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Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra: flavour profile and cigars like it

Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is full. It has a Colorado maduro Sumatra wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua and Honduras. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Raíces C5 Black and Plasencia Cosecha 149.

Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra cigar
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What does Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

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

WrapperEcuadorian Sumatra
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan, Honduran, and Panamanian
StrengthFull as published by neptunecigar.com
BodyFull-bodied
Made inHonduras
Made byRocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc.
FactoryEl Paraiso, Danlí, Honduras
SizesToro 6×52 · Torpedo 6×52

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

What reviewers say

  • rockypatel.com: 91 points (2007)In our words: Maker page reports the 91 Cigar Aficionado score. It does not identify the rated vitola.

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 The Edge Sumatra

The line. The Edge Sumatra released in 2007. It entered Cigar Aficionado's 2007 Top 25. rockypatel.com

The brand. Rocky Patel introduced Indian Tabac at the 1996 RTDA show. The company later became Rocky Patel Premium Cigars. rockypatel.com

Cigars like Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra

  1. Raíces C5 BlackClosest matchWrapper style not published · FullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
  2. Plasencia Cosecha 149Also fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, a step milder.
  3. Rocky Patel Edge 20th AnniversaryAlso fitsSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullSame Sumatra wrapper family, also made in Honduras, a step milder.
  4. Alec Bradley Tempus NaturalAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, a step milder.
  5. Leaf by Oscar MaduroOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, a step milder.

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

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