Another Biased review
Oliva Serie O 6.5 x 52 Torpedo
Cuban Seed Habano Tobaccos
Wrapper: Sun-Grown Nicaraguan Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan Habano
Filler: Nicaraguan Habano
Aged Five Years
Everyone who has ever read one of my reviews knows I have a certain panache for the Oliva family of cigars. I just love them for some reason. I love Nicaraguan tobacco and in my opinion, Oliva, is the crème de la crème of Nicaraguan tobacco. So I am biased toward them and this review might be a bit biased, but it is my cigar and I will say whatever the heck I want to about it…
For starters it has a wonderful wrapper on it. Small veins with a habano look to it, the wrapper certainly lives up to the five year aging. It looks great. For this cigar tasting I bought the torpedo, which is my custom, and it looks ready to smoke, so here we go.
It had a nice clean cut to it. The tobacco’s stayed together and the pre-draw was filled with spice. After lighting it, the spiciness really came out. This is very spicy and peppery in the beginning. It was pretty easy to light and it seems to be holding the ashes very well.
It has a nice even burn with a dark ring around it. You can tell this is aged tobacco. The O serie from Oliva is supposed to use five year old aged Cuban seed Habano leaves to make this a Nicaraguan Puro. They grow the wrapper, binder, and fillers in different regions of Nicaragua to produce the complex flavor of the cigar. With the proper blending they have created a full bodied smoke. They also age their cigars for at least five years to allow all the flavors to come together leaving you with a full bodied smoke that is extra smooth.
Midway through the cigar one of the things I notice the most is the relatively smoothness of the tobacco. It is burning nice and slow and producing ample amounts of smoke. It taste of cedar but only a hint of it. The taste blend together quite well so it is difficult to distinguish them. For me, this is sheer bliss.
Overall, this is a great cigar. I paid $5 for this stick and it is worth ever penny of it. Go down to your tobacconist and buy one and you will see for yourself why the Oliva family is one of the most renowned families in tobacco. They know there stuff.
You can visit the Oliva family cigar website at www.olivacigar.com. They have some info about their cigars and about their company. The website is easy to use and is very attractive.
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