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Review: Oliva Atlantic Cigar 15th Aniversario Diadema (Prerelease)

Back in November of 2011, Atlantic Cigar released the first of what they announced would eventually be four different cigars from four different manufacturers to celebrate their 15th year of business. The fourth and final cigar in the series is being produced by Oliva Family of Cigars and will be released for sale to the general [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Diadema (2012) (Prerelease)

In September of 2012 at the Inter-tabac 2012 trade show in Dortmund, Germany, Oliva brought two bundles of a new 9 x 52 Diadema in the Serie V blend. The cigars were created at the request of one of Oliva’s European distributors and are now in production, with a release set for next month. Last [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado

The last time a new Oliva line was introduced it was 2007 at the Houston RTDA, now five years later the Oliva Serie V Reserva Melanio is set to debut at IPCPR 2012. It’s a cigar that has been in the work for years, something we fully chronicled a few weeks ago after the cigar [...]

Review: NUb USA

It’s the sixth and final review of the STUDIO TOBAC World Tour Sampler 2012 and perhaps the most interesting cigar in the sampler, the NUb USA. The concept is pretty simple: take the NUb 456 size and use some American tobacco. Brooks already provided a pretty extensive history of the STUDIO TOBAC Limited Edition Sampler 2012: [...]

Review: STUDIO TOBAC Prototype Connecticut ST-EFG01

It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed anything from the 2012 STUDIO TOBAC World Tour sampler, but we still haven’t take on the Prototype Connecticut ST-EFG01. While it’s rather limited in nature, it’s Oliva’s entry into a category that has received a lot of attention of late — full-bodied Connecticuts. Brooks already provided a pretty extensive [...]

Redux: Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial (2011)

Since 2008, Oliva as released an incarnation of the Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial. Each year has seen a different size for the the limited release, but the 2011 version had a first: it was the first year that a Torpedo vitola was not used. However, like the 2010 version, it used a San Andrés Maduro [...]

Review: STUDIO TOBAC Cain F Maduro

By now you’ve likely heard about the second installment of the STUDIO TOBAC World Tour and the accompanying six-cigar sampler available only at the events and only with purchase of a box of Oliva or STUDIO TOBAC cigars, as we’ve reviewed three of them and the tour is over a month along. Here’s what Brooks had [...]

Review: Oliva Grand Maduro Torpedo

In between the world famous clothbands and the current line-up of Serie G, O and V was the days of the Oliva Grand Series. Offered in both Cameroon and a Maduro wrapper the line was discontinued in 2006 in favor of the Serie G and O, although neither retained the same blend. The cigars were [...]

Review: STUDIO TOBAC Cain Daytona Maduro Figurado

Last week Brooks reviewed the first cigar in the new STUDIO TOBAC sampler from the 2012 World Tour. This week I will continue the series with the Cain Daytona Maduro Figurado. Here’s what he said about the tour and the sampler: On April 5, 2012, STUDIO TOBAC launched their 2012 World Tour at Tampa Humidor [...]

Review: STUDIO TOBAC ST-002

On April 5, 2012, STUDIO TOBAC launched their 2012 World Tour at Tampa Humidor in Tampa, Florida, which has one of only three Oliva Lounges in the USA. The Tour is meant to introduce people to the STUDIO TOBAC brand and the events include rolling from Bryan “The Show” Scholle, the Ambassador of STUDIO TOBAC, [...]