通用雪茄公司旗下的非古版本好友品牌又要推出新系列了，这次不是康涅狄格种子茄衣，也不是厄瓜多尔种子茄衣，而是洪都拉斯种植的阴植叶茄衣。去年，通用雪茄公司推出了Rojo（红色）、Oscuro（奥斯库罗）两个版本，这次推出的是Shade（阴影）版本，口味更为轻柔，预计6月2日向零售商发货。

这个版本的产品也是在洪都拉斯的丹利的HATSA工厂卷制，全部烟叶都是在洪都拉斯种植，包括茄衣烟叶。Rojo版本的口味中等强度，Oscuro版本的口味更浓，对比之下，Shade版本就柔和很多。这三个版本构成了三人组的系列产品。

Shade版本不但口味轻柔，售价也友好。三个尺寸，单支售价都不到9美元。罗斯柴尔德，50环径，4.5英寸，每支售价5.99美元。公牛，52环径，6英寸，每支售价7.49美元。巨人（Gigante），60环径，6英寸，每支售价8.49美元。每盒都是10支装。

A new Hoyo de Monterrey is coming very soon and it features a shade-grown wrapper from neither Connecticut nor Ecuador, but Honduras. Last year, General Cigar Co. celebrated the legacy of its non-Cuban Hoyo de Monterrey brand with the Rojo and Oscuro lines. Now, the company is following up with the Hoyo de Monterrey Shade, a mild cigar that will ship to retailers starting on June 2.

Made at the HATSA factory in Danlí, Honduras, the Hoyo de Monterrey Shade consists entirely of Honduran leaves, including its shade-grown wrapper. While the Rojo line is medium-bodied and Oscuro is stronger, Shade completes the trio and is much lighter in body than its predecessors.

The cigars are not only light in strength, but light on the wallet, as all three sizes have suggested retail prices of less than $9 each: Rothschild, measuring 4 1/2 by 50 ring gauge ($5.99); Toro, 6 by 52 ($7.49); and Gigante, 6 by 60 ($8.49). All sizes come in 10-count boxes.