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Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut: flavour profile and cigars like it

Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is mild-medium to medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Honduras and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 and Griffin's Classic.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut cigar
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What does Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • natural sweetness

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut
BinderCigar Aficionado: Nicaraguan. Thompson: Honduran.
FillerHonduran and Nicaraguan
StrengthMild-medium to medium as published by rockypatel.com
BodyMild-to-medium bodied
Made inHonduras
Made byRocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc.; made at its El Paraíso factory in Danlí, Honduras.
FactoryEl Paraíso, Rocky Patel's factory in Danlí, Honduras.
SizesRobusto 5.5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Torpedo 6×52 · Double Corona 7.5×52 · Battalion 6×60 · Howitzer 7×70

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

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 Edge Connecticut

The brand. Rocky Patel Premium Cigars distributes the portfolio. Rocky Patel owns TaviCusa in Estelí. cigaraficionado.com

Cigars like Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut

  1. Rocky Patel Vintage 1999Closest matchConnecticut wrapper · MildSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, a step milder.
  2. Griffin's ClassicAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
  3. Camacho ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, more hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  4. Casa Cuevas Reserva NaturalAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild-medium to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  5. RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance EC XVIIIOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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