The gatekeeper comes dressed in an Ecuador Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, with fillers from the Dominican and Nicaragua. Its smooth, rich profile is accentuated by cedar, nuts, and leather notes, and the construction is what you would expect from the factory that produces such great sticks as the Prensado. This cigar results from a great man passing along his wealth of knowledge and skill to the next generation. Judging by the excellent results, our industry has nothing to worry about.

Good news! Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper has been named #7 Cigar of 2020 with a 95-rating, noting:"...Gatekeeper finds synergy and balance with its backbone of pepper (both red and black), nougat and caramel that’s spicy in the right places, sweet in the right places and pops with savory snaps of leather."

Producer : Alec & Bradley

Shape : Corona

Size : 5-1/8 x 42

Filler : Nicaragua/Dominican Republic

Binder : Nicaragua

Wrapper : Ecuador (Habano)

The cold draw :

There are notes of cherry, bourbon, hay, black walnut, oak, latex, and chamomile

The First :

There are notes of milk powder, Chamomile, Lana Lynn, New French Oak, Naval orange, or Tobacco. There’s a spice note in the back finish, like Bitters.

The second :

The spice note is more pronounced throughout with a sweetness like of malt coming through along with Notes of pine nut, Golden raisin, pluot, grape leaf, and I would Say orange taffy.

The Third:

The last part of the cigar has the sweetness, more pronounced like of malt and cotton, along with notes of orange water, almond flour, rosemary, dragon blood pluot, French oak, clay, and Distani Water. There a finish of lime leaf that is very subtle

The Draw :

The draw is constant with no constriction in any part of the cigar

The Burn :

The burn is uneven throughout

The appearance :

Final thoughts :

Alec & Bradley - Gatekeeper