Brand: Rocky Patel
Blend: Sungrown
Vitola: Robusto (5.5x50)
Paired with: Mtn. Dew
TV/Movie/Other: Clockwork Angels: The
Novel
Smoked at: Cigar Jacks
I obtained this cigar via another
Redditor like myself. It has a medium coloured wrapper, and a double
band bearing both the name and the blend. After cutting the cigar
with a V-cutter, I took a cold draw, and was both surprised and
worried at how loose the draw was. I lit it with a triple torch
lighter, toasting the foot nicely first. I was immediately met with
sweet, almost hazelnut notes and a very nice mild spice. The ash was
a nice white colour, and didn't seem at all flaky.
An inch and a half into this stick, the
burn became uneven. I flipped it over to let the underside catch up,
but it was no use. I had to even it up with a single torch lighter
that one of the Jacks regulars had laying around. The mild spice had
faded at that point into rich, much more spicy tobacco overtones with
sweet coffee undertones. The ash held on for an inch and a half
before falling off (albeit this was my fault, as I jostled the stick
setting it down).
More than halfway through, the flavours
started to change again. I love this about Rocky Patel cigars;
generally, they are very fluid and changing throughout the length of
the smoke. Very prominent oaky flavours are mingling with the
hazelnut undertones now, and the spice is still quite strong and in
your face. Unfortunately, the burn is quite uneven, even after
touch-ups. I put the single torch to the uneven part once more. In
the last two inches or so, it grew slightly hot, and I set it down to
die.
Final verdict: very flavourful and
changing stick (hazelnut, coffee, oak, spice) with nice ash and quite
a few burn problems. Full bodied. Overall, a good stick, but not for
every day. 84/100