Yet another Oliva V Maduro review.

Sauer Grapes · 02-07-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shilala

Every Oliva I have ever bought, and I've bought a LOT of boxes, are wet and unsmokable. I've found that 8 months in the cello and they're fine. I wanted to smoke these sooner so I figured if I put them out in the open air that they'd dry and air out much quicker.
The experiment was a complete success.
They were absolutely delicious.

It's probably because of this from the Oliva site...

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Aging: Puros should be aged at generous humidity levels (70-78%) to preserve the natural oil.

http://www.olivacigar.com/cigars_oliva.aspx

shilala · 02-07-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

It's probably because of this from the Oliva site...

http://www.olivacigar.com/cigars_oliva.aspx

I wonder if they ever tried to smoke one at 78%?

Thanks for that, Dave. I never saw that.

I smoked the last of those 3 sticks this morning when I was washing the cars. It was incredibly good.
I smoked a JJ Maduro this evening and there are a lot of similarities.
The V is a bit spicier and a bit more edgy will the JJ is all chocolately caramel goodness.
The JJ is easily my favorite cigar in the world, but I gotta tell ya, the V maduro can take a good solid run at the JJ.

Silound · 02-07-2009, 11:43 PM

Speaking with our rep recently, we confirmed there would be more sizes of the maduro V as soon as production can meet demand.

Rumor has it the first size will be a Lancero Maduro.....

acarr · 02-08-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Silound

Speaking with our rep recently, we confirmed there would be more sizes of the maduro V as soon as production can meet demand.

Rumor has it the first size will be a Lancero Maduro.....

I would love to have one of those.

shilala · 02-08-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by acarr

I would love to have one of those.

I wonder if there'd be enough ring there to deliver any V taste?
The wrapper's pretty decent on the torp, but the V body is what pushes the blend over the top, in my opinion.
I'd sure like to try any other sizes Oliva comes out with, but I can't imagine them getting any better. The one I smoked yesterday was so good I could hardly believe it.

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