared instead of loved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, Gener was not a pleasant person to be around. His rudeness was legendary; fear reigned in the factory. Apprentices who didn't do their work perfectly were locked in the factory overnight. Once, when a fire broke out at night, two of them burnt to death - no one heard their screams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Gener died in 1900. Some claim that he had already returned to Spain because he could not bear the idea of Creole independence. A newspaper report about the funeral of the \u201eHabanero\u201c Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet is documented: workers are said to have thrown dead cats, rats and dogs at the funeral procession from the surrounding roof terraces - legend or not, he was clearly not popular. At the time of his death, the \u201eLa Escepci\u00f3n\u201c factory, where Le Hoyo de Monterrey was also manufactured, was one of the largest in Havana with more than 350 workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7.jpg\" alt=\"This is the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand before renovation; every house facade in Havana struggles with the rather aggressive climate of the sea. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">This is the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand before renovation; every house facade in Havana struggles with the rather aggressive climate of the sea.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"weiter-unter-frauenhand-sie-bewahrten-die-unabhangigkeit\">Still in the hands of women - they preserved independence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After Gener's death, first his widow and then his daughter continued the business. Remarkably, the manufactory was one of the few that remained independent even after the War of Independence around 1910 and did not - like many others - pass into American or British hands. The family later shifted its focus to the sugar business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1931, Le Hoyo de Monterrey and La Escepci\u00f3n were sold to Fern\u00e1ndez Palacio y C\u00eda, whose owners Ram\u00f3n Fern\u00e1ndez and Fernando Palacio were known for Punch and Belinda; from then on, both brands were also manufactured in La Escepci\u00f3n. In 1941, Winston Churchill himself came to see where one of his favourite cigars was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill.jpg\" alt=\"Winston Churchill, one of the greatest lovers of Cuban cigars and a British statesman, visited the famous La Escepci\u00f3n factory in person. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill.jpg 800w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill-624x794.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">Winston Churchill, one of the greatest lovers of Cuban cigars and a British statesman, visited the famous La Escepci\u00f3n factory in person.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kontinuitat-bis-heute\">Continuity to this day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le Hoyo de Monterrey remained a sought-after brand before and during the revolution and continued to be produced without interruption. It is not known how long the factory remained active in the old building. Today, the brand's cigars are mainly produced in the Corona factory on Avenida 20 de Mayo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1.jpg\" alt=\"Today, Hoyo de Monterrey brand cigars are made in the famous La Corona factory on Avenida 20 de Mayo in Havana. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1-624x527.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">Today, Hoyo de Monterrey brand cigars are made in the famous La Corona factory on Avenida 20 de Mayo in Havana.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fazit-was-die-le-hoyo-de-monterrey-geschichte-erzahlt\">Conclusion - What the Le Hoyo de Monterrey story tells us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Le Hoyo de Monterrey story is one of heritage, hard-edge entrepreneurship, family conflict, architectural splendour and remarkable continuity: plantation and brand name at the same time, through La Escepci\u00f3n and industrial change, to production in the Corona factory. Le Hoyo de Monterrey is still a classic and important Habano today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo.jpg\" alt=\"Even today, the logo of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand still contains a reference to its founder Jos\u00e9 Gener. Le Hoyo de Monterrey history\" class=\"wp-image-1585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo-624x557.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildbeschreibung\">Even today, the Hoyo de Monterrey brand logo still includes a reference to its founder, Jos\u00e9 Gener.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hier-findest-du-die-partagas-manufaktur\">Here you will find the Le Hoyo de Monterrey manufactory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the live folder does not work, <a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/photos-le-hoyo-de-monterrey\/\">please click here to visit the Le Hoyo de Monterrey Manufactory.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d4758.690259562996!2d-82.3783162!3d23.120822900000004!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88cd79e607928771%3A0x498a293e1de84eda!2sLa%20Corona%20Cigar%20Factory!5e1!3m2!1sde!2sch!4v1763562499211!5m2!1sde!2sch\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildnachweis\">Picture credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Puszkar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winston Churchill: <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adriano Mart\u00ednez Rius: \u201cThe Great Habano Factories\u201d \/ Barcelona 2005, ISBN: 84-609-4024-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adriano Mart\u00ednez Rius:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe Great Book of the Habano\u201d,&nbsp;<\/strong>Barcelona 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ressourcen-zum-thema\">Curated for you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>External website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoyo_de_Monterrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Hoyo de Monterrey on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At Origin Of Cigar:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/subscribe\/\">VIP LETTER from Origin Of Cigar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical Habanos manufactories documentary film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this film, their stories - and their true faces - are uncompromisingly revealed. This is far more than just a documentary film - it is a journey into the soul of Cuba.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/historical-habanos-manufactories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Habanos-Manufakturen-Cover-Film-2023-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is in your drawers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some chapters in the history of cigars still lie in <strong>hidden in drawers, archives or private collections<\/strong>. Do you own <strong>Records, documents or references to Cuban cigar brands<\/strong>? Or do you know <strong>Sources<\/strong>, that could help with historical research? Then please send us an e-mail. <strong>Claudia Puszkar<\/strong> will contact you personally and discuss everything else with you. Together we can <strong>Bringing buried stories back to light<\/strong>. \ud83d\udc49 <strong>admin@origin-of-cigar.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"neu-bei-kubanischen-zigarren-oder-tief-drin-\u2192-zu-den-haufigen-fragen-\u2192-zum-zigarren-glossar\">New to Cuban cigars? Or deep into it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/faq-cuban-cigars\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"912\">FAQ - Read the frequently asked questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/glossary-of-cuban-cigars\/\">Open the glossary of Cuban cigars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wer-steckt-hinter-origin-of-cigar\">Who is behind Origin Of Cigar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Who we are and how you can reach us \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"90\">Please click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"xxx-foto-galerie\">Le Hoyo de Monterrey Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not see the photo gallery, <a href=\"#\">please click here for the Le Hoyo de Monterrey photo gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1597.fg-masonry .fg-item { width: 250px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1597.fg-masonry { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-masonry fg-ready fg-dark fg-border-medium fg-round-small fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-semi-zoomed fg-captions-bottom fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom4 fg-fixed\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1597\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;columnWidth&quot;:250,&quot;gutter&quot;:10}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;fg-dark&quot;,&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Winston Churchill, einer der gr\u00f6\u00dften Liebhaber kubanischer Zigarren und britischer Staatsmann, besuchte die ber\u00fchmte Manufaktur La Escepci\u00f3n h\u00f6chstpers\u00f6nlich.\" data-attachment-id=\"1582\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Winston Churchill, one of the greatest lovers of Cuban cigars and a British statesman, visited the famous La Escepci\u00f3n factory in person.\" width=\"250\" height=\"318\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Churchill\/3283866963.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22318%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20318%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Winston Churchill, one of the greatest lovers of Cuban cigars and a British statesman, visited the famous La Escepci\u00f3n factory in person.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet, der Gr\u00fcnder der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey und La Escepci\u00f3n. Zeitgenossen scheinen ihn gr\u00f6\u00dftenteils gef\u00fcrchtet zu haben.\" data-attachment-id=\"1583\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet, the founder of the Hoyo de Monterrey and La Escepci\u00f3n brands. His contemporaries seem to have feared him for the most part.\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-1-Gener\/2721877883.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22162%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20162%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Jos\u00e9 Gener y Batet, the founder of the Hoyo de Monterrey and La Escepci\u00f3n brands. His contemporaries seem to have feared him for the most part.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-2-Escepcion.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Die Manufaktur La Escepci\u00f3n, in der auch die Hoyo de Monterrey gefertigt wurden, war eine der bedeutendsten Fabriken in ganz Havanna. Hier ein Logo aus der Zeit nach Jos\u00e9 Geners Tod, seine Frau (la viuda=Witwe) f\u00fchrte das Gesch\u00e4ft weiter.\" data-attachment-id=\"1584\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The La Escepci\u00f3n factory, which also produced the Hoyo de Monterrey, was one of the most important factories in the whole of Havana. Here is a logo from the time after Jos\u00e9 Gener&#039;s death; his wife (la viuda = widow) continued to run the business.\" width=\"250\" height=\"192\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-2-Escepcion\/2668438901.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22192%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20192%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The La Escepci\u00f3n factory, which also produced the Hoyo de Monterrey, was one of the most important factories in the whole of Havana. Here is a logo from the time after Jos\u00e9 Gener's death; his wife (la viuda = widow) continued to run the business.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Auch heute noch enth\u00e4lt das Logo der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey den Hinweis auf seinen Gr\u00fcnder Jos\u00e9 Gener.\" data-attachment-id=\"1585\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Even today, the Hoyo de Monterrey brand logo still includes a reference to its founder, Jos\u00e9 Gener.\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-3-Hoyo\/2655037211.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22223%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20223%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Even today, the Hoyo de Monterrey brand logo still includes a reference to its founder, Jos\u00e9 Gener.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-4-Hoyo.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Im Lauf der Zeit wurde das Logo der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey mehrmals umgestaltet.\" data-attachment-id=\"1586\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Hoyo de Monterrey brand logo has been redesigned several times over the years.\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-0-Logo-4-Hoyo\/224228578.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22152%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20152%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The Hoyo de Monterrey brand logo has been redesigned several times over the years.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Das auch heute noch pr\u00e4chtige Geb\u00e4ude auf der Calle Maximo Gomez (die Stra\u00dfe hie\u00df fr\u00fcher Calzada del Monte), in dem sich die Manufaktur La Escepci\u00f3n mit der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey befand.\" data-attachment-id=\"1587\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The still magnificent building on Calle Maximo Gomez (the street used to be called Calzada del Monte), where the La Escepci\u00f3n factory with the Hoyo de Monterrey brand was located.\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-1\/2431231912.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22210%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20210%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The still magnificent building on Calle Maximo Gomez (the street used to be called Calzada del Monte), where the La Escepci\u00f3n factory with the Hoyo de Monterrey brand was located.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Auf dem T\u00fcrpfosten der ehemaligen Manufaktur steht der Name der Fabrik La Escepci\u00f3n; hier wurden die Zigarren der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey gefertigt.\" data-attachment-id=\"1588\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The name of the La Escepci\u00f3n factory, where Hoyo de Monterrey cigars were made, is inscribed on the doorpost of the former factory.\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-2\/2795537089.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The name of the La Escepci\u00f3n factory, where Hoyo de Monterrey cigars were made, is inscribed on the doorpost of the former factory.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-3.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Die massive Holzt\u00fcr der ehemaligen Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey existiert von Beginn an, seit 1882.\" data-attachment-id=\"1589\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The solid wooden door of the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand has existed from the very beginning, since 1882.\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-3\/1047153095.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The solid wooden door of the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand has existed from the very beginning, since 1882.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-4.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Auf dem linken T\u00fcrpfosten der ehemaligen Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey steht der Name des Gr\u00fcnders Jos\u00e9 Gener.\" data-attachment-id=\"1590\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The left-hand doorpost of the former Hoyo de Monterrey factory bears the name of its founder, Jos\u00e9 Gener.\" width=\"250\" height=\"716\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-4\/1356506872.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22716%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20716%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The left-hand doorpost of the former Hoyo de Monterrey factory bears the name of its founder, Jos\u00e9 Gener.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Hoyo de Monterrey ist nicht nur der Name einer Zigarrenmarke, sondern urspr\u00fcnglich und auch heute noch der Name einer Tabakplantage in San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio. Jos\u00e9 Gener kaufte diese Plantage und benannte seine Zigarren nach ihr.\" data-attachment-id=\"1591\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hoyo de Monterrey is not just the name of a cigar brand, but originally and still today the name of a tobacco plantation in San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio. Jos\u00e9 Gener bought this plantation and named his cigars after it.\" width=\"250\" height=\"108\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-5\/3356519934.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22108%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20108%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Hoyo de Monterrey is not just the name of a cigar brand, but originally and still today the name of a tobacco plantation in San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio. Jos\u00e9 Gener bought this plantation and named his cigars after it.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-6.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Die ehemalige Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey ist nicht nur au\u00dfen pr\u00e4chtig, auch innen verzieren aufw\u00e4ndige Stuckarbeiten und wundersch\u00f6ne schmiedeeiserne Gel\u00e4nder das Ambiente.\" data-attachment-id=\"1592\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand is not only magnificent on the outside, the interior is also adorned with elaborate stucco work and beautiful wrought-iron railings.\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-6\/3124639413.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22207%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20207%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand is not only magnificent on the outside, the interior is also adorned with elaborate stucco work and beautiful wrought-iron railings.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Das ist die ehemalige Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey vor der Renovierung; jede Hausfassade in Havanna k\u00e4mpft mit dem recht aggressiven Klima des Meeres.\" data-attachment-id=\"1593\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This is the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand before renovation; every house facade in Havana struggles with the rather aggressive climate of the sea.\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-7\/586481075.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22166%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20166%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This is the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand before renovation; every house facade in Havana struggles with the rather aggressive climate of the sea.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-8.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Gutes Material: die Originalt\u00fcr der ehemaligen Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterey. Die Farbe verschwindet nach und nach, die aufw\u00e4ndigen Verzierungen jedoch sind erhalten geblieben, und das \u00fcber Jahrzehnte hinweg.\" data-attachment-id=\"1594\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Good material: the original door from the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterey brand. The colour is gradually disappearing, but the elaborate decorations have been preserved for decades.\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-8\/2374474646.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Good material: the original door from the former manufactory of the Hoyo de Monterey brand. The colour is gradually disappearing, but the elaborate decorations have been preserved for decades.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-9.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Viele Jahre stand das Geb\u00e4ude der ehemaligen Manufaktur der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey leer. Ein Schild k\u00fcndigte eine Sanierung an. Seit 2022 erstrahlt das Geb\u00e4ude in neuem Glanz.\" data-attachment-id=\"1595\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The building of the former Hoyo de Monterrey brand factory stood empty for many years. A sign announced a refurbishment. Since 2022, the building has shone in new splendour.\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-1-Monte-9\/357388432.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The building of the former Hoyo de Monterrey brand factory stood empty for many years. A sign announced a refurbishment. Since 2022, the building has shone in new splendour.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Heute werden die Zigarren der Marke Hoyo de Monterrey in der bekannten La Corona-Manufaktur auf der Avenida 20 de Mayo in Havanna gefertigt.\" data-attachment-id=\"1596\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Today, Hoyo de Monterrey brand cigars are made in the famous La Corona factory on Avenida 20 de Mayo in Havana.\" width=\"250\" height=\"211\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/11\/OOC-Le-Hoyo-de-Monterrey-2-Corona-1\/2043037204.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22211%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20211%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Today, Hoyo de Monterrey brand cigars are made in the famous La Corona factory on Avenida 20 de Mayo in Havana.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quellenangaben\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Min Ron Nee:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cAN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POST-REVOLUTION HAVANA CIGARS\u201d<\/strong> \/ Hong Kong 2003, ISBN: 978-3980930826<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instituto de Investigaciones del Tabaco Cuba:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201eThe world of Habanos\u201c<\/strong> \/ Havana 2013, ISBN: 978-959-7212-08-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adriano Mart\u00ednez Rius:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cHabano the King\u201d<\/strong> \/ Barcelona 1998, ISBN: 84-930387-1-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adriano Martinez Rius:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Great Habano Factories\u201d<\/strong> \/ Barcelona 2005, ISBN: 84-609-4024-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Orlando Quiroga:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cEl Habano al rojo vivo\u201d<\/strong> \/ Havana 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enzo A. Infante:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cHavana Cigars 1817-1960\u201d<\/strong> \/ Neptune City 1997<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eumelio Espino:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cEl Habano - De la semilla al puro en 539 pasos\u201d<\/strong> \/ Madrid 2019, ISBN: 978-84-09-07091-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexander Groom:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cEl Habano Moderno\u201d<\/strong> \/ Helios House Press 2022, ISBN: 978-911683-05-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a4682f;color:#a4682f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You are here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a4682f;color:#a4682f\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Hoyo de Monterrey history: From the very beginning, this brand has focussed on the origin of the tobacco. 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