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Rocky Patel Vintage 1992

Rocky Patel Vintage 1992
- Length: 5.5 inches
- Ring Gauge: 50
- Wrapper: Ecudorian Sumatra
- Binder: Nicaraguan
- Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan
The construction and look of this cigar was excellent. It felt firm to the touch and had a good pre-light draw.
The cigar burned well and had a slightly spicy flavor. In genreral, it had a good earthy flavor with spice in the background. There was a medium amount of smoke and the cigar smoked cool for the entire session.
The 1992 is one of Rocky’s better cigars and I would recommend it to anyone.
Rocky Patel Juniors

Rocky Patel Juniors
I’m always on the lookout for good “lunch break” smokes. There are some days when I would like to enjoy a cigar but, I don’t have 45 minutes to an hour to dedicate to a normal sized cigar.
I saw these RP Juniors at a local shop and decided to give them a try.
Of course these are short filler cigars. They were constructed well had good looking wrappers.
They are reasonably priced and packaged very nicely. The five cigars all looked very good and seemed to keep well in the tin box.
For a twenty minute smoke, these were not bad. They gave off a lot of smoke, burned well and had a good medium bodied flavor.
I will keep these in mind the next time I am looking for a short cigar.
nub Habano 464T

nub torpedo
- Length: 4 inches
- Ring Gauge: 64
- Wrapper: Habano
- Binder: Nicaraguan
- Filler: Nicaraguan
This cigar came to me courtesy of Cigars Direct. I would like to thank them personally for their kindness and generosity.
The idea behind the nub line is that these cigars have a larger ring gauge while being much shorter than your average cigar. Instead of smoking a cigar and waiting to hit the “sweet spot”, this line is supposed to be all “sweet spot”.
I like this torpedo shape because it is more comfortable to smoke. I am not a big fan of large guage cigars and these nubs are some of the widest. The taper on the cap of the torpedo helps greatly.
After clipping the cap the pre-light draw was very easy. I toasted the foot and began the smoke. After a few minutes I needed to perform a touch up on the burn.
This cigar burned slowly, stayed cool to the touch and had a very smooth, medium bodied flavor. About halfway through I had to touch up the burn again. I noticed that this cigar wanted to go out quickly if I did not continuously puff on it. Perhaps the filler was a bit too dense on this cigar.
Towards the end, the band came off smoothly and cleanly. There’s nothing worse than tearing the wrapper towards the end of a good smoke to ruin it.
Smoke time was about an hour. Not bad for a short cigar. I enjoyed it and would recommend this blend to anyone.
nub Habano 460

- Length: 4 inches
- Ring Gauge: 60
- Filler: Nicaragua
- Binder: Nicaragua
- Wrapper: Habano
This started out very mild and worked its way into a medium to strong smoke.
Since this cigar has such a large ring gauge, the pre-light draw was very easy. I tasted a very earthy tobacco taste that carried over into the first few puffs.
About halfway through, the cigar picked up speed. I was getting a stronger flavor and full blue smoke on the exhale.
The cigar had great construction, lit easily and only required one or two touch ups.
I would easily recommend this cigar to anyone who enjoys a cigar of this profile. I’m not a fan of the larger ring gauges so I don’t smoke them that often. I certainly would not turn this cigar down though.
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