Oliva special S toro
 

Oliva Special S is made out of Nicaraguan Cuban-seed with the cigar being topped off with a silky and oily sun-grown wrapper from Ecuador. The cigar wrapper has been aged for five years in cedar crates to bring out the tobaccos natural richness while maintaining its smoothness. The construction feels a bit soft. The cigar has a nice barnyard aroma and the predraw is just fine.

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The wrapper is very thin and it rips at the mouthpiece while cutting it. Fortunately I had some pectin and I could repair it, avoiding sucking a lot of false air.

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I taste some coffee and wood. The woody flavors fade away while the coffee grows stronger. After an inch the cigar gets a creamy feeling and the aftertaste is reminds me of chocolate. These flavors stay the same for some time while the chocolate grows a bit in strength and starts to overpower the coffee. Soon after that I get some wood again.

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I miss the recognizable Oliva sweetness that I seem to find in any of their sticks. Not that I miss it flavor wise but I expected to taste it in this cigar too, but didn’t. The flavors grow stronger towards the end of the cigar.

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The ash of this medium bodied medium flavored cigar is white. The burn is straight and the cigar produces plenty of smoke.

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Would I buy this cigar again? It is a very nice cigar, very nice, but I think I will stick to other Oliva blends when I want to smoke Oliva.

Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Appearance: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 7 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 7 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10

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Wow, I don't often see an Oliva with that bad of a construction problem. Nice review and pics:tu

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Why was Bruce Willis watching you smoke? That's crazy, man!


MCS

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:r:r

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Thanks for the review Ferdie!!

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Nice review sir :tu

Because he is helping him with his problem of seeing dead people. :D

I believe that is 'The 6th Sense'

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Smoke them while you can still get them as they have been discontinued.

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He's my herf buddy

And Adam, you are right.

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Thanks for the review Ferdie.

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Great honest review Don and a solid 7 rating. Bruce Willis is da chit :tu