| I must first start off by saying to everyone | | | | could affect the burn. All Maduro wrappers |
| in the whole wide world through this lovely | | | | tend to burn slowly, so if you smoke in windy |
| digital medium that I love my job!!! Not | | | | conditions Maduro's tend to run and you will |
| everyone can say that, but to taste cigars | | | | have to light the other end to get it burning |
| everyday is sheer bliss. The cigar on the | | | | smoothly again. Overall, I would say that |
| plate today is another one from the Oliva | | | | wrapper performs like other good Maduro's. |
| Family in Nicaragua: | | | | Just take your time and stay out of the wind. |
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| The Flor de Oliva Maduro Torpedo 6 x 52 | | | | The Taste of this puro |
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| This beautiful looking cigar comes with a | | | | The taste of the cigar is quite nice. A |
| Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper and an all | | | | smooth rich tobacco taste that lingers on the |
| Nicaraguan binder and filler which makes this | | | | palette is what awaits you when you begin |
| a puro. These cigars come in a bundle of 25, | | | | your cigar experience with this Maduro. As |
| another one of my little deals that I have | | | | with all Flor de Oliva's bundles they can |
| found. As I mentioned in the previous review | | | | tend to be a bit fresh. You will want to age |
| of the Flor de Oliva Gold, you can't go wrong | | | | this cigar for a time. I tend to buy these |
| with the bundles from Flor de Oliva. This | | | | cigars by the stick rather than by the |
| cigar is going to be under $2 a stick which | | | | bundle. I would say that about 50% of the |
| would qualify as a super deal for most of our | | | | time they have been too fresh to smoke. You |
| readers. Now to the important stuff: how | | | | will want to buy it and age it a bit in your |
| good of a smoke is it. I am a big fan of | | | | humidor before you start smoking this one. |
| Maduro cigars as a whole. I love the dark | | | | |
| rich oily look of them. Their sweetness to | | | | I wish the tobacco stores would take time to |
| the tongue is quite a nice change from the | | | | age their cigars, but they would rather have |
| usual Connecticut or Sumatra wrappers. When | | | | the few dollars then to have to store them |
| it comes to the Flor De Oliva line, I must | | | | any longer than they have too. The Oliva |
| admit I am quite a bit more partial to the | | | | Maduro is a great cigar when aged, but you |
| Gold label rather than the Maduro. The | | | | chances are about 50/50 of getting one that |
| reasons, well, you will just have to keep | | | | is too fresh, so expect that when you order. |
| reading to find out. | | | | The aged ones are about as good as they get |
| | | | for a $2 smoke. |
| This cigar looks great. The Maduro wrapper | | | | |
| has a nice chocolaty look to it. The same | | | | I am taking a break from the Flor De Oliva's |
| dark brown color the entire wrapper over | | | | for a few days. The next two cigars that I |
| makes this cigar very appealing to the eyes. | | | | will be review are the Olor De Cibao Sumatra |
| I haven't had any yet that have had a problem | | | | torpedo and a Te Amo Churchill. These are in |
| with big protruding veins, so overall, I | | | | my humidor and I am itching to see how they |
| would say that on looks, they score quite | | | | smoke. |
| high. | | | | |
| | | | As always, send me a line and tell me what |
| The construction of the cigar would equally | | | | you think of the review after you tried the |
| score very high marks. The cigar is jam | | | | cigar. If you have any cigars that you would |
| packed with my beloved Nicaraguan tobacco | | | | like for me to review or if you just want to |
| yet, it is still very easy to draw and it | | | | chat about cigars in general let me know. Use |
| produces a great amount of smoke. The cigar | | | | the contact us form at We will also soon be |
| holds its white ash very well and I have very | | | | making available several E-books that I am |
| seldom seen it ever start unwrapping while | | | | working on concerning cigars, humidors, and |
| smoking. | | | | anything even closely related to cigars, so |
| | | | keep checking back. I am going to have to end |
| As with any Maduro, I would not recommend | | | | this review here. |
| smoking this cigar where windy conditions | | | | |