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Rocky Patel Special Edition: flavour profile and cigars like it

Rocky Patel Special Edition is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Alfambra El Brujito and Black Works Studio NBK.

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

Rocky Patel Special Edition cigar
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What does Rocky Patel Special Edition taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • cocoa and coffee

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

WrapperEight-year Ecuadorian Habano
BinderNot disclosed
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthMedium to medium-full as published by burnbyrockypatel.com
BodyMedium-bodied
Made inNicaragua
Made byRocky Patel Premium Cigars
FactoryTAVICUSA, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesRobusto 5.5×50 · Toro 6.5×52 · Sixty 6×60

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 Special Edition

The line. The line was introduced in 2016 for brick-and-mortar retailers. cigarinspector.com

The brand. Rocky Patel’s TAVICUSA is its Estelí factory. The company says its premium Nicaraguan brands are hand rolled there. rockypatel.com

Cigars like Rocky Patel Special Edition

  1. Alfambra El BrujitoClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  2. Black Works Studio NBKAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  3. Bossner Black EditionAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Puro NicaraguaAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  5. Casa Carrillo Ascend CigarsOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.

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

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