Rocky Patel Celebrates 25 Years With Quarter Century (Update)
Rocky Patel is celebrating his 25th year in the cigar industry and of course, that means there’s a cigar to celebrate the occasion.
The company has announced the new Quarter Century by Rocky Patel, a new line that will use a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Honduran binder and Nicaraguan fillers, as well other fillers that are not being disclosed. The company says the cigars were aged for two years after rolling and 10 years before that.
It will be offered in three sizes.
- Rocky Patel Quarter Century Robusto (5 1/2 x 50) — $12.50 (Box of 20, $250)
- Rocky Patel Quarter Century Toro (6 1/2 x 52) — $13.50 (Box of 20, $270)
- Rocky Patel Quarter Century Sixty (6 x 60) — $14.50 (Box of 20, $290)
The Quarter Century will begin shipping in August.
Patel, who was an attorney working in the entertainment business at the time, began his journey into the cigar world in 1995 with Indian Tabac Cigar Co., a company he co-founded with Phil Zanghi. In the early 2000s, the company began to focus on cigars under the Rocky Patel name including Vintage and The Edge.
Update (June 29, 2020) — Added more details about the cigar. This story was originally published on June 15, 2020.
Charlie Minato
I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.
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