This cigar features a 12-year-aged Honduran Maduro wrapper, combined with 8-year-aged Nicaraguan and Dominican Ligero fillers. The result is a mild to medium-bodied cigar with notes of nuts and caramel. Connoisseurs recognize that Rocky’s blends often cater to sophisticated palates, and may not immediately connect with novice smokers.

Rocky explains that combining tobaccos from different regions requires greater skill, but the result is a perfect harmony of flavors: «I personally craft each blend. It’s a meticulous process where I taste hundreds of combinations until I find the ideal one. Most of my creations take a year to develop.»

The Rocky Patel 1990 Vintage received a 92-point rating from Cigar Aficionado in October 2004, and was featured among the Cigars of the Year in 2004 and 2006!