Cigar Aficionado #16 Cigar of the Year 2017 Rated 92

 

Rocky Patel's Vintage Series of cigars is one of the most recognizable in the humidor. Most cigar smokers can spot the iconic double bands from across the humidor.

The Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 blend was in the works for many years before its final release. Rocky has always wanted to use a Cameroon wrapper on one of his cigars lines, and he finally pulled the trigger and made the Vintage 2003 Cameroon. For nearly a decade, Rocky Patel has been carefully selecting and amassing only the finest grade ‘A’ Cameroon wrapper leaf in hopes of one day launching a Cameroon wrapper cigar.

The result is a sweet and spicy, medium-bodied cigar that’s well balanced and delivers a refined clean flavor and smoothness. The blend is comprised of a Nicaraguan binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers finished in the finest Cameroon wrapper that Rocky could get his hands on. If you love Cameroon or are a fan of Rocky Patel cigars, then don't hesitate to stock your humidor with these fine stogies.