Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by AJ Fernandez 6"5/8 * 52

A smooth medium-bodied smoking experience with notes of spice highlight this limited-edition cigar’s unique flavor profile. Its Nicaraguan binder and filler is covered by a smooth Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. Gurkha collaborated with globally recognized cigar crafter AJ Fernandez to develop the blend.  The cigars are handmade at AJ’s cigar factory in Nicaragua. The Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by AJ Fernandez was crafted to celebrate the Chinese New Year (aka The Lunar New Year). Only 2,000 boxes of 10 cigars per box were made. Order yours today!

• Brands
  Gurkha Year of the Dragon

  The Gurkha Year of the Dragon cigar was crafted to welcome in the year 2024, which according to the Chinese Zodiac is represented by a dragon. It is the first time that Gurkha has released a cigar to celebrate the Chinese New Year (also referred to as the Lunar New Year). The cigars are handmade in the Dominican Republic from undisclosed proprietary tobacco and feature a savory maduro wrapper. Once rolled, the cigars are placed in a specially designed collectible box that commemorates the new year. According to the Chinese Zodiac, people born on the Year of the Dragon are considered ambitious and intelligent. If you were born in the following years: 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, and 2024, you are a dragon. Celebrate by purchasing a box or two of this limited-edition cigar.
• Cigar Shape
  Perfecto

  The Perfecto shape has two tapered, closed ends with a rounded head, a closed foot, and a bulge in the middle. They can vary in length and ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length
  6"5/8

  This cigar is 6"5/8 inches long, or 168.27 mm.
• Origin
  Nicaragua

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  52

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Natural

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  AJ Fernandez

  Cuban expatriate AJ Fernandez produces handmade cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Tabacalera Fernandez factory. Fernandez learned everything he knows about tobacco and cigarmaking from his late grandfather, cigar legend Alejandro Robaina.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian Habano

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuadorian Habano wrapper has become one of the most used cigar wrappers in the market. Grown primarily by the Oliva family, this tobacco originated from Habano or H2000 seeds brought to Ecuador from Cuba. This leaf is rich and flavorful thanks to the temperate climate of Ecuador and the quality of its volcanic soil.
• Cigar Binder
  Nicaragua

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Filler
  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  810136291223