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Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary corona
TatuajeVI
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I was invited by Sandman to a RP event today showcasing the new 15th Anniversary blend - can't pass that up, right? We talked with the rep for a bit and he described the 15th Anniversary as a full bodied, spicy but smooth cigar. From the hype/advertising on this one it is supposed to be more complex than the Decade and a bit more full bodied - sounds like it's right up my alley.
So both Tony and I smoked the Corona vitola. It is box pressed, has a really gorgeous looking Ecuadorian habano wrapper - darker in color than I expected, and definitely toothy. It felt good in the hand, nice heft to it with no soft spots.
Immediately after lighting it up, I was thinking that this could develop well into a great cigar - it had a strong, full flavor to it and I could tell it would live up to the "full bodied" description. Unfortunately, that is about all the compliments I can give this one. After a few minutes, you could taste a really heavy Nicaraguan ligero flavor - tobacco and some black pepper, and that was about it. The flavor never developed any complexity and both of us kept talking about how bored we were smoking this.
Another guy joined us in the lounge with the torpedo and lit his up. He let us know over the next hour and some that he was getting the same flavor of pepper and tobacco that we got. Unfortunate. All three of us were very unimpressed. Tony put his down early, but I felt it was my manly duty to smoke this one the whole way since I paid $11 for it, ha! The guy smoking the torpedo was laughing at me saying "Keep going, man! Maybe the last third will pick up!" Nope, it never did.
For what it's worth, I'm really not all that into Rocky Patel, but I feel we all gave it a fair shot. I was really looking forward to trying this one, and sadly the result was not anywhere even close to the expectation. I will definitely not be purchasing any in the near future. Perhaps I will revisit this one at a later date, but I'm not rushing out to try it again.
So both Tony and I smoked the Corona vitola. It is box pressed, has a really gorgeous looking Ecuadorian habano wrapper - darker in color than I expected, and definitely toothy. It felt good in the hand, nice heft to it with no soft spots.
Immediately after lighting it up, I was thinking that this could develop well into a great cigar - it had a strong, full flavor to it and I could tell it would live up to the "full bodied" description. Unfortunately, that is about all the compliments I can give this one. After a few minutes, you could taste a really heavy Nicaraguan ligero flavor - tobacco and some black pepper, and that was about it. The flavor never developed any complexity and both of us kept talking about how bored we were smoking this.
Another guy joined us in the lounge with the torpedo and lit his up. He let us know over the next hour and some that he was getting the same flavor of pepper and tobacco that we got. Unfortunate. All three of us were very unimpressed. Tony put his down early, but I felt it was my manly duty to smoke this one the whole way since I paid $11 for it, ha! The guy smoking the torpedo was laughing at me saying "Keep going, man! Maybe the last third will pick up!" Nope, it never did.
For what it's worth, I'm really not all that into Rocky Patel, but I feel we all gave it a fair shot. I was really looking forward to trying this one, and sadly the result was not anywhere even close to the expectation. I will definitely not be purchasing any in the near future. Perhaps I will revisit this one at a later date, but I'm not rushing out to try it again.
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Good review; thanks for the heads up/preview
J/k. I want others to try it. Maybe you'll love it and I'll reconsider. Let me know when u do.