The KC/DW Review Series

[DeeDubya]

Thanks again to King Catfish for sending some cigars for review. I have enjoyed a Gurkha Regent Torpedo, one that I had not smoked.
The Regent is a model cigar. Regular roll with no lumps, smooth firm wrapper with very fine veins and even color.
As always, I toasted the foot and immediately detected a spicy, sumptuous "black pepper" aroma. An easy draw first led me to think that it would be fast burning and maybe to loosely rolled but came to find a very consistant, even, slow burn. So, for about an hour I enjoyed a medium-bodied, perfectly balanced, creamy and complex cigar. Never bitter or biting on the tongue even at the finish. As a matter of fact it was so consistant that it tasted exactly the same at the finish as the start. I tipped the medium gray (I like salt & pepper) ash twice during my enjoyment. I believe this cigar is aged for 5 years which evidently achieves the perfect blend between the Dominican Piloto filler, Indonesian binder and Nicaraguan Havana 2000 wrapper.

On a scale of 1-10 I will rate this cigar at 9.2.