Connecticut wrapper · Mild to medium · Limited release
Gurkha Coleccion Especial: flavour profile and cigars like it
Gurkha Coleccion Especial is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Colorado Connecticut wrapper. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream and cocoa.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Don Stefano Senor Matías and Ashton Cabinet Selection.
What does Gurkha Coleccion Especial taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cocoa and coffee
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Hybrid Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Binder | Mexican Sumatra |
| Filler | Seco Ligero Habano and Connecticut Broadleaf |
| Strength | Mild to medium as published by gurkhacigars.com |
| Body | Medium |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | PDR Cigars |
| Factory | PDR Cigars, Dominican Republic |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×52 · Lonsdale 6.25×48 · Toro 6×54 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigar-coop.com: 88 points, Lonsdale, 6.5 x 48 (2023)In our words: Coffee and cream preceded a harsher final third. Burn was excellent.
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 Coleccion Especial
The line. Introduced in 2022. Production later paused over wrapper availability. cigar-coop.com
The brand. Modern Gurkha was founded in 1989 by Kaizad Hansotia. Reviewed lines use contract production. PDR makes Colección Especial and Ghost Connecticut. American Caribbean makes Colección Especial Nicaragua. Reviewed sources do not name factories for Classic Havana Blend or Fat Boy. smokingpipes.com
Cigars like Gurkha Coleccion Especial
- Don Stefano Senor MatíasClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, a step stronger.
- Ashton Cabinet SelectionAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, more natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- A.J. Fernandez New World ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Leonel SignatureAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Gurkha Cellar Reserve 21 YearOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, a step stronger.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Gurkha Coleccion Especial as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.