Rocky Patel Decade Toro

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Rocky Patel Decade Toro
Size: 6"x50rg
MSRP: about $10

Construction: Firm cigar with a dark Ecuadorian wrapper and few small veins. Considerable weight for its size. I'm not a fan of double bands but the bands on this cigar were tasteful. The wrapped near the cap unraveled a bit upon cutting the cap. I would recommend using a punch cutter with this cigar.

Pre-light: Fragrant tobacco scent. The draw was just right with a rich tobacco flavor. So far, so good!

First third: A nice, balanced blend of spice and earth with a sweet, lingering finish. Perfect, even burn. Light gray/white ash.

Second third: The flavors are building nicely. Any spice is overcome with rich molasses, earth, and tobacco flavors. The finish with sweet, dark, and syrupy. The burn and ash remain flawless and beautiful. Medium-full body and medium strength.

Last third: The rich flavors and perfect burn continue. A bit of harshness appears and I decide to set this cigar down with about 2" remaining.

Bottom line: The construction of this cigar was so good that you could have put a Graycliff label on it and I would have been fooled. In fact, I kept thinking that this cigar was a lot like a Graycliff during the first half before the richer flavors really kicked in. The second half of this cigar was rich, dark, and sweet. I enjoyed this cigar but didn't find anything that made it stand out from the crowd. It was rich and flavorful but lacked that certain spark of life that makes a cigar outstanding to me. While it's not exactly my cup of tea, I would recommend trying this cigar to just about anyone.
 
Great review on a grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat cigar!!!


You're making me want one right now.
 
I smoked my first one recently. I like most of Rocky's offerings except the
Fusion. I'm very partial to his Sun Grown & Signature lines.
Given all the hype & the 95 rating in C.A. I was anxiously anticipating the experience.

It was an excellent smoke, definately a 9 out of 10 but I agree with the OP, I wasn't completely blown away.
I can't put my finger on it but it was lacking that certain something that, say an Opus X or a Cuban Monty, puts it over the top for me.
I have two more that I'm going to bury in my humidor for a few months then see if my opinion changes.
 
Sounds interesting. I picked up a robusto based on a B &M owners recommendation. I usually agree with most of his opinions and he really pushed this one.

Totally overpriced though. I paid $11 for it. I want to give it a nice full rest before trying it, as his humidor RH seemed a bit too high to me.

Nice looking stick though, very Padron Anniv like.
 
Thanks for the review. I've never tried this specific version but I'm becoming a RP fan.

- Rob
 
zackly said:
I smoked my first one recently. I like most of Rocky's offerings except the
Fusion. I'm very partial to his Sun Grown & Signature lines.
Given all the hype & the 95 rating in C.A. I was anxiously anticipating the experience.

It was an excellent smoke, definately a 9 out of 10 but I agree with the OP, I wasn't completely blown away.
I can't put my finger on it but it was lacking that certain something that, say an Opus X or a Cuban Monty, puts it over the top for me.
I have two more that I'm going to bury in my humidor for a few months then see if my opinion changes.
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It was a good cigar but I definitely do not agree with CA's 95 rating either. I would not choose this cigar over any Padron Anniversary line cigar. Heck, I think I would choose a Padron X000 maduro over the Decade even if the Decade does have excellent construction. However, it was a very good cigar and I think that a lot of people will love it.
 
Personally, I feel that the RP are generally overrated. But the Decade was quite a pleasing smoke. For the price though, I'm sticking to Padrons or the Toraño Silver. You can get practically two of those sticks for the price of one Decade.
 
Thanks for the good review. I live this cigar. It's not a 95 more like 92 IMHO. All I know is that it is a really well made cigar that builds in flavor and now that they are being offered online and the price is going down I will have to get myself some more!
 
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