With 2024 being the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, there are so many cigar companies producing limited edition \u201cDragon\u201d inspired cigars this year that retailers\u2019 humidors are beginning to feel a little like Westeros, the mythical land in George R.R. Martin\u2019s \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d book series. Add Rocky Patel to the list of dragon tamers this year.<\/p>\n
Rocky Patel\u2019s Year of the Dragon is made in the company\u2019s Esteli, Nicaragua-based factory from a blend of Mexican San Andres wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Honduran filler tobaccos. A \u201cmasterpiece in Rocky Patel\u2019s cigarmaking history,\u201d the Year of the Dragon is a medium- to full-bodied smoke that\u2019s been aging for more than four years. Available in just the Toro vitola (6 \u00bd x 52), Rocky Patel Year of the Dragon cigars will begin shipping to retailers in April.<\/p>\n
Where there are dragons, there\u2019s usually a big pile of treasure, and while perhaps Rocky Patel didn\u2019t necessarily plan it this way, cigar smokers might imagine the company\u2019s second new cigar for 2024, Gold Label, as that dragon\u2019s treasure horde.<\/p>\n
Also made in Rocky Patel\u2019s Nicaragua factory, Gold Label features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Connecticut Shade and Connecticut Broadleaf binders and a filler tobacco blend from Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
Medium-bodied, Rocky Patel Gold Label is offered in four sizes: Half Corona (3 \u00bd x 46), Robusto (5 \u00bd x 50), Toro (6 1\/2 x 54) and Sixty (6 x 60). Every cigar is wrapped in golden foil that extends from the foot to about halfway of the cigar\u2019s length and every vitola comes in 20-count boxes. Rocky Patel Gold Label cigars will begin appearing in retail shops in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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