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Quick Smoke: Gurkha Cellar Reserve Prisoner

23 Mar 2013

Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,” “hold,” or “sell.”

Change seems to be the hallmark of Gurkha these days, whether it’s producing budget-priced smokes under the East India Trading Co. subsidiary or increasing presence at tobacco shops. An outfit once frequently derided for overemphasizing packaging and glitz is putting some interesting cigars on the shelf. This specimen, called the Cellar Reserve Prisoner, is certainly one of those. It sports a criollo wrapper along with filler Gurkha says is aged for 15 years. I found it to be a medium-strength, flavorful, and complex smoke. Well worth trying.

Verdict = Buy.

–George E

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2 Responses to “Quick Smoke: Gurkha Cellar Reserve Prisoner”

  1. Bill Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 9:22 am #

    Did they use a random word generator for the name?

  2. Carlspackler Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 10:15 am #

    Gurkha lost me long ago. Too many mediocre cigars that I lost interest trying any more.