Help me ID this one?

It's a Gurkha, toro I think, natural wrapper (received from someone on ASC)...red band with gold trim and an image of a guy checking out his khopesh knife (unless it's a Gurkha...hmmm)...great cedary beginning, lots of lavender and other floral tastes, plenty of smoke, excellent draw, even burn. Anyone know which Gurkha this is?

[Emjaysmash]

Like this?

Gurkha Expedition

In before smurf dude.

[Emjaysmash]

Originally Posted by Slavac

In before smurf dude.

honestly, I've never had the profile that the OP listed, im just looking up Red banded Gurkhas...

[NCRadioMan]

Master Select?



Picture is for the band, obviously not the vitola.

[T.G]

There were, kerist, four, five, six, seven? (I lost count after I gave up on the brand years ago) different cigars from Burpha that use or have used that band.

What was the wrapper on it?
Did it have a cedar sleeve?
What vitola was it (or at least what shape)?

The Expedition might be it--yes, it had a cedar sleeve.

And cello wrapped.

And seemed to be a toro.


Third edit: but it didn't have the "Expedition" band.

[NCRadioMan]

The Master Select's come with a cedar sleeve and the lone red band.

[T.G]

IIRC, Expeditions always had the brother P-touch label on the cedar that read "Expedition".

There used to be a number of their cigars that had the red/yellow band but lacked a cedar sleve. Some only came in one vitola (such as the Centurion - only available as a perfecto) others had a second band (such as the Boer).

I think NCRadioMan likely has your answer with the Master Select. I seem to recall that being the only cedar wrapped, red/yellow band Burpha that didn't have a second band with a name on it, but I also admit I really haven't been following Burpha that much in the last few years, so things might have changed.