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borndead1
05-05-2009, 12:10 PM
A torpedo. This and 4 other old skool Oliva sticks were given to me by papajohn67. Included were 2 O Bolds, an O Bold maduro robusto, an O Classic and a Grand Maduro robusto.
Anyways, back to the cigar at hand.
Draw is a bit tight but not enough to piss me off. Sweet spice on the draw, straight tobacco and charred wood through the nose. The finish is tart and kinda short.
No major flavor changes, but a few nice subtle ones. The intial sweet spice blast remains the dominant flavor, but the nose exhale and finish change up a little bit from sweet tobacco/wood/buttery and even a tiny bit of floral every once in a while. The ash looks amazing. It is almost pure white. Makes me wish I had a camera. But buying a camera would cut into my cigar budget.
Whoever believes NCs don't age well has never smoked one of these. Was this cigar as good as the '06 PSP2 I smoked yesterday? No...but this well-rested, well-made Nicaraguan cigar stands tall, and has me rethinking the whole "smoke the NCs, age the CCs" theory.
Thanks again papajohn! :ss
:dr Oliva O Bolds :dr
I love them. Was it a red or a blue? I concur. To those who have not had a 6 year old NC, they can age wonderfully and change for a much better stick.
icantbejon
05-05-2009, 12:59 PM
Great cigars here. I love the O bold.
BlackIrish
05-05-2009, 02:33 PM
Lucky bastage. Those cloth-banded ones are rare indeed. They're a great smoke.
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Lucky bastage. Those cloth-banded ones are rare indeed. They're a great smoke.
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Need a couple? I still have your addy,.....
colimo
05-05-2009, 04:26 PM
sounds good, thanks for the review....havent had that one, but love the V series as well as some other olivas...have to look for a couple of those
Your sig is so true and exactly how I feel....
sounds good, thanks for the review....havent had that one, but love the V series as well as some other olivas...have to look for a couple of those
brigey57
05-07-2009, 10:39 PM
A torpedo. This and 4 other old skool Oliva sticks were given to me by papajohn67. Included were 2 O Bolds, an O Bold maduro robusto, an O Classic and a Grand Maduro robusto.
Anyways, back to the cigar at hand.
Draw is a bit tight but not enough to piss me off. Sweet spice on the draw, straight tobacco and charred wood through the nose. The finish is tart and kinda short.
No major flavor changes, but a few nice subtle ones. The intial sweet spice blast remains the dominant flavor, but the nose exhale and finish change up a little bit from sweet tobacco/wood/buttery and even a tiny bit of floral every once in a while. The ash looks amazing. It is almost pure white. Makes me wish I had a camera. But buying a camera would cut into my cigar budget.
Whoever believes NCs don't age well has never smoked one of these. Was this cigar as good as the '06 PSP2 I smoked yesterday? No...but this well-rested, well-made Nicaraguan cigar stands tall, and has me rethinking the whole "smoke the NCs, age the CCs" theory.
Thanks again papajohn! :ss
The Oliva cigars are by far one of my favorite smokes; never disappointing. :dr:2
colimo
05-07-2009, 10:45 PM
Your sig is so true and exactly how I feel....
thank you!! gettin ready to splash the boat for the season, which means lots of opportunity for some good smokes!!!:ss
RevSmoke
05-07-2009, 10:53 PM
Aged cigars? Have some aging for my boys. Put them away when they were born. Will pull them out when they are 18, their first cigars with dad. By the way, they were NCs.
DougBushBC
06-09-2009, 10:41 AM
I found a b&m near me that has some red cloth bands, are they still uncommon? I bought 2 to try.
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BigAsh
06-09-2009, 11:11 AM
Love these!....Sadly, haven't had one in awhile, but was recently gifted a red cloth band by Simon/SmokeyNL at the Philly herf with the Tulip Twins.....I'll be resting that one for a bit....Now if I can only find some blue bands.....
kelmac07
06-09-2009, 12:22 PM
Great review Mark...thanks.
Wanger
06-09-2009, 01:46 PM
Just had a red banded one last night. Very tasty and perfect while I was grilling and had a finger of Old Pultney. :D
groogs
06-09-2009, 02:33 PM
I found a b&m near me that has some red cloth bands, are they still uncommon? I bought 2 to try.
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They have been out of production for a few years, so I would grab them up while you have the chance. I was lucky enough to find a box in the clearance bin at my local B&M, and they are great smokes.
e-man67
06-09-2009, 02:35 PM
I have had one red cloth band "O" about 4 years back...from what I remember it was good!
DougBushBC
06-09-2009, 04:04 PM
I will go back to the B&M tomorrow and report how many they have (several boxes) maybe I can help distribute these!
Patron
06-09-2009, 04:12 PM
Where's the pictures??? :banger
shilala
06-09-2009, 04:22 PM
Absolutely delicious smoke.
Had one a couple days ago, I'm out of silk bands now. The blue band (paper) O's are excellent as well. They can still be had, but ya gotta root for them.
I'm running out of them, too. Gonna have to start seaching again soon. :)
DougBushBC
06-09-2009, 04:40 PM
The ones i found were all red bands, i bought two will hold them for a week or so and smoke one
The Saint
06-09-2009, 11:44 PM
Man I miss those...
Rabidsquirrel
06-10-2009, 02:32 PM
Bah, where does everyone find these? I need to get my grubby hands on some.
DougBushBC
06-10-2009, 03:06 PM
Rabidsquirel, pm me and ill see what I can do, like i said before, my b&m has red cloth bands
reggiebuckeye
06-10-2009, 03:07 PM
I have been trying to snatch these up since I got back into smoking two years ago. They were my go to smoke when I was deep into smoking years ago. They are hard to find, but well worth it when you do. The paper version are good too if you can't find the cloth.
Why did I just share that info?
DPD6030
06-10-2009, 11:57 PM
Never had these. I may have to search around and attempt to locate one of each so I can try them.
Pilon
09-17-2009, 11:22 AM
My local B&M has these hidden in the back corner of the humi. 6 cigar sampler, 3 red cloth band and 3 blue cloth band in their wonderful toilet seat looking box. Price says $85.50.
kenstogie
09-17-2009, 11:26 AM
I was gifted a Cloth band (red) once a while ago and it was a very pleasurable cigar. What a unique band too, simple yet elagant. As I recall it had the gold thread?
Steve
09-17-2009, 11:34 AM
SmokinGator gave me one a couple of weeks ago at an event. I'm looking forward to enjoying it soon!
shvictor
09-17-2009, 12:31 PM
Never had these. I may have to search around and attempt to locate one of each so I can try them.
:tpd:. These all look amazing
kelmac07
09-17-2009, 02:32 PM
These are like candy...mmmmmmmm! :tu
Pilon
09-21-2009, 04:49 PM
Got a pic....I love how it looks like a toilet seat!
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg418/traviskringle/IMG00170.jpg
kelmac07
09-21-2009, 04:58 PM
Thanks for the pic Travis!! :tu
Skywalker
09-21-2009, 05:00 PM
[QUOTE=Pilon;561031]Got a pic....I love how it looks like a toilet seat!QUOTE]
No. You're wrong!!!
It looks like a toilet seat of delicious goodness!!!:dr
Pilon
09-21-2009, 05:11 PM
[QUOTE=Pilon;561031]Got a pic....I love how it looks like a toilet seat!QUOTE]
No. You're wrong!!!
It looks like a toilet seat of delicious goodness!!!:dr
I hear ya Skywalker, that's a bowl I wouldn't mind lickin' hahaha. :tu
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