Rocky Patel Year of the Horse 7" * 48

Rocky Patel’s Lunar New Year Series is an annual limited release created to celebrate the Chinese zodiac and the arrival of the Lunar New Year. Each edition features a unique blend and collectible packaging themed around that year’s zodiac animal, offering cigar enthusiasts a festive, small-batch release that combines bold flavor with eye-catching presentation.

This large corona is traditionally 7*48. Length can vary from 6 3/4 to 7 7/8 inches by 46 to 50 ring.

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

This cigar is 7 inches long, or 177.8 mm.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 48, so his diameter is 48/64 inches or 19.05 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.

Launched in 1996 during the late 20th Century’s cigar boom, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (formerly known as the Indian Tabac Cigar Co.) has established itself as a premier boutique cigar brand. Their cigars are made at Rocky Patel’s Tavicusa factory in Esteli, Nicaragua as well as their El Paraiso factory in Danli, Honduras.

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.