Well it's Tuesday, and you know what that means. Time for your weekly beating. No, wait, I was thinking of what I will tell my children in the future. DON'T JUDGE ME!
I had two cigars over the past weekend, and I will hopefully have the review of the other one pretty soon. First, though, I will tell you a tale. A tale of a cigar. A Gurkha cigar. A cigar who wanted to get home to his family. Well, too bad. He got burned instead.
I got this Gurkha Connecticut Reserve Robusto (quite a mouthful to say) in a CI Sampler, and since I enjoy Gurkha's Castle Hall line so much, I was really looking forward to this one. Sadly, it didn't do much for me.
My new cutter is much better, so I had a nice cut and light, and the draw was great off the bat. It started with a pretty bland tobacco smoke flavor, not much else in there. Unfortunately it seemed to just continue that way throughout. On the plus side, the smoke was really smooth and had very little in the way of harshness.
That brings to mind a thought: Why does every reviewer insist on calling a cigar's smoke "creamy"? That adjective is worthless in regards to smoke. It's like calling oxygen "supple". It's nonsense. (Lawson: It's true, only an idiot would refer to smoke as creamy.) (Nick H: Well damn me. And damn YOU, Lawson. NEVER POINT OUT MY CONTRADICTIONS!)
Anyhow, I got more and more disappointed with this one as time went on. I ended up stubbing it out a little early because I was bored. It wasn't objectionable, but it also wasn't good. It wasn't much of anything, just kinda bland and smokey. However, the good construction, solid draw, even burn and smooth flavor keep this from failing. If someone gave me another I would take it, but I won't seek this one out again.
Gurkha Connecticut Reserve Robusto #4
Size: 6" x 50 ring
Taste: Mild
Draw: Good
Burn: Even
Flavors: Not much, sadly.
Overall Rating:
The smoothness keeps it from failing, but the bland taste gets a Jim Kirk double-punch.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Gurkha Connecticut Reserve Robusto #4
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2 comments:
Sounds like my La Princessa de Cuba cigar. Gurka sounds like a Turkish dessert.
In your Nov 17, 2007 you did list the smoke from the Castle Hall Gurkha as "Creamy"!
The first thing I noticed was that the draw was really easy on this. Not as easy as the CAO Brazilia I had last week, but still ridiculously open. The flavor on first light was not great, and I got a lot of little tobacco bits in my mouth from a slightly frayed cut. However, about a quarter of the way through it really started to pick up. It had a really smooth and creamy smoke, and had a nice strong flavor without being harsh. (I define harsh as that tannic taste you get on the sides of your tongue). It definitely had a hint of sweetness to it, as well as (maybe) a nutty flavor.
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