San Andrés wrapper · Medium · Limited release
Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo: flavour profile and cigars like it
Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a Maduro San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores Gran Reserva Maduro and Casa Carrillo Essence Maduro.
What does Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo 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?
| Wrapper | Mexican San Andres Maduro |
|---|---|
| Binder | Ecuadorian Connecticut |
| Filler | Dominican and Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Medium as published by neptunecigar.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | E.P. Carrillo / Casa Carrillo |
| Blender | Ernesto Perez-Carrillo |
| Factory | Tabacalera La Alianza |
| Sizes | Toro 6.625×54 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
About Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo
The line. Gurkha added four partner releases in 2024. E.P. Carrillo was scheduled for April. cigarsnobmag.com
The brand. Kaizad Hansotia bought Gurkha in 1989 after a Goa trip. cigarsnobmag.com
Cigars like Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo
- A. Flores Gran Reserva MaduroClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- Casa Carrillo Essence MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- El Artista CimarronAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- Kristoff San AndrésAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- PDR VLR Maduro ToroOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by E.P. Carrillo as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.