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