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Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum: flavour profile and cigars like it

Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium. It has a Oscuro Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper, fruit and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Undercrown El Tigre Dominicano and Alec Bradley Lineage.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum cigar
Single cigar. www.cigarworld.de.

What does Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • earth and leather
  • pepper and spice
  • fruit and floral
  • hay and herbs

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuador Habano
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan long fillers from Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa
StrengthMedium as published by gurkhacigars.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byGurkha Cigars
FactoryAmerican Caribbean Cigars
SizesHedonism 6×58 · Kraken XO 6×60 · Solara 5×58

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • cigarscore.com, Solara, 5 x 58 (2019)In our words: The reviewer noted an easy draw and steady burn, then flat, ashy flavours and late heat.

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum

The line. Cigar Coop dates the Platinum Edition to 2015. It describes the edition as a value-priced Cellar Reserve release with aged Nicaraguan filler. cigar-coop.com

The brand. Gurkha says Kaizad Hansotia revived the historic brand in 1989. Gurkha Cigar Group International publishes the current 35th Anniversary release. Manufacturing varies by line, including El Artista and ACC/Cacitrasa. gurkhacigars.com

Cigars like Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum

  1. Undercrown El Tigre DominicanoClosest matchSumatra wrapper · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Alec Bradley LineageAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumMore cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  3. A.J. Fernandez New World DoradoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  4. San Lotano HAlso fitsBrazilian wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step stronger.
  5. Espinosa 601 Pennsylvania Edition Habano OscuroOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more cocoa and coffee, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year Platinum as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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