Oliva “O” Ovation Maduro (Old Embroidered Band)

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  1. M***

    Oliva “O” Ovation Maduro

    Oliva CigarsOrigin : Nicaragua
    Format : Double Corona
    Size : 7.0? x 50
    Wrapper : Connecticut Grown Maduro
    Filler : Nicaraguan
    Binder : Nicaraguan
    Hand-Made
    Price : ?

    I will refrain from rehashing all the background on this smoke here since I talked a bit about the old Oliva “O” cigars in the review I did just prior to this one on the Oliva “O” Bold Omni. I’ll just quickly thank Smokinson at The Herf Hut Cigar Forum again for his generosity in sending me this fine, aged maduro. I’ll also quickly touch on the fact that this is a cigar with some nice age on it. It has been several years since the Oliva “O” with the embroidered band has been produced. Like most avid cigar lovers, I really enjoy smoking a well aged cigar. So… let’s get to it.

    The maduro wrapper on this thick double corona is beautiful. leathery with some small veins running throughout, it looks delicious. The cigar is well filled and given its ample size it has a nice heft to it making it nice to hold. The wrapper is applied perfectly but the cap is a little sloppy although I’ve seen worse. It has a very good draw and the foot took a light readily.

    Right off, this is a very different cigar from the “O” Bold. It is light and smooth and creamy from the first puff. It also has a very pronounced sweet maduro flavors. The Bold started off with a peppery kick. This maduro is medium bodied with nice toasty and creamy flavors of coffee and earth all wrapped up in a great maduro sweetness. It produces thick, snow white clods of smoke and the burn is perfect. I find it somewhat reminiscent of a Hemingway Work of Art Maduro. At the halfway mark it starts to pick up. It got more robust and developed some black pepper which seemed to mask the sweetness. It was less creamy, the flavor a bit dryer but still very earthy. That is how the cigar finished as well. It was a very good, enjoyable smoke that was smooth and well balanced.

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    • Z** C****

      This had always been one of my hidden gem cigars and I was sorely disappointed when they where discontinued/renamed. i found these recently aging in a store found in my travels. I had been dying to try one again.
      Dark and chocolatey it was everything I remembered and more. Aging has been kind to this cigar. I wish I could fine more!

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Cigar Region Nicaragua
Filler Nicaragua
Wrapper Connecticut Grown Maduro
Binder Nicaragua
Length 7
Ring Gauge 50
Vitola Double Corona
Construction Hand Made