Oliva Maduro's taking over CA!!
 

It seems that the Oliva Maddy is taking over this site. Seems like every other post I read includes this cigar in some way. And this made me think.

What was the last cigar you can remember that caused this much interest? I'm fairly new to the cigar forum world, but I've never seen so much talk about the same cigar.

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Had one tonight. Nice smoke.

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I'm hearing a lot of mixed reviews on this cigar. I have a box waiting on me, and I'm excited for them. I am a little nervous they won't live up to the hype though.

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Not sure of the others, maybe Illusiones? Anjeos? I just happened to get a V Maddy in the mail today from PapaJohn, though.:D

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They definitely live up to the hype. They are my favorite NC so far.

One vendor told me that this is the most hyped cigar since the Tat Black.

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I know Illusiones and 601's were huge when they came out and in my opinion they both lived up to the hype:D

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I wasn't around for the Tat Black revolution. I was still smoking swisher sweets at that time I think :ss

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I have had many boxes of Oliva maduros, G and O, Robusto, Figurado, Torpedo, Special G, which in addition came with a free Oliva 8-pack of varying sizes on every occasion. I can say that, in my opinion, when they are on target, then they are a splendid smoke offering great value for money. However, the maduros, particularly, are also frequently off target... On the whole, still one of my go to cigars, though I am leaning increasingly to the naturals, with a preference of O over G.

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I could be wrong, but I was assuming the OP was talking about the 'V' maddy which just saw a limited first release.

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Im sitting on a box+2 but haven't tried em yet. I think the QPR on the regular V Series helps build the hype for the V Mad. Add that they are a hell of a lot cheaper than other supposedly "hard to find cigars" at $8 and that they are really not that hard to find and you have hype. Everyone loves to have "special cigars" in their humi, and a lot of folks cannt find/afford stuff like Opus. This one is attainable. :2

~Vitis

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I would say the last was definitely the Tat black. It was so hyped and with good reason too... its the best of the Tat line... :tu

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It seems this time of year I see Anejo in just about as many posts.

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Hyped cigars...have we already forgot about the "Nub"?

As for Maduro's I doubt if the "V" Maduro will ever make my top 10 Maduro list. How do you spell disappointed, well I guess I just did. :2

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:tpd:

Gotta agree the NUB was the first cigar that I thought of when it came to recently hyped cigars.

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I'm with you, papajohn67. It didn't do it for me, and it seems every day there are new posts singing the praises of this cigar.

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Take the cigar for what it is...I find hype sometimes ruins otherwise great cigars. My 1st opus sucked because I expected so much from it. In actuality though Im sure its was fantastic. The second one however was :dr:dr:dr.


Sit back relax and smoke that cigar with no prerequisites.

Dont believe the HYPE!! YEAH BOY!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...eveTheHype.jpg

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I sadly agree. I really wanted to like this cigar but all I got was amonia and a headache. I hope time with take care of that.

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That is some great advise.

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With the V Maduro we released a cigar that the consumer really urged us for some time now to make. This was pretty much a limited run to give back to all the customers that made the V such a success. There may be another release next year at some point, but to be honest, I just don't know. I'm really looking forward to how these are going to taste with some rest.

As far as the Nub goes, many liked the cigar, some didn't. As it's been said many times before, that's the great thing about our hobby, we all like different things. Me personally, I'm a huge fan of the Nub CT 354 and the Habano 460. Those cigars are often in my rotation.

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I bought two Olive V Maduros a couple of weeks ago. Smoked the first one a two nights ago. It was a excellent, pleasant smoke with great flavor.... for about 1/2 the stick. Then it wouldn't stay lit. I was kind of bummed out since I was enjoying it. After 4 or 5 attempts at relighting it, I gave up. Felt bad to throw away fully half of an $8 cigar.

I'll let the 2nd one sit in the humi for a few more months and before I try it.

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Don't worry, pretty soon every post will be about the stupid sharks. :)

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Are those coming out soon? I really liked the one I tried. Gonna have to prep for them.

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This may actually be the best post I've ever seen in my life. You just don't see Flava Flav around enough anymore.

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Yea... they should be out anytime this month and definitely by next month. I would expect them around Turkey Day!

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How much do the sharks go for new?

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Well a Marbled Bamboo Cat Shark can be had for $69.99 right here:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...23&pcatid=1523

:r

Oops, did you mean Fuente Anejo 77 Sharks? If that's the case, you can check here for all Anejo MSRP's:
http://www.vitolas.net/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=0

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The whole thing's a myth!!!

There were only suppose to be 50,000 in production and I have counted 57,042 just on Cigar Asylum alone!!!:r

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Since when did you learn to count.:r:r:r

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Still on my need to try list. Maybe next time I go to a local B&M to pick make a quick pick or two.

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Well, in a way, this is a GOOD Thing.

Normally when this sort of thing kicks off, it's called a FRENZY.

Then ODO kicks into overdrive....

Notable "frenzies" that cost me mucho dinero.....

Famous Nicaraguan3000 (the original frenzy was hilarious - the cigars were PHENOMENAL!!!)

La Vieja Habana Early Years Silencios (the OLD 40 count boxes)

CAO Brazilia Piranhas (commonly known as "Fishies")

CFO Reserva #7's (the goldfoots)

Some of us older guys (:tg) will tell you about something Oliva USED to do....

Oliva Segundos.....in a class of their own....

Which beings me to an even OLDER frenzy......

La Floridita Costa Ricans.....yummmies!!!!

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Cruzado.
I was not going to buy any more boxes, but I will have Cruzados.

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I don't know. The nub was hyped by people and marketing. I haven't seen the same marketing machine with the V maduro. Just a lot of smokers excited to try it.

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$9 or so. you can check exact msrp on vitolas.net

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Illusione, Tat Black, Every and Any Pepin cigar. i aslo remember seeing a lot of 5 Vegas Gold threads for some reason also.

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Illusiones and Tat black seem to be the most common I read. I wasn't around for all the hype of these releases. Blacks still seem to cause quite a stir. Illusiones have died out a bit from what I can read.

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and the f$^&@ importer in The Netherlands made sure nobody here could get a hold on them, as he gave 2 boxes away and sold all the others to a friend of his. He did that with the first batch of V torpedo's too, some Opus X releases and the Padron 80th anniversary. That guy sucks! He should lose his license.

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Don't worry Don. I'm sure someone will take care of you :D

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I moved to Ellabell, GA, if anybody needs my addy, pm :D

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I'm fairly confident you didn't move to town. I'll just have it all go to the Netherlands and hope that you're still in the area.

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The Netherlands is quite a big place.

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Right you are, and I should have deduced that the talk was about Vs, as the G and O Maduros aren't exactly new additions.

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Well that's wrong. It's the most hyped cigar since the Tat Frank.

New hype every two weeks it seems.

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did not care for it 1 bit... was WAY to exciting going into it, did nothing for me, My friend had the tightest draw imaginable... Mine had a decent draw.... but lost any flavor within minutes... i will give it one more try, and after that im signing off from Oliva
even the v's dont make par these days

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That's why I came to the conclusion that I'm not even opening these for a while. From the mixed reviews I keep getting, I assume these are going to need some time.

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Tat Black comes to mind.

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A few that I can remember off the top of my head are:

Padron Anni 64
Opus X
NUB
Tat Black
Oliva Serie V (Regular line)

I'm not saying any of these are over-hyped or anything, but these cigars did/do generate alot of buzz out in the cigar world.

One that I do remember and have to say was over hyped.. the CAO Vision. They were all over the forums and magazines for a short time but all the reviews also seemed to include "dog rocket", "turd" or "Eh" and "cool box" in the sentence.

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I totally agree with this statement. I can't remember how many times in the past that I had anticipated smoking something of mythical lore, only to be completely disappointed with the end result. It's the same with movies for me....I can't help but read reviews/hype/spoilers before I go see a premiere and many times, the end result just doesn't compare to what I had anticipated. My best advice? Smoke one when you least expected to....just randomly pull one out sometime under no certain circumstance and go for it....you'll get a more true representation of how bad a** it's supposed to be! :tu

Jason

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Think I have had my mads for a few weeks now still haven't touched them. I sold one box, and still have another. I am gonna let them sit for a while.

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that kinda sucks cause I was really looking forward to trying those. Hmmmmm. I'll still give one a try I'm sure.

tobii, if you're continuing to monitor my posts for bomb suggestions knock it off.