Packaged in wooden flip-top boxes of 20 cigars. Release 2022. Regular Production. Special 'The 1865 Project' namd. second 'Rocky Patel' white and third 'The Juneteenth Foundation' golden foot band. Factory: Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. The 1865 Project series commemorate ti the date June 19, 1865 when U.S. Army General Gordon Granger told the slaves in south Texas that they were free. A part of the proceeds from the sale of The 1865 Project cigars is being donated to The Juneteenth Foundation. The Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Co. was founded by Rakesh 'Rocky' Patel, born in India in 1961. Rocky Patel worked as a lawyer in Los Angeles and became interested in cigars in the 1990s. Having bought a tobacco farm and a small factory in Honduras, he began producing cigars under the Indian Cigars brand, which he introduced in Cincinnati (USA) in 1996. In 2003, Rocky changed the name of Indian Cigars to Rocky Patel Premium Cigars. The first series under this brand was Rocky Patel Vintage 1990.