Corojo wrapper · Medium
Rocky Patel Dark Star: flavour profile and cigars like it
Rocky Patel Dark Star is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a Corojo wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Nicaragua and Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper, sweetness and fruit.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Alfonso Añejo and All Saints Dedicacion Habano.
What does Rocky Patel Dark Star taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cedar and wood
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
- fruit and floral
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Honduran Corojo |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran (Cigar Coop); Mexican San Andrés (Cigar Aficionado) |
| Filler | Nicaragua, Honduras and Paraguay |
| Strength | Medium as published by rockypatel.com |
| Body | Medium-bodied |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Rocky Patel Premium Cigars |
| Factory | El Paraiso, Danlí, Honduras |
| Sizes | Short Star 4×60 · Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Sixty 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigaraficionado.com: 88 points, Toro, 6 x 52 (2024)In our words: Gingerbread, dried fruit, and graham cracker preceded a cedary finish.
- cigar-coop.com: 85 points, Robusto, 5 x 50 (2024)In our words: The reviewer found harshness and maintenance issues in the second half.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Rocky Patel Dark Star
The line. Dark Star was previewed at PCA 2023. It shipped as regular production that September. cigaraficionado.com
The brand. Rocky Patel owned Rocky Patel Premium Cigars by 2008. The business began as Indian Tabac. cigaraficionado.com
Cigars like Rocky Patel Dark Star
- Alfonso AñejoClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
- All Saints Dedicacion HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullAbout the same strength.
- Raíces ClásicoAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in Honduras, less fruit and floral, a step milder.
- West Tampa Tobacco WhiteAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumMore earth and leather, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Connecticut)One step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumA step milder.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Rocky Patel Dark Star as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.