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09-19-2015, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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IPCPR Gurkha Cellar Reserve 18 year
Gurkha Cellar Reserve 18 Year Hedonism
Gurkha Cellar Reserve 18 Years CIGAR SHAPE: Perfecto CIGAR SECTION: Round CIGAR LENGTH: 6" ORIGIN: Dominican Republic CIGAR RING GAUGE: 58 STRENGTH: FULL WRAPPER COLOR: Colorado Maduro CIGAR MANUFACTURER: Gurkha Cigars CIGAR WRAPPER: Corojo CIGAR BINDER: Cameroon CIGAR FILLER: Nicaragua Pre-light: Smooth even construction, one single vein along the length, with a medium brown wrapper, pinched foot and a pig tail cap. Wonderful aroma of Tobacco, with leather. Clipped and tasted, easy draw, reminiscent of Turkish tobacco's, with a woody hint, and some barn yard almost grassy flavor, (like a field of new-mown hay). Light: Lit well and produced a warm toasted aroma, a little hay in the plume of swirling smoke, it drew cleanly and settled into a crisp burn line within a couple of minutes. The wood came through, and the leather too, the mouth was silky and a little creamy. 1/3rd There was a touch of bitterness in the beginning of this smoke, I purged it a couple of times and that sorted it out, I don't know it that was down to ho I lit it, or to the filler, (probably the first). The ash was light gray and solid, the first fall was at about 1 3/4", the cherry was burning a perfect cone, I was paying attention to other things and just before the second third, the cigar went out. I left it for about 10 minutes before I re-toasted the cigar and got it lit again. 2/3rd The smoke continued to be silky smooth in the mouth, tastes of leather and wood, with a little light sweetness on the lips, there was a touch more of the hay in the middle third. The second ash fall was just short of the band, as with other Gurkha Cellar Reserves the band is a 2" whopper, the band moved easily and even slide off the cap without needing to be peeled. Just as I moved into the 3/3rd it became bitter in the mouth, I purged it but this time it failed to take, and I finished it at the end of the second third. The flavor was medium - full, the construction was good, but I was disappointed by the bitter finish. Prelight = 9 Light = 9 Construction = 8 Flavor = 5 Power = 7 Average of 7.6
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