Oliva Cigar Co.

The Oliva Serie V Double Robusto is going to be offered in a non-box-pressed format. It heads to Casa de Montecristo stores on Feb. 2.

It’s time to see just how clear Charlie Minato’s crystal ball was when it came to looking ahead to 2022.

The new line heads to stores, and we now know what the four vitolas are named.

The Edición Año 2022 is a 6 1/2 x 44 lonsdale. Unlike the regular production Serie V Melanio cigars, it is round and not box-pressed.

The Oliva Advent Calendar 2022 contains mostly regular production cigars, but there are also some unique offerings like a round Oliva Serie V Melanio and a Serie V Lonsdale.

The Oliva Serie V Melanio Lancero was first released more than a year ago. That said, it just started showing up on shelves at retailers nationwide.

The eighth addition to Oliva’s Serie V Melanio Maduro line is the thinnest viola so far, and can only be found in the company’s Oliva Serie V Melanio Sampler that started shipping to retailers in July.

Vandermarliere Family of Cigars has brought back Cuba Aliados—a Honduran brand made popular by the late Rolando Reyes Sr. in the 1990s—by introducing two distinct blends: the Cuba Aliados by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is a limited edition release made by E.P. Carrillo while the Cuba Aliados Original Blend is a regular production line being made Julio Eiroa of JRE Tobacco Co.

Not only is there a sampler with the Oliva Serie V Melanio Lancero, there’s a sampler with an Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro Lancero. Technically, one of the samplers has both cigars.

E.P. Carrillo’s newest line will be coming from factories not named Tabacalera La Alianza S.A.

The revamped Cuba Aliados line will get two options from two cigar makers in two countries.