Rocky Patel Cigars

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is one of the world’s most recognized cigar brands, founded in 1995 by Rakesh “Rocky” Patel—a former Hollywood entertainment attorney who traded the courtroom for the tobacco fields after falling in love with cigars among A-list celebrity friends like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. Originally launched as Indian Tabac Cigar Co. and rebranded in 2003, the company now produces over 30 million cigars annually from its own Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. (TaviCusa) factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, with additional production in Honduras, offering an expansive portfolio including the flagship Vintage series (1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2006), the 93-rated Fifteenth Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary, Decade, The Edge, Sun Grown Maduro (95-rated, #2 Cigar of 2016), Royale, Sixty (#1 Cigar of the Year 2022), and the iconic Java collaboration with Drew Estate—delivering mild to full-bodied profiles of cocoa, espresso, cedar, nuts, pepper, and vanilla across every price point in the premium cigar market.