Rocky Patel Disciple Bala 5"3/4 * 58/50

If you talk to people who have been in the tobacco business for a long time, they will tell you one thing. There is only one true master: the tobacco itself. They are its students or disciples. The Rocky Patel Disciple serves as a reminder to cigar crafters and aficionados that the tobacco, how its blended and rolled is what determines the cigar smoker’s enjoyment. Composed of an All-Nicaraguan filler and binder, the Disciple sports an eye-catching, palate-pleasing, oily Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper and delivers a flavorful and invigorating medium to full-bodied smoking experience. The Rocky Patel Disciple is handmade in Nicaragua.

The Perfecto shape has two tapered, closed ends with a rounded head, a closed foot, and a bulge in the middle. They can vary in length and ring gauge.

Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.

This cigar is 5"3/4 inches long, or 146.05 mm.

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 58, so his diameter is 58/64 inches or 23.11 mm.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Located in Esteli, Nicaragua, the Tavicusa Factory is owned by cigar entrepreneur Rocky Patel, and it is dedicated to making their premium handmade cigars.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.