Rocky Patel Spring 09

[Mrayls]

Has anyone tried the Rocky Patel Spring Collection 2009? I had my first two days ago and was very surprised. I'm really not a Rocky fan but this cigar hit the spot. Medium-bodied, a little spice, and a bit that traditional nicaraguan taste. With the $7.00-$8.00 price tag, this cigar is definitely worth a try.

[SMOKE20]

I grabbed one a month back and plan to smoke it in the next week. Looks like a great smoke. I have had all the others and they were good

[Mrayls]

The only real complaint I had was that the last third of the of cigar (like many other average construction cigars) got quite hot.

[Sovereign]

Good smoke, but overpriced imo

[Uruss]

well it would be a pretty good cigar. I've smoked 3 of them (robusto) and all have exploded or cracked when smoked. the wrappers are really dry. my Local B&M had constant complaints about them cracking. I tried buying from another B&M and I had the same experience.

[Mrayls]

That's a little surprising. We got our batch in just a couple days ago and all the wrappers seem ok. I've read other reviews online that had issues with a veiny wrapper, but nothing about them exploding/cracking.

As for the price - it seems on par to me. Just about all of Rocky's cigar are in that price range excluding the Edge.

[teoulennon]

It's good to hear these things. I've seen them at my local b&m but have been hesitant to pick one up because I haven't heard much on them. I'll give one a try.

[broadrun96]

Have had a few, thought it really had a great springy taste, was almost like a peaty, mossy flavor to it, wished it had been here locally before mid-May. But locally even the robusto touches $10 per so I've only had 3.

Anybody seen any summer 09s yet, see the 08s still on that evil site all the time, still have a few lanceros in the box and may buy some more, but RP always seems so late in bringing out the seasonals and they are almost impossible to find online.

[SMOKE20]

I finally smoked the spring today and man did it crack bad not very good at all. I have had a few cigars crack on me before but this was just abnormal. I keep my cabinet at 70 and never had this issue before. I noticed someone said that a b&m had complaints about this but has anyone else

[RCReecer]

Originally Posted by SMOKE20

I finally smoked the spring today and man did it crack bad not very good at all. I have had a few cigars crack on me before but this was just abnormal. I keep my cabinet at 70 and never had this issue before. I noticed someone said that a b&m had complaints about this but has anyone else

I've seen this a lot. I tried one out of the box, and had the same issue. I chalked it up to being fresh off the truck. Then I started seeing it with rested cigars too. I contribute it to another RP failure. I don't know why I keep trying the new blends. I guess I'm just hoping to be pleasantly surprised. The stick started off nice, then faded fast.

[jadeg001]

I just bought one yesterday. I'm going to let it rest for a few days then try it.

[bn087]

About 5 months ago I purchased a 5 pack of the RP 08 Summer Collections on c-bid. None of them had any problems yet (I've tried 3)....I hope the luck stays in my favor and Im upset to hear about the cracks and other problems....