Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic vs Gurkha Royal Challenge Toro
How do Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic and Gurkha Royal Challenge Torostack up? Here's the head-to-head — strength, wrapper, flavor, size, and critic ratings — plus which one to reach for.
- Strength
- Body
- Medium
- Mild-Medium
- Origin
- Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Wrapper
- Cameroon
- Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
- Binder
- Dominican
- Honduran Habano
- Filler
- Dominican
- Nicaraguan and Dominican
- Vitola
- Perfecto (Double Corona)
- Toro
- Size
- 7 in × 48
- 6 in × 50
- Rating
- 92/100 · 2009
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- Flavor
- CedarRoasted nutsCoffeeLeatherSweet spice
- CedarSweet teaVanillaCitrusLight spice
The verdict
- Strength
- Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic is the bolder smoke (Medium vs Mild-Medium). New to cigars? Gurkha Royal Challenge Toro is the friendlier place to start.
- Critic scores
- Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic carries the published pedigree (92 points from the critics).
Both are worth knowing — the "better" cigar is the one that fits your taste and the moment.