Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary

We are home from our vacation to the beach and I already want to be back there. Now that we're back, I figured I should get caught up on my cigar reviews.....so here's another one that I got from my CI CotM club; this is why I love CI.

Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary 6.5"x52 Toro

Construction:

I have to say that Rocky knows how to build a tasty and attractive cigar. From the elegant band to the seamless, oily and slightly toothy Ecuador Habano wrapper that conceals long-filler and binder tobaccos from Nicaragua, this stick tastes as good as it looks.

Smoke:

 I opened this cigar with my trusty cutter and was greeted by a nice spice from aged tobaccos combined with a nice raisin flavor on the cold draw. Once lit, flavors like raisin, earth, tobacco, and warm leather were the first things I noticed followed by a sense of warm cooking bread on the finish. This smoke has a long finish, so make sure not to rush into the next draw. The burn was straight and even, and produced a decent amount of smoke that was thick and creamy. This smoke is definitely a finger burner, but never actually got hot enough to burn the lips or the fingers.

Overall, this is definitely a keeper. Alec Bradley is probably my favorite cigar house so far, but Rocky is right up there in the running for one of the best smokes I've tasted. CI has a sampler that is the top 10 ABs and RPs head-to-head. As soon as I have room in my humidor (since Sheri won't let me convert the walk-in closet into a walk-in humidor), that sampler will be my first purchase.

Keep Smokin!

Mick