Gurkha is rounding out its new releases for this month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show with three new lines, Founder’s Select, Blendmaster’s Cask and the Cigar Malt Collection. Founder’s Select features a Connecticut shade grown wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. It is being offered in three sizes, Robusto (5 x 50, $9.60), Rothschild (6 x 55, $10.60) and XO (6 x 60, $11.60). Each size comes in 10-count boxes, with American Caribbean Tobacco making the cigars in Estelí, Nicaragua. Blend Master’s Cask uses a Nicaraguan habano wrapper over a binder and filler blend from the Dominican Republic. It comes in two sizes: XO (6 x 60, $13) and Ambassador (7 x 55, $12), both offered in 20-count boxes. American Caribbean Tobacco is producing this line as well. Finally, for the cigar smoker who enjoys whisky, Gurkha is adding the Cigar Malt Collection, a five-pack of cigars designed to be paired with five different types of whisky. While each cigar in the set comes in a sealed glass tube, none of the blends feature any sort of infusion or flavoring, but rather are designed to stand on their own as an ideal accompaniment to a specific style of ...
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