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11-23-2021, 04:08 PM	#1
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,751	OLIVA V 125TH This is the latest Oliva release and it looks great. A reverse torpedo with very light aromas from the foot but hearty cocoa and coffee notes from the perfect cold draw. Today’s beverage is a Founders KBS Espresso Stout. Initial flavors are robust with cocoa, coffee and spices. The smoke is thick and smooth. The ash looks good but the burn is a bit off. It will probably self correct. The body of the ale is a perfect pairing. In the first third a pleasant earthy base develops under the cocoa and coffee notes for a very good medium to full bodied profile. The spicy notes have faded although they are still present in the otherwise smooth retohale. The burn, as predicted, evens out past the taper and the ash is still quite solid, although it dropped off. During the second third a sweetness joins the flavor profile. The cigar remains medium to full bodied. The burn is now very even and the ash remains mostly solid with some cracks. The retohale remains smooth with less spices. There is a small split in the wrapper, but not enough to affect the quality of the cigar. Approaching the final inch I burned off the part of the wrapper that separated from the split, but the binder did an excellent job of not expanding; a very well constructed cigar. The split stopped when it hit a small vein in the wrapper. The complexity of the flavor profile remains excellent. The cigar did not get hot until well after I removed the band. The ash and burn remain great. The retohale remains smooth with a light hint of spices. Overall a very good experience with a steady but complex flavor profile and very good construction. A must try for fans of the Oliva V series as well as anyone who enjoys a robust medium to full bodied cigars. 9.6/10, Joe Bob says check it out. __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

11-24-2021, 01:23 PM	#2
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 54,552	Nice review. Thanks. Lots of Oliva fans here. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

11-25-2021, 05:04 AM	#3
mark5 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Holly Springs, Georgia Posts: 1,753	Great Review! Gotta try these soon! __________________ LIVE TO RIDE AND RIDE TO LIVE! ENJOY THE RIDE!

11-27-2021, 02:00 PM	#4
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,751	By the way, it's 135th, not 125th. My error. __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

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11-28-2021, 05:58 AM

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This is the latest Oliva release and it looks great. A reverse torpedo with very light aromas from the foot but hearty cocoa and coffee notes from the perfect cold draw. Today’s beverage is a Founders KBS Espresso Stout.

Initial flavors are robust with cocoa, coffee and spices. The smoke is thick and smooth. The ash looks good but the burn is a bit off. It will probably self correct. The body of the ale is a perfect pairing.

In the first third a pleasant earthy base develops under the cocoa and coffee notes for a very good medium to full bodied profile. The spicy notes have faded although they are still present in the otherwise smooth retohale. The burn, as predicted, evens out past the taper and the ash is still quite solid, although it dropped off.

During the second third a sweetness joins the flavor profile. The cigar remains medium to full bodied. The burn is now very even and the ash remains mostly solid with some cracks. The retohale remains smooth with less spices. There is a small split in the wrapper, but not enough to affect the quality of the cigar.

Approaching the final inch I burned off the part of the wrapper that separated from the split, but the binder did an excellent job of not expanding; a very well constructed cigar. The split stopped when it hit a small vein in the wrapper. The complexity of the flavor profile remains excellent. The cigar did not get hot until well after I removed the band. The ash and burn remain great. The retohale remains smooth with a light hint of spices.

Overall a very good experience with a steady but complex flavor profile and very good construction. A must try for fans of the Oliva V series as well as anyone who enjoys a robust medium to full bodied cigars. 9.6/10, Joe Bob says check it out.

Love the Oliva V's, and didn't know about these. Will definitely have to pick up a few to try

Also, very nice review. You are definitely a much better reviewer than me

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12-07-2021, 08:19 PM	#6
tonycsmoke Club Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St Louis Posts: 2,969	Never met a V I didn't like. Even the seconds are outstanding cigars. __________________ "Homer, slow down you'll kill us" yelled Marge. "Or die trying" exclaimed Homer.

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