February 19th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
by admin (Gurkha)
The Gurkha Double Maduro was a Toro-sized vitola that measured 6.0×52. The stick features a Costa Rican double-maduro leaf that’s dark and oily and soft to the touch. The smoke started rich and full and finished that was all the way to the nub. It had plenty of smoke and a taste of leather and a spice that I believe was nutmeg.
A friend of mine smoked one of these at our weekly poker game and he said that the draw was tough and the taste was bland, but I didn’t find this to be true at all. I am thinking that he probably got a bad stick that wasn’t stored properly.
I’d be happy to smoke one of these again, it was a good smoke.
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February 8th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
by admin (Gurkha)
This was a fantastic smoke.
Crafted from aged Cuban-seed long-fillers from the Dominican Republic’s Cibao Valley and cloaked by a chewy, 5-year-old wrapper leaf. A solid, slow burning, medium to full-bodied cigar layered with bold but subdued flavors.
I tasted hints of chocolate and coffee with this cigar. The draw was perfect, but it didn’t have too much smoke. The taste was phenomenal. The cigar lasted for well over an hour. The wrapper was perfect, didn’t unravel and the consistency was perfect. I smoked this one all the way down to the nub to where it burned my fingers before it ever got hot to the taste. I will look forward to getting and smoking one of these again.
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February 2nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
by admin (Gurkha)
This is the 2nd Grand Envoy I have smoked. In this cigar I tasted a “nutty” flavor, perhaps almond or cashew. The cigar smoked very evenly and stayed lit all the way down to the nub. The ash was very white, much lighter than the Nepalese Warrior that I smoked previously.
I have a couple more Grand Envoy sticks in my box and will try and distinguish more flavors on the next one that I smoke.
This Vitola is masterfully blended with a vintage mixture of Dominican and Honduran long-leaf tobaccos, wrapped in a dark Connecticut-seed wrapper.
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February 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
by admin (Gurkha)
This post will be the first of a new style of writing. I read an article about becoming a better Cigar Taster and how to enhance my tasting ability. From now on I will be writing about what I taste in a cigar and how the quality of smoke and ash was while smoking it.
Gurkha’s Nepalese Class Regent is a combination of one of the finest cigar making families in the world and a man known for creating some of the most raved about blends on the market. Torano and K. Hansotia, two names that continue to enlighten our palates and further improve this luxurious slice of our life we call cigars.
Personally I was expecting more from this cigar after the last 2 that I smoked. The box-pressed Toro cigar was packed tight and very hard to squeeze. It lit well and burned well, but didn’t produce much smoke until about 1/3 of the way into the cigar. The tastes that I *think* I recognized were pepper and a hint of vanilla here and there.
I liked the cigar, but I think that I will stay with the Signature 101 or the Grand Envoy.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 pm
by admin (Gurkha)
This is my 2nd Gurkha cigar to smoke. I haven’t bought or smoked these before because, quite frankly, they are too high-priced. Most B&M’s charge $8-$10 minimum for most Gurkha vitolas. I picked up a 10-pack of these sticks for $30, so I was quite pleased to get the quality of smoke for such a great price.
This blend offers a dark, oily Costa Rican Maduro wrapper, a leaf with some fantastic characteristics. The cigar had a rich blend of well-aged Honduran, Dominican, and Jamaican long-leaf tobaccos. Medium to full-bodied, this complex blend provides plenty of smoke, full-flavor and smoked cool and clean down the the nub. I tasted nothing special, just full-flavored smoke and great taste. I am glad I got this stick and will be happy to buy more.
I rate this cigar at a A-
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