One of the most famous Gurkha releases of all-time is back. Earlier this month, the company released the Gurkha Shaggy, a cigar that was first introduced in 2001. The four-size line uses a six-year-old Dominican habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan filler. Shaggy is being made by Fidel Olivas at his Tabacos San Rafael S.A. factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It’s offered in Churchill (7 x 48, $9), Robusto (5 x 50, $8), Toro (6 x 50, $8.50) and XO (6 x 60, $10). “In my travels throughout the country, visiting our clients and other tobacco shops, I’m always asked about the Shaggy cigar,” said Juan Lopez, Gurkha’s national sales director, in a press release. “People want to know what happened to the Shaggy and when is it coming out again? On a recent visit to our factory in Nicaragua, Carlos Llaca-Torano, Operations Director, was taking inventory when he came across a few boxes of the Shaggy. The Olivas Family, the original creator of the Shaggy, still had the recipe in their books from 2001. After a conversation with Kaizad and the Olivas, we decided to and make it available in limited quantities.” Production of the Gurkha Shaggy is ...
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