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Alternative Montecruz No. 220

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic / Honduras / Nicaragua140 mm × 42
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Strength
Medium

About this cigar

The JR Cigars Alternative Montecruz No. 220 is a cigar, 140 mm long with a 42 ring gauge (16.7 mm). Tobaccos: wrapper Secret and filler Secret. Strength: medium; smoking time about 75 minutes. It is one of 181 sizes in the Alternative line. Noted flavors: spice, cedar and pepper.

From JR Cigars, the Alternative line offers the Montecruz No. 220, a 140 mm cigar with a 42 ring gauge. Its wrapper, binder and filler remain a closely guarded secret, a deliberate choice by the house that leaves the blend to discovery. Medium in strength, it suits aficionados seeking a measured and distinctive smoke.

Specifications

Vitola
Alternative Montecruz No. 220
Length
140 mm · 5.51″
Ring gauge
42 · 16.7 mm
Wrapper
Secret
Wrapper shade
Claro
Filler
Secret
Country of manufacture
Dominican Republic / Honduras / Nicaragua
Smoking time
About 75 min
The house
JR Cigars

JR Cigars

Honduras, Founded in 1971, 483 cigars

JR Cigars is an American house founded in New York by Lew Rothman, which grew into one of the leading names in the U.S. cigar business. Its own-brand range, the JR Alternative Cigars, offers a wide selection of vitolas, with Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan versions in different wrappers and strengths.

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