Rocky Patel Dark Star Shipping Tomorrow

While the wrapper isn’t all that dark, the newest release from Rocky Patel is called Dark Star.

It’s a cigar that is noted for one of its filler tobaccos, a seed from Paraguay that was transplanted to Honduras and grown by the Plasencia family. This is the first time that Rocky Patel is using the tobacco in one of its blends.

In addition to the Paraguayan seed, other tobaccos from the Jamastran Valley in Honduras and Jalapa, Nicaragua are used for the Dark Star’s filler. It’s wrapped in a corojo-seed binder, also grown in Honduras, and a Honduran binder. Like many other Rocky Patel cigars, Dark Star is rolled at Plasencia’s El Paraiso factory in Honduras.

Dark Star will begin shipping tomorrow, debuting in four regular production sizes:

• Rocky Patel Dark Star Short Star (4 x 60) — $11.25 (Box of 20, $225)
• Rocky Patel Dark Star Robusto (5 1/2 x 50) — $10.50 (Box of 20, $210)
• Rocky Patel Dark Star Toro (6 x 52) — $11.50 (Box of 20, $230)
• Rocky Patel Dark Star Sixty (6 x 60) — $12.50 (Box of 20, $250)

The company says it’s medium-bodied and has flavors of “dark chocolate, espresso, and subtle hints of dried fruit.”

This will be the first of two new lines from Rocky Patel heading to stores in the coming weeks. Conviction, a $100 cigar with elaborate metal packaging, is scheduled to begin shipping next week.