Project X: Offering #5 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (Rocky Patel Royal Vintage)

Blind review, then? Oh, yes. Blind review.

THE CIGAR

*classified*

5 1/2 x 50 (approx) Belicoso 'oval' press
DECLASSIFIED
Rocky Patel Royal Vintage

ACT I

FLAVORS

Sweet: Buttery. Chocolate/cocoa. Dried fruit. Coffee and cream. Honey.
Spicy: Salt. Mulling spice. Black pepper. White pepper. Orange peel.
Woody: Cedar wood. Toasted.
Vegetal: Alfalfa. Citrus.
Earthy: Moss. Peat.
Chemical: Soap (vibe).
Malt: Cereal. Honey.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

K being the least, Z the greatest

Appearance O
Construction L
Combustion O
Flavors/Body W
Strength A

NOTES

• Cereal underbelly with raisins over-top. Raisin Bran!
• Chocolate milk on the side. Orange juice? ...
• ... a complete balanced breakfast?
• Lively, alive flavor notes. Clean, fresh.
• Burn needs a single re-touch.
• Draw tension is same, results vary.
• Coffee mounts.
• Pack softens a tick unevenly.
• Ash: med/dk grey sheath.
• Room-note is a bit irritating. 
• Notes all toast/roast at mid-point.
• Distinct black tea leaf note enters.

ACT II

FLAVORS

Sweet: Buttery. Chocolate/cocoa. Dried fruit. Coffee and cream. Honey.
Spicy: Salt. Mulling spice. Black pepper. White pepper. Orange peel.
Woody: Cedar wood. Toasted. Tannic. Smoke.
Vegetal: Alfalfa. Citrus. Nuts, roasted. Floral.
Earthy: Moss. Peat. Dirt/earth

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

Appearance O
Construction L
Combustion O
Flavors/Body W
Strength L

NOTES

• Earthy notes dry via toasting on profile.
• Re-touch needed.
• Smoke out-put on both ends ramps up & evens-out.
• Much more eath and wood driven now.
• Sweetness dials back.
• Good puttering stick.
• Cereal stays, loses malt addition.
• Coffee brews darker.
• Burn never hits even, sans ribbon.
• Room-note becomes softer, smoky with a leather quality.
• At band, a nice floral note is intro'd.

SMOKE TIME

65mins

FINAL GRADE

****B****

EDITOR'S NOTE

In the interest of uniformity, I will be working from a flavor chart via Stogie Fresh. ("Malt" added by moi.)