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Review: Oliva Master Blends 2 Robusto

The first of the Oliva Master Blends was released in 2003. Brooks reviewed that cigar and awarded it a “91.” Master Blends 2 was release two years later in 2005 and Master Blends 3 was released at the tail end of 2006. The initial idea is that the Master Blends would be a limited production [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial 2011 (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2008, Oliva released the first incarnation of the Serie V Maduro Especial, which used a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, to great critical acclaim. They followed that up in 2009 and 2010 with other releases, that mostly did not seem to live up to the standard that the Original [...]

Review: Cain Daytona Lancero (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… As you may or may not know, I am a sucker for a good background story on a cigar, and the Cain Daytona Lancero is one of the best I have heard in a while. While at the IPCPR show in Vegas last month, I got a Tweet [...]

Review: Padilla/Studio Tobac Figurado (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In March of 2011, the (Oliva) StudioTobac Executive Board approved a request from Padilla Cigars to produce a Limited Edition full-bodied, Nicaraguan cigar that Padilla would distribute. This is the first (of presumably many) collaborations that the Studio Tobac team will produce. Says Studio Tobac’s John Gazerro: “Even [...]

Review: Cain FF

Today we will be taking a look at another cigar from the current Studio Tobac sampler that is making its way to consumers through the Studio Tobac tour, the Cain FF Torpedo! A few weeks back I decided I was going to review one cigar each week from the Studio Tobac Tour Sampler and as [...]

Review: Cain F Lancero

(You can read Brooks’ review of the Cain F Lancero, here.) Following yesterday’s announcement that these were slated for release later on this year, it seemed like a great time to finally getting around to posting this. When it was first announced, I was a bit surprised as this is just not one of the [...]

Review: Studio Tobac ST-DS001

Today we will be taking a look at another cigar from the current Studio Tobac Sampler, the ST-DS001 (Studio Tobac Dark Side). I have made it my plan to review a different cigar from the sampler every week with last weeks being the NUb San Andres. This week’s cigar also features a San Andres Maduro [...]

Review: NUb San Andreas Maduro

Today we will be taking a look at a special Studio Tobac cigar, the NUb San Andres Maduro. At the moment there are absolutely no plans to release this cigar officially so right now the only way you can get your hands on one is to attend a Studio Tobac event and get your hands [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Lancero

I like the Serie V and I like Lanceros. Put the two together and we should get a real winner, right? Until last year’s arrival of Studio Tobac’s Cain F Lancero, the Serie V was the only Lancero vitola in Oliva’s line, which is saying something given the company’s almost sixteen years in existence. Name: [...]

Redux: Oliva Master Blends 1 Torpedo

It has been a while (i.e. 9 months) since our last Redux Review (of the Coronado Maduro, smoked while I was in Mexico), and I thought I would bring another installment to this series… This time, I wanted to do a Redux Review on one of the first cigars I reviewed after starting the blog [...]