My friends and I buy JR Alternatives all the time. We smoke about a bundle a month each. So I can tell you with the authority of use that the Alternatives to the Hoyo De Monterrey Sultan Size 7.25 X 54, tastes exactly like the original which we smoked before finding the JR Alternatives.

Hope this helps.

P.S. We think that the Alternative to the Hoyo is made by the same company that makes the real Hoyo's.