Gurkha Adding Private Select Natural, East India Havana Blend Lancero

In addition to new blends, Gurkha Cigar Group will be expanding two of its existing line with extensions at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.

The company will add a Toro (6 x 50, $10) to its Private Select line. The bigger story is that the maduro-wrapped rum-infused line is getting a natural counterpart. The Private Select Natural uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over Dominican fillers. Both the Maduro and Natural versions are infused with Ron Abuelo 7-year rum.

Gurkha’s East India Co. will see its The Classic Cigar: Havana Blend get a Lancero (7 x 42, $8) added to its line. That cigar uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s made at American Caribbean Tobacco S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

In addition, the company’s Spec Ops will get an upgrade in the form of a new Sniper Case. Spec Ops comes in a Pelican-style case with 20 cigars, a knife and challenge coin. The new Sniper Case will include the knife and challenge coin and will retail for $240. Spec Ops uses a Dominican wrapper, Indonesian binder and Dominican fillers.

The 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show begins July 17 in New Orleans, La.