The Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Robusto Natural measures 5x50 with a dark, oily/leather wrapper. This cigar features Nicaraguan fillers, a Jalapa binder, and an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. The wrapper has a nice leather aroma, and a few veins which are very visible. It has a nice tight pack with a triple cap. Time to light up.
When you get this cigar lit up, you get a nice smooth nut flavor with a leathery finish, which is what I expected. The finish doesn't have any spice on it, but feels like there could be some spice to come later on in the smoke. The cigar has a perfectly even burn, an excellent draw, and nice smoke output. Definitely a medium-bodied smoke... full of flavor with a little strength. So far so good.
The 2/3 point of this cigar was interesting to me. I felt as if the flavor on the finish swapped with the flavor on the initial puff. So I was getting leather flavors with nut on the finish. Also, some black pepper came into the finish, adding a little spice. Very nice transition/addition.
3/3's to the end of this cigar stayed the same for the most part. The leathery flavor stayed but the hints of nut went back and blended with the leather making for a very nice smoke at the nub. The smoke stayed cool all the way until the end. Even burn the whole way through, perfect draw, and nice smoke output made this a cigar that I will definitely buy again. This is the second Rocky Patel in a row to impress me. I hope he keeps it up.
Stogie Rite score: 98
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