Toro, 6.1” x 52 ring gauge, ~$5 One of Gurkha’s non-B&M offerings is this Triple Ligero, a frequent special buy on Cigars International and Cigar Bid. I got mine about a year ago, so technically this has been aging for a while. The only information I could find on this stick comes from CI, where I was able to learn only that it has a Brazilian wrapper.
The bottom half of the cigar is covered with a cedar wrap. That led to a portion of the wrapper having a very strong cedar aroma. The foot also had plenty of cedar as well as sweet chocolate. The wrapper has some very dark spots and some larger veins that are more seen than felt. The light/dark areas on the wrapper followed no pattern or even the veins very well and made the stick rather unattractive to look at.
The prelight draw had a load of chocolatey sweetness and not much else. Initial puffs were sweet and remarkably smooth for what is billed as a Triple Ligero, implying all kinds of strength and harshness. The first third of the TL had flavors of sweet chocolate and creamy coffee, as well as just a tiny bit of pepper spice that is normally associated with ligero tobacco. There was also some sweet spice in the form of hints of cinnamon from time to time. The smoke was, so far, just medium-bodied. Truly this is not your father’s “triple ligero” cigar.
The second third saw the pepper spice fade completely and the flavor of black coffee came to the forefront, pushing aside the sweet chocolate and replacing the creamy coffee aspect. Construction was good—the draw was great and the burn line straight, but the ash was flaky and tended to banana-peel if left on for more than half an inch.
The final third was pleasantly chocolately again the black coffee flavor was very evident as well. Overall, despite its Triple Ligero designation, this was a nice, mild-to-medium bodied smooth-smoking cigar that would serve very well as a morning smoke. This is not even close to a powerhouse—not even for a Gurkha. While being fairly mild and smooth, though, it still had plenty of flavors ordinarily associated with stronger smokes. Interesting and unexpected.
Body: 4/10
Strength: 3/10
Complexity: 6/10
AFP Scale
Prelight: 1.5/2
Construction: 1.5/2
Flavor: 4/5
Value: 1/1
Total: 8/10
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