Corojo Perfecto, 6" x 60 ring gauge, $3.30
The Rocky Patel Edge has earned a reputation as a powerful cigar at a bargain price, but that price rarely gets better than this. I picked up these sticks on Cigar Bid about 15 months ago for less than $3.50 per stick, although the normal price is just about $4 apiece.
The aroma from the wrapper is classic humidor with a little chocolate; from the foot there is more chocolate. The perfecto/missile shaped is unusual in that it is so pronounced and the uncut tip comes to a rather sharp point ("you'll put your eye out, kid!").
Even after a year of sitting in my humidor, the predominant flavor upon lighting is a nice peppery blast. There was also some coffee and wood in the early going. By the halfway mark, the pepper faded a bit, but there were still plenty of cedary notes and an occasional hint of nutmeg.
In the second half of the Edge, the pepper and spice pretty much disappeared and the dominant flavor was wood. Overall, not a bad stick; it had plenty of spice at the beginning and an interesting progression of flavors along the way (we call that "complexity").
Grade: B+
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