Rocky Patel R4 Quick Review
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Rocky Patel R4 Toro (6x52)
Smoked last week after about 2/3 months in the humi.
If it was a full review Id put it in the fourto review space.
Upon removing the cello:
The wrapper appeared to be a disaster. Hastilly rolled, separated at spots, cracked and chipped in spots.
The foot of the cigar appeared to be very problematic with the wrapper at the end not clipped properly and had some short spots and long spots (like a ghurka shaggy at some points).
The chips, splits appeared to be from a hastilly rolled and unchecked cigar.
So for the first two inches I had burn issues, tunnelling, canoing etc.
The flavor wasnt bad at this point, but the burn issues were troubling.
I got to one spot on the wrapper that was separated about half way down, and smoked past that then ashed.
After this point the cigar burned and smoked almost perfectly. The flavors were good after this point.
I am hoping that the stick I got just slipped through the RP quality check process and that the majority of these arent like this.
I know CHolmes had one that he had no issues with and loved it.
Upon removing the cello:
The wrapper appeared to be a disaster. Hastilly rolled, separated at spots, cracked and chipped in spots.
The foot of the cigar appeared to be very problematic with the wrapper at the end not clipped properly and had some short spots and long spots (like a ghurka shaggy at some points).
The chips, splits appeared to be from a hastilly rolled and unchecked cigar.
So for the first two inches I had burn issues, tunnelling, canoing etc.
The flavor wasnt bad at this point, but the burn issues were troubling.
I got to one spot on the wrapper that was separated about half way down, and smoked past that then ashed.
After this point the cigar burned and smoked almost perfectly. The flavors were good after this point.
I am hoping that the stick I got just slipped through the RP quality check process and that the majority of these arent like this.
I know CHolmes had one that he had no issues with and loved it.
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Like I said, nothing to write home about, but a good smoke for a better price - I think they were going for around $3.
5x48 Robusto around there
Been in Humi for 3 weeks
LOOK
Cigars is not the most perfectly wrapped cigar. Wrapper is bunched in places and stretched thin in places. A few lifts in the wrapper where there is a seam and 3 main veins running through most of the stick. The Band really compliments the look of this cigar.
FEEL
Feel is ok, no soft spots and it is rather solid around the band area.
SMELL
Cigar gives off the tobacoo barnyard smell (Kuzi, Did you coin the barnyard smell phrase? If so it is appropriat with this stick)
LIGHT
I light this with a single torch and I actually toast the wrapper a little bit down the stick with a mis hit of the lighter about 1/8 of an inch down.
Ok so I torch this one up and I am overwhealmed with a black pepper flavor! It is all over my palate and mouth. At this point I am hoping that this pepper flavor will subside and will mellow out. The 1st 1/3 of this cigar is almost total pepper. I am thinking at the 1/3 mark that this is a FULL BODIED FULL FLAVORED cigar.
The second third seemed like someone turned off the pepper faucet. The pepper totally died out and a smooth earthy nutty flavor came out. I had a real hard time putting my foot down on any more description of the flavors other than earth and nut.
The last 3rd was really smooth and woody/cedary. A very nice flavor.
This is probably one of the most complex smokes that I have had. This is the opposite of spring time in New England that comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion! This sucker came in like a lion and came out like a lamb.
I would put this cigar in the medium body with full complex flavor. I would say that the 1st 3rd was Full body and the last third was mild to medium. But the flavor profile could have been affecting that feeling.
I would smoke this cigar again.
I would buy this cigar again.
This is an above average cigar for me.
I would recomend this cigar, but not to newbie newbies.
I consider myself a newbie, but if I had this one as my 1st couple of sticks I would not have picked another cigar up again for quite some time.
4/5 = Most complex cigar I can remember smoking.
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