Let's see how many riffs on the name of the Gurkha Assassin cigar we can fit into one description, shall we? Let's start with the obvious: This is one killer cigar. Master of the dark blending arts Paul Flores targeted the lovers of potent tobacco and then kept his end of the deal. To fulfill this mission he hunted down the best tobaccos from deepest Peru and Nicaragua and smothered them in a thick Ecuadorian binder. This left one final, fatal decision. What type of leaf for the wrapper? What would hit the mark and make the cigar one to die for? The answer came in the form of a Brazilian Mata Fina, black as night and fierce to behold.

The inescapable conclusion to all of this is the Gurkha Assassin is a cigar meant for only the most resilient smokers. Those who are capable of taking down this sneaky opponent, however, will be rewarded with a profound satisfaction and an appreciation of dead-on taste.