I used to be a big RP fan, but lately his stuff is not as much to my liking. Yet I have been a big fan of most of the Indian Tabac lines. I was gifted this stick today by one of my inlaws and we both smoked one on his front porch. I was quite impressed by this stick. Starts out pretty medium bodied and ends very full strength.

1st third: The cigar after lighting immediately has strong spice and pepper. Not overpowering, but pretty peppery.

2nd third: Pepper is pretty much gone and a slight sweet chocolate flavor arises for a short bit. Then nutty flavors take over for the rest of the second third.

Final third: The final third really picks up in strength. Very full-bodied at this point. Pepper returns, but it's not overbearing by any means. This power in the final third kind of snuck up on me. I made a comment while smoking this that it wasn't very full-bodied at all. But after I put it out and stood up, I felt a little woozy.

I really liked this stick! Very impressed by it. I've seen these for sell at CI for quite a while now, but never pulled the trigger on them. I'll have to put them on my buy list.
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Rocky should have his son-in-law make more cigars for him.
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Thanks for the review. I'm a fan of this stick!
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RP was a one-hit-wonder for me, after the initial value wore off so did the brand.
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I've had one and liked it alot.
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I like the ITC 10th (AJ fernandez blend if I am not mistaken) I have smoked many many of the Indian Tabacs
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Glad you enjoyed it Andy. They are decent...
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These are good. just picked up a box a few weeks back, good price on themas well....
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Nice review Andy. I'm with you on the RPs, when I first started smoking, I enjoyed them. Now I can't find anything I enjoy by RP except the Sumatra. Might have to give this one a try.
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My local shop is holding a box from the original release for me to pick up when I have the money. He held an event for the release and bought like 30 boxes and has a few left from 2+ years ago. They're super smooth and flavorful with age on them.
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interesting...personally, i didnt enjoy this cigar but i have a couple more that i want to age before i try it again...hopefully it will be better with age...thanks for the review...im actually looking forward to revisiting this one!
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Thanks for the review. I've been wanting to try my first RP, but I've been on the fence about which one. I'll have to give this one a go. BTW your avatar makes me shutter. I have a 5yr old, nuff said.
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:-):-):-)
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Try the Decade or the Olde World Reserve!
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Hope y'all don't like them too much. They have been discontinued. Buy them while you can if you like 'em.
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Still pretty cheap on cbid if you want some while they're still in stock.
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I agree. (even though we were smoking this at the same time next to each other.) Compared to some other RP's, this stick didn't take my liking. I actually didn't care for it one bit. But that's just my personal preference. Great review though. I'm also going to revisit this later after aging.
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Great review. :-)

I see this on Cbid all the time. Good thing I read this because I had no idea they were discontinued.
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