Cigar atlas · Medium · Limited release
Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by Oscar Valladares: flavour profile and cigars like it
Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by Oscar Valladares is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a Maduro wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Aladino Classic and Alec Bradley Kintsugi.
What does Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by Oscar Valladares 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 | Honduran Maduro |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran |
| Filler | Honduran |
| Strength | Medium as published by neptunecigar.com |
| Body | Medium-bodied |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Brand owner: Gurkha Cigar Group. Manufacturer: Oscar Valladares. Blender: not disclosed. |
| Factory | Oscar Valladares factory, Honduras |
| Sizes | Toro 6×52 |
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 Oscar Valladares
The line. Gurkha identified Oscar Valladares as the fourth and final 2024 partner. gurkhacigars.com
The brand. Kaizad Hansotia revived Gurkha Cigars in 1989. The 2024 collection used separate manufacturer partnerships. Oliva and Oscar Valladares were confirmed partners. gurkhacigars.com
Cigars like Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by Oscar Valladares
- Aladino ClassicClosest matchHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley KintsugiAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Leaf by Oscar SumatraAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Macanudo Inspirado OrangeAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Maria Mancini ClassicOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by Oscar Valladares as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.
Sources
- neptunecigar.com/cigars/gurkha-year-of-the-dragon-2024-by-oscar-valladares
- gurkhacigars.com/now-shipping-year-of-the-dragon-by-oliva-cigar-co-and-gurkha-cigars
- cigarking.com/gurkha-year-of-the-dragon-2024-by-oscar-valladares-6x52-box-10/?search_query=all&searchid=0
- gurkhacigars.com/gurkha-cigar-group-announces-a-special-release-of-the-year-of-the-dragon