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Gurkha Centurian 6"X60 Double Perfecto - Rested 1.5 months at 62%
Burn time : 1hr 40min
Medium Body - Light Strength
Wrapper: Connecticut
Filler: Cuban seed DR grown
Prelight : This double perfecto has a light tobacco aroma with a light brown splotchy wrapper. Pretty ugly up close but from far looks like a decent stick with the interesting shape (good from far but far from good..lol). Has a very light pack.
1/3 : I light it without cutting any off from the torpedoed end, and surprisingly there's a very easy draw right from the start. Lots of smoke coming off, with a creamy nutty flavor and a short finish at first. Not especially creamy textured smoke, on the thin side but tastes good. A little bit in a light tobacco flavor mixes in. It's a very slow burner, 40 minutes in I'm just getting past the first third. Up to this point it's been burning fine, but that will change soon enough...
2/3 : The body has worked its way up to a medium, where it will stay for the rest of the cigar. The burn is very slow, and halfway in I'm getting nuttiness and slight pepper, the creaminess has gone mostly. Starting at the halfway point the burn gets REAL crazy and wonky on me. The fattest part of this cigar puts off a great amount of smoke but has difficulty burning straight, from the halfway point on I had to touch it up 6-7 times.
3/3 : The flavors are consistent, with a new addition of woody flavor towards the end, with the nuttiness still there. The burn is pretty damn bad. I am smoking it outside in the wind, but this is obviously a construction issue. No strength at all even by the very end, which is great by me. From 2/3 on the finish lasts for a long time, light and creamy and very enjoyable.
Overall : Would be a great daytime smoke if it burned right. Consistent flavor profile throughout the stick and not very complex or bold, but would be good on an empty stomach before dinner and/or while working on the garden/fishing/etc. where you don't want a very complex stick. Would try again but won't go out of my way to get any more.
