Cigars and Torpedos? I Love My Job

I must first start off by saying to everyone in the whole wide
world through this lovely digital medium that I love my job!!!
Not everyone can say that, but to taste cigars everyday is sheer
bliss. The cigar on the plate today is another one from the
Oliva Family in Nicaragua:

The Flor de Oliva Maduro Torpedo 6 x 52 This beautiful looking
cigar comes with a Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper and an all
Nicaraguan binder and filler which makes this a puro. These
cigars come in a bundle of 25, another one of my little deals
that I have found. As I mentioned in the previous review of the
Flor de Oliva Gold, you can’t go wrong with the bundles from
Flor de Oliva. This cigar is going to be under $2 a stick which
would qualify as a super deal for most of our readers. Now to
the important stuff: how good of a smoke is it. I am a big fan
of Maduro cigars as a whole. I love the dark rich oily look of
them. Their sweetness to the tongue is quite a nice change from
the usual Connecticut or Sumatra wrappers. When it comes to the
Flor De Oliva line, I must admit I am quite a bit more partial
to the Gold label rather than the Maduro. The reasons, well, you
will just have to keep reading to find out.

This cigar looks great. The Maduro wrapper has a nice chocolaty
look to it. The same dark brown color the entire wrapper over
makes this cigar very appealing to the eyes. I haven’t had any
yet that have had a problem with big protruding veins, so
overall, I would say that on looks, they score quite high.

The construction of the cigar would equally score very high
marks. The cigar is jam packed with my beloved Nicaraguan
tobacco yet, it is still very easy to draw and it produces a
great amount of smoke. The cigar holds its white ash very well
and I have very seldom seen it ever start unwrapping while
smoking.

As with any Maduro, I would not recommend smoking this cigar
where windy conditions could affect the burn. All Maduro
wrappers tend to burn slowly, so if you smoke in windy
conditions Maduro’s tend to run and you will have to light the
other end to get it burning smoothly again. Overall, I would say
that wrapper performs like other good Maduro’s. Just take your
time and stay out of the wind. The Taste of this puro

The taste of the cigar is quite nice. A smooth rich tobacco
taste that lingers on the palette is what awaits you when you
begin your cigar experience with this Maduro. As with all Flor
de Oliva’s bundles they can tend to be a bit fresh. You will
want to age this cigar for a time. I tend to buy these cigars by
the stick rather than by the bundle. I would say that about 50%
of the time they have been too fresh to smoke. You will want to
buy it and age it a bit in your humidor before you start smoking
this one.

I wish the tobacco stores would take time to age their cigars,
but they would rather have the few dollars then to have to store
them any longer than they have too. The Oliva Maduro is a great
cigar when aged, but you chances are about 50/50 of getting one
that is too fresh, so expect that when you order. The aged ones
are about as good as they get for a $2 smoke.

I am taking a break from the Flor De Oliva’s for a few days. The
next two cigars that I will be review are the Olor De Cibao
Sumatra torpedo and a Te Amo Churchill. These are in my humidor
and I am itching to see how they smoke.

As always, send me a line and tell me what you think of the
review after you tried the cigar. If you have any cigars that
you would like for me to review or if you just want to chat
about cigars in general let me know. Use the contact us form at
buydominicancigars.com

We will also soon be making available several E-books that I am
working on concerning cigars, humidors, and anything even
closely related to cigars, so keep checking back. I am going to
have to end this review here.

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