{"id":76432,"date":"2026-05-20T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=76432"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:03:58","slug":"rocky-patel-year-of-the-horse-has-officially-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/rocky-patel-year-of-the-horse-has-officially-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Patel Year of the Horse has Officially Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rocky Patel &#8222;Year of the Horse&#8220; has officially arrived at select retailers.<\/p>\n<p>This limited-edition release is handcrafted in Nicaragua. A dark San Andr\u00e9s wrapper surrounds a Nicaraguan binder and a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers.<\/p>\n<p>The company is incredibly proud of this release and excited for cigar smokers across the country (USA) to experience it finally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fXWNOtaTYhU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cigar Talk with Rocky Patel:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this new episode of Cigar Talk, Rocky answers one of the biggest questions in premium cigars \u2014 which country produces the best tobacco?<\/p>\n<p>From Nicaragua and Honduras to Ecuador, Cameroon, Brazil, Connecticut, and the Dominican Republic, Rocky walks through how each region contributes something unique to a cigar blend. He explains how different soils, climates, and tobacco varietals shape flavor, strength, sweetness, spice, and aroma \u2014 and why great blending is about harmony, not just origin.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone interested in cigar education, tobacco growing, blending, wrappers, fillers, and the craftsmanship behind premium handmade cigars, this is an episode you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fXWNOtaTYhU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the Episode<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rocky Patel &#8222;Year of the Horse&#8220; has officially arrived at select retailers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":76433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[177,49,2808,55,2812,44],"tags":[10269,247,9857],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76435,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76432\/revisions\/76435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}