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Quick Time – Rocky Patel 1992 Vintage Robusto

Ricky — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:25:26 +0000

Alright folks, it’s been awhile myself and so here’s a quick review brought to you by our sponsor Cigars Direct. If you’ve never checked them out, I urge you to do so, because they have some high end cigars that a lot of other retailers can’t keep on hand.

Okay, so I’ve smoked these before and was never impressed so when Billy sent me these I was a little less than enthusiastic, but a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, right? For this review I smoked two samples and here’s what I got: The wrapper has a coffee smell that is quite pleasant. Looking at the cigar it looks well rolled. The draw was a little loose on both sticks, which isn’t a problem for me. It all started to go downhill from there. The taste was bitter and tannic from beginning to end on both of these. About a quarter of the way through the wrappers started to unravel on me. I’ve had this happen before on these and I’m not sure if it’s just a delicate wrapper or what. I double checked my humidor to make sure that the storage conditions were good, and they were, so I don’t know what the story is. Long story short, these cigars are not my thing. I do know, however, that they’re quite popular, so if it’s your thing, check out Cigars Direct to pick some up.

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-Ricky

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Quick Time: Rocky Patel Sungrown Toro

Ricky — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:55:22 +0000

Nothing like a cigar on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Today I decided to pick out something that I normally don’t smoke. I’m not on the Rocky Patel bandwagon, so it’s rare for me to reach for one, but today I figured why the hell not. I pulled out the RP Sungrown Toro and inspected it. It was a good looking cigar. Feeling it I could tell that it was well made and the smooth burn throughout the smoke confirmed this for me. It also produced a great amount of smoke. Starting out with some extreme spice, it settled into a medium body strength full of wood and leather. The sungrown Ecuadorian Sumatra gives it good consistent flavoring over the Nicaraguan binder and filler. This is a straight forward cigar; not complex in the least. I’d have to say that I don’t think these live up to they hype that many others do, but it’s a good consistent, yet average, cigar.

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Guest Review – Rocky Patel – The Edge

Ricky — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:17:57 +0000

Okay, for the Saturday winner of the Guest Review Contest, we’ve got Stephen P. giving us his descriptive account of Rocky Patel’s most popular cigar. Congratulations to Stephen for winning the second 5-pack of La Flor Dominicana Macheteros.

Keep your eyes peeled as we’ll be bringing you another contest here soon!!

The Rocky Patel the Edge has become a maintsay in humidors everywhere. It is understandable why. A very powerful 5×48 torpedo with a perfect wrapper that looks like a nice dark chocolate. Made with a Costa Rican wrapper and Nicaruguan filler it is truly a great smoke. It imparts great flavors throughout. The flavors range from slight hints of chocolate to leather. The first quarter of the cigar has a cocoa flavor with undertones of leather and spice that never leave. Next, the flavors begin to change into a slight nuttiness with some coffee and spice undertones. The third quarter of this finely made cigar starts imparting more spice but is never overwhelming. Upon nearing the finish it turns to a very black peppery flavor with some hints of the previously noted leather. A perfectly balanced cigar that takes about 45 minutes to smoke and can only get better with age. This is a perfect smoke for any smoker, new or seasoned. ~ Stephen P.

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