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Gurkha Ghost: flavour profile and cigars like it

Gurkha Ghost is a medium to full hand-made cigar. It has a Brazilian Arapiraca Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan and Dominican filler. Published tasting notes mention sweet, earth, cocoa, cinnamon and mineral.

On our flavour map it leans toward caramel sweetness, with earth and leather behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Drew Estate Undercrown Maduro and Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Maduro.

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What does Gurkha Ghost taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • sweet
  • earth
  • cocoa
  • cinnamon
  • mineral

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

WrapperBrazilian Arapiraca Maduro
BinderCriollo '98
FillerNicaraguan and Dominican
StrengthMedium to full
Made byGurkha Cigar Group (made in the Dominican Republic)
SizesShadow 5x52 · Asura 6x54 · Exorcist 6x60

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

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: huge smoke volume, smooth and well built and coffee, wood, chocolate notes.

Some say: bland flavor for some and burn needs relights.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in the United Kingdom and the UAE.

Cigars like Gurkha Ghost

  1. Drew Estate Undercrown Maduro80% flavour matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  2. Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Maduro74% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · MediumMore cedar and wood, less caramel sweetness, a step milder.
  3. La Aroma de Cuba (Original)70% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, less caramel sweetness, same strength.
  4. Davidoff Nicaragua62% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullMore fruit and flowers, less earth and leather, same strength.
  5. Alec Bradley Project 40 Maduro61% flavour matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullMore cocoa and coffee, less caramel sweetness, same strength.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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