"Pre-Embargo" Gurkhas?

Some people will try anything to sell cigars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the Gurkas are not bad, some truly suck. Stay away from the Cognac infused sticks, they are putrid and literally take a few days to get the taste out of your mouth. The pre-embargo's are a waste of money, and probably have no more cuban tobacco in them then any other domestic cigar. The Gurka I use to smoke and liked pretty well was the Master Select. They are spicy, strong, without a whole lot of depth.

The pre embargo line from Gurkha is a favorite of mine. There is no hard fact as to the percentage of preembargo tobacco. The tobacco came originally from the toranos and is some of the only pre embargo tobacco I know to still exist.

Now the reason to like this cigar is not necessarily due to the pre embargo tobacco. This baby features a 10 year old dominican wrapper. Other cigars that have a dominican wrapper include the opus x, LG Diaz, etc. This attribute alone is probably the best sell point for any die hard smokers.

Dont be so fast to write this cigar off. There is a lot to it and it has by far an unmatched aroma. All for now. Smoke if you got em

Alex Svenson said:

Dont be so fast to write this cigar off. There is a lot to it and it has by far an unmatched aroma. All for now. Smoke if you got em

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I will agree. I don't care HOW much pre-embargo tobacco is in there, they are good none the less. I had a chance to smoke one of these with Alex last night while eating a nice venison tenderloin.... It was good!! So was the cigar...lol

Capt said:

I don't care HOW much pre-embargo tobacco is in there, they are good none the less. I had a chance to smoke one of these with Alex last night while eating a nice venison tenderloin.... It was good!! So was the cigar...lol

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You Tease! :lol:

As far as smoking 65 year old tobacco is concerned, it really is possible, IF it were really IN the cigar. A cigar kept under the proper conditions, i.e., in a properly humidified environment, and under the right temperature conditions, can literally be smoked 650 years later. Of course, there's no telling how much flavor would be left, but if any of the vital oils were still present, including nicotine, which helps give tobacco it's flavor, then it would really still taste like something.

The wrapper on the Partagas 150's is now 28 years old, for example, and the wrapper on the Macanudo Vintage 1979, IF you could find any, is now 26 years old.