2010 Oliva V Maduro

[W.B.]

2010 Oliva V Maduro

Construction/Appearance-Nicely shaped torpedo with dark brown colors and some reddish tones. It is firm throughout and nicely round.

Draw/Burn-Impeccable draw with a great burn.

Flavor/Aroma- It is medium-full body with full flavor.

1/3-It's sweet and tangy,peppery, it has a little leather and the smokiness from a nicely smoked meat. What is that other interesting flavor, espresso? A really good start.
2/3-A little bitterness is creeping in and the flavors become muddled but is still good for me.
3/3-The bitterness left and so did the sweetness, now it's a whole lotta of tangy. A little to much for me. I purged it and the balance recovered.

Burn time-2 hours

Overall- 8.9/10 very good now, maybe even better with more time.

 

[Jfire]

Nice to see someone enjoying a cigar W.B.! Pretty soon I'm going to roll the new puppy up and smoke him!!!!!!!!!

 

[sucol]

Thanks. I've been waiting for some feedback on these. I appreciate your observations.

 

[Barndog]

Thanks W.B. Great review. I am hoping to finally smoke one this weekend.

 

[FireDoc83]

Hey warren I have to agree with you here besides the "too much for me" in the final 3rd... Hope to see you soon at the Burning Leaf... I have an Ava Maria crusader and San Miguel for you to check out...

 

[CWS]

Have abox of last years and this years. Love em.

 

[torin]

I enjoyed this stick.

 

[ciggy]

The Olive V "Maduro" is in my top 10 for a reason...outstanding!
I can't wait to have a "2010"!

 

[Gokian]

Thanks for the review.

 

[PhobicSquirrel]

nice review. I've had 2 so far and my favorite of the 3 released thus far.

 

[LTS 4 Bad Cigars]

Thanks for the review. The V line from Oliva far exceeds anything else they've done. You can never go wrong with them.

 

[ER Doc]

Hmmm. May need to find some 2010 samples to go along with my 2008s and 2009s that I have (which I love).

Thanks for the review.

 

[CaTeacher]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[U-Boat Commander]

I really liked these and think they are among the top 3 or 4 NCs this year. More mild than the regular Series V, but also more flavorful and creamy. It sports a nice thick toothy wrapper that I also liked. I would give these a 92 and they will get better with some time.

I just don't understand how the OP spent 2 hours smoking these. I think I huffed it down in about 50 minutes.