Gurkha Cellar Reserve Prisoner Churchill Cigar Review
Gurkha Cellar Reserve Prisoner Churchill Cigar Review
This 7×54 stick features a dark chocolate mottled wrapper with soft spongy give, velvety texture, minimal veins, tight seams, double cap and very damp musty aroma. First light reveals a snug draw with minimal smoke output, mild flavors of a slightly sweet and oily grass with a long finish of the same. The first third opens up the draw a bit producing much better smoke output. The grassy flavor is still dominant, very mild all the way through the shortening finish. 35 minutes in the first third ash drops off and the 2nd third flavors shift slightly. Body is up a touch to mild-medium while the grassiness subsides replaced by a creamy nut. 1:05 minutes in at the end of the 2nd third, body comes up again to a solid medium while the nut flavor gives way to a deep earth and pepper. Burn is a bit wonky but has been self correcting. Ending at 1:30 where it got squishy and too hot for my taste, the last bit showed no further changes. Thank you very much to Gurkha for sending this sample for review!
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Bucanero pictures again Bryan
Yeah something is up with auto post.
It’s the band that was aged for 15 years, lol. Mediocre tobacco, like mediocre wine aged for that long, is still mediocre. BTW, why do they call this a Nicaraguan puro, when the tobacco comes from different countries? I would like to give Gurkha a fair shake, but they just make it difficult to do, considering the way they market (and price) themselves.
I honestly might buy one just for the label…
Let’s all admit to ourselves what we’ve all realized after smoking Gutkha cigars for the past year. They are a second-rate brand with fantastic packaging and great label artwork. Their construction is a joke, their aging is a lie, and their flavors are not well developed.
Hey Bryan do you know when these might reach online retailers?
I would imagine that will depend on each retailer and if they allow online sales. You would need to ask the retailer directly.