Rocky Patel - Vintage 2003 - Cameroon - Robusto

in partnership with Phillip Zanghi III, who ran the company's growing and manufacturing operations in Honduras. The company later moved to Naples, Florida, and was renamed to Rocky Patel Premium Cigars in 2006; the Indian Tabac brand was discontinued in 2014.
Initially run entirely by Rocky Patel, since 2013 the company has been co-managed by his brother Nish Patel, who heads sales and major client relations, and his cousin Nimish Desai, who is head of production. As of 2015, it was based in Bonita Springs.
The cigars were initially all produced from tobacco grown in El Paraíso, Honduras, leased from Nestor Plasencia; Patel later expanded production to Nicaragua, where he began growing in Estelí with Amilcar Perez Castro and the company built a factory.

The company was founded in 1995 as Indian Tabac Cigar Co. by Hollywood attorney Rakesh "Rocky" Patel, who became interested in cigars when spending time with actors between takes, and sold his legal practice to start the business. It was named under license for the Indian Motorcycle and began in California