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Gurkha Cellar Reserve Edicion Especial: flavour profile and cigars like it

Gurkha Cellar Reserve Edicion Especial is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Colorado maduro Corojo wrapper and filler from the Dominican Republic. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Apostate The Sword of Laban and Gurkha Cellar Reserve 18yr.

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

Gurkha Cellar Reserve Edicion Especial cigar
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What does Gurkha Cellar Reserve Edicion Especial taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

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

WrapperCorojo.
BinderDominican.
Filler18-year Dominican tobacco.
StrengthMedium to medium-full as published by gurkhacigars.com
BodyMedium.
Made inDominican Republic
Made byGurkha Cigars
BlenderK. Hansotia, retailer attribution.
FactoryTabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L., Dominican Republic.
SizesKoi 4×58 · Solara 5×58 · Hedonism 6×58 · Kraken 6×60

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

What reviewers say

  • momentohumo.com: 8.5 of 10, Solara, 5 x 58 (2021)In our words: The reviewer focused on the Solara. The piece reported an 8.5/10 score.

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 Edicion Especial

The line. Cigar Coop dates Edición Especial's introduction to 2014. cigar-coop.com

The brand. Gurkha says Kaizad Hansotia revived the historic brand in 1989. Gurkha calls itself a manufacturer. Retail evidence says it uses different factories. gurkhacigars.com

Cigars like Gurkha Cellar Reserve Edicion Especial

  1. Apostate The Sword of LabanClosest matchCorojo wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Corojo wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. Gurkha Cellar Reserve 18yrAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Corojo wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. La Aurora 1495Also fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown SeriesAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. La Gloria Cubana Spanish PressOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

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

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