My updates have been on hold as I've been away on a working/holiday for the last couple of weeks. The holiday end was especially nice because I was with my committed cigar smoking buddies lighting up...well, lets just say often. I had a couple of real gems come out of that week that I'll be posting over the next few weeks. First off will be the cream of the crop as far as I was concerned.
This was the Oliva Serie V Belicoso. Oliva has an excellent line of cigars that are all reasonably priced. Of course I had to give this cigar a try since it was in the top 5 cigars of 2009. I've become a little weary about picking cigars based on Cigar Aficionado's ratings as I am generally expecting to have my world changed and then am desperately disappointed. More on some of those at a later date.
The Oliva was no such disappointment. Its chocolate brown wrapper was the oiliest I have seen. It gave off a spicy cedar aroma pre-light and had a nice firm draw. Upon lighting it produced copious amounts of smoke and had a very smooth cedary core with a mild spice. Notes of coffee and chocolate picked up in the initial 1/3 and carried through to the very end. By mid smoke the cedar had taken on a toasty character and it had a nice spicy finish. The aroma was wood and rich tobacco. The construction was flawless.
This is a wonderful cigar that absolutely will be a center piece in any humidor. My only regret is that I didn't buy more of these.
Wrapper: Nic
Filler: Nic
Binder: Nic
Rating: 93
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