At this year’s IPCPR trade show and convention, Gurkha showed off the latest in its Cellar Reserve line—the Edición Especial. It’s the third year in a row the company has introduced a cigar under the name, following the original Cellar Reserve and last year’s Cellar Reserve Limitada. From the get go, anyone that’s seen the other two release should recognize quite a few similarities. It starts with the packaging, which uses the same box and band design, although the details change slightly—the original is the lightest using a sand-colored box and white bands, the Limitada is the darkest with black boxes and bands, while the newest releases falls in the middle using a mahogany-like color for the box and a dark orange on the bands. The sizes will also look very familiar, as the four vitolas used in this year’s release are also part of the original line and three of the vitolas were used in the Limitada release last year. As for the differences, the newest version uses an undisclosed corojo wrapper over Dominican fillers. It’s also the most expensive of the series so far, ranging from $11 to $15.60 per cigar. While last year’s Limitada claimed to use ...
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