Hoyo de Monterrey Maravillas Book 2015

In the world of rare and often expensive Cuban cigar releases, the Gran Reserva and Reserva lines are fairly well known and well documented. But one collection that doesn’t seem to get talked about as much is the Colección Habanos, or Habanos Collection Series, which is best known as being the series that comes packed in a box that looks like a book.

As opposed to the Gran Reserva, Reserva and Edición Limitada releases that contain statements about the tobacco being used, whether it be of a certain age or from a certain crop, the Colección Habanos series doesn’t contain any such statement. Rather, the cigars are known for being bigger than what is generally found in the regular production offerings, in addition to coming in the distinctive packaging.

The word double has made frequent appearances in the size descriptions of the cigars in the series. Scroll through the ever-helpful CubanCigarWebsite.com’s listing and you’ll find double robusto, double pyramid and double perfecto quite frequently.

In the case of this massive 9 1/8 x 55 cigar, the Hoyo de Monterrey Maravillas, a different common name is used for the vitola, and one that is quite fitting: giant robusto.