Rocky Patel American Market Robusto

Rocky knows how to make a solid stick, but he is puting these out so fast that they don't always have a great blend inside. This one is like that. Just not a ton of flavor here. Rock needs to dtop trying to be the new kid on the block and get serious before Pepin out runs him.

Picked this one up through a RP sampler pack. Wanted to have a mild smoke after lunch, so I thought this one would do. Construction looked great, but the cigar looks pretty bland compaired to Patel's other cigars. The draw was great, but the burn was uneven. The flavor was just nasty. Straight bitter tobacco flavor. Only got half way through this one before I set it down. I'm a big fan of Rocky Patel's cigars, but this one was a total bust.

Seems like Rocky is trying to put out about every possible type of cigar you can think of these days. That's probably not a good thing. This cigar is pretty straight foreword. Has a mild-looking appearance to it due to the real light wrapper, and it smokes mild. Pretty much a slight flavor of creme and a little spice; nothing to get excited about. I like strong cigars and this is not one of them, but if you like Macanudos, Cusanos, Don Diegos or Montecristos you might like this since the flavor and strength are similar.
No construction issues to note. I think most Patel cigars are usually pretty boring though, they're never really bad, but they're never really good. Seems like these cigar lines are being rushed out. I'll try the decade and Olde World eventually, these are suppsedly pretty good.