Tom's Cigar Reviews

Rocky Patel Renaissance

Up for review today is the Rocky Patel Renaissance. Is it a rebranded RP Edge Sumatra? I don’t know… As many of you know I’m a little Rocky fan boy. Whenever he puts out a new blend, I try to find it. A majority of the time I enjoy his products. I was turned on to this cigar by a couple cigar reviewers, Jerry and Barry. Make sure you see what they have to say about it. In the mean time, here are my thoughts. As always, I paired up with fine Florida tap water.

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra

Binder: Jalapa Valley Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Size: 5 x 50

Price: $7.50

Pre-Smoke & Construction:

Giving the cigar my usual pre-smoke inspection, I found that overall it looked nice. The wrapper was smooth, a little shiny, and had small to medium veins. The cigar was consistently packed and felt a little stiff when pinching. The odor of soil and a touch of poo were noticed when sniffing the wrapper. Sniffing the foot revealed a simple earthy sweet odor. The pre-light draw had a slight resistance, and had a sweet earthy tobacco taste.

The burn required a few touch up’s, and the ash held for well over an inch.

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Flavor:

The first third started out easy and smooth with earthy notes. A dry woody flavor was up next, along with a sweet and mild peppery spice. As the first third came to a close, the sweetness increased in strength.

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As I dug into the second third, the earthiness decreased a little in strength. The woody, peppery, and sweet spicy flavors were pretty much equal and mixed together well. The overall flavor profile came together in this third and I found it to be enjoyable.

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The last third went well and increased in strength a bit. The woody notes seemed to dominate. The sweet pepper remained and lingered after retro-haling. The sweetness evolved into a dry mocha-ish flavor, while the finish was dry and somewhat toasty. The smoke had a thick feel. Overall this third was very satisfying.

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Conclusion:

This was a good medium to upper medium bodied cigar. I seem to recall liking the Edge Sumatra a bit more though. All in all, I think the Renaissance is definitely worth trying. Get a few and see what you think.

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Posted in: Cigar Reviews

Tags: patel, renaissance, rocky

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6 Responses to “Rocky Patel Renaissance”

A well aged Cuban December 14th, 2009 at 5:02 am

Hi Tom, nice work as always. I have a question for you…If the God of cigars came down from the heavens and said in a intimating and thunderous voice that He was going to take the many, many lines of Rocky Patel cigars and wipe them from the face of the earth forever and always…but, he comes to you and tells you that you can save just two lines of his cigars. Which ones do you pick?

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Gene December 14th, 2009 at 10:03 am

I like this stick in the churchill size. Nice flavor, definitely medium. I think I can compare it to the V, with the V having the edge in flavor.

Tom December 15th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

Well Aged Cuban –
I thought about this hard and still haven’t come up with a good answer. I will not pick my favorite child!

Jessup December 16th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

I too am a RP fan, haven’t tried this blend though. It would be tough to pick just two!

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