Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary
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Looks like one of the new cigars coming out this Sept is gonna be the RP 15th Anniv. According to the article I read he said it's gonna be like the Decade, but with steroids. Interesting....now I'm curious. I like the Decade, especially the torpedo, so I will def be trying this smoke in Sept. Here is some of the article:
“I wanted to do something special to celebrate our 15 years in the cigar business,” said Patel, the owner of Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, which is based in Naples, Florida. “I wanted a cigar that’s like the Decade on steroids. The Fifteenth has the elegance and the balance of the Decade, but it has the richness, complexity and spice that kind of puts it over the top.”
Patel spoke about one of the fillers, which he said comes from “a special farm in Estelí. I think it’s some of the richest, and spiciest tobaccos I’ve ever had. The farm is just dedicated to that filler.” He also said that he had been waiting to use the Habano seed Ecuadoran wrapper tobacco, which comes from a very high priming, for about two years.
While Patel has built his brands primarily with cigars that are rolled in Honduras, namely those made by the Plasencia family, this new brand is made in the Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. cigar factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Patel owns the factory along with Amilcar Perez. Cigar Insider toured the first version of the factory in December, and it has since been relocated to a larger space in Estelí.
Tabacalera Villa Cuba makes cigars in slow, artisan style. It has been in operation since December 2008, and also makes the Rocky Patel 1961 cigar along with some private label brands. The cigars there are made with triple caps, the bunching is done entubado style, a slow process where each filler leaf is rolled in a sort of tube, and the cigars get two binder leaves rather than simply one.
The Fifteenth Anniversary cigars won’t make their formal debut until August at the International Premium Cigars and Pipe Retailers trade show, and they should be in stores by September.
“I wanted to do something special to celebrate our 15 years in the cigar business,” said Patel, the owner of Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, which is based in Naples, Florida. “I wanted a cigar that’s like the Decade on steroids. The Fifteenth has the elegance and the balance of the Decade, but it has the richness, complexity and spice that kind of puts it over the top.”
Patel spoke about one of the fillers, which he said comes from “a special farm in Estelí. I think it’s some of the richest, and spiciest tobaccos I’ve ever had. The farm is just dedicated to that filler.” He also said that he had been waiting to use the Habano seed Ecuadoran wrapper tobacco, which comes from a very high priming, for about two years.
While Patel has built his brands primarily with cigars that are rolled in Honduras, namely those made by the Plasencia family, this new brand is made in the Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. cigar factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Patel owns the factory along with Amilcar Perez. Cigar Insider toured the first version of the factory in December, and it has since been relocated to a larger space in Estelí.
Tabacalera Villa Cuba makes cigars in slow, artisan style. It has been in operation since December 2008, and also makes the Rocky Patel 1961 cigar along with some private label brands. The cigars there are made with triple caps, the bunching is done entubado style, a slow process where each filler leaf is rolled in a sort of tube, and the cigars get two binder leaves rather than simply one.
The Fifteenth Anniversary cigars won’t make their formal debut until August at the International Premium Cigars and Pipe Retailers trade show, and they should be in stores by September.
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Rocky will present a ‘sneak preview’ of his Rocky Patel 15 Year Anniversary to the event, long before it is scheduled to be released
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