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Gilberto Oliva Reserva 550

LittleBuddy50LittleBuddy50 Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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Hi. So I just smoked the Oliva which came in "CIGARfest 2021 Oliva Sampler". It started out ok. Draw was average. I still haven't developed a palate to discern all these different flavors like leather and hay etc. I'm enjoying getting there though :). I've noticed a few recurring things with all my cigars. They seem to all be similar in flavors and maybe its just me. I keep them in a kingchii small wineador at 68 degrees and I have 1 Boveda pack inside. Cello stays on. It seems to stay right at 69 degrees. I live in the Arizona desert but I smoke early in the mornings and today it was like 90 degrees outside and 63% humidity at 0600. So I've noticed this on a few cigars and I am not sure if its just the Olivas or some others from the samplers that I've ordered. Up until the last third, I get nice cedar flavors on the retro. Once I get into the last third, the cigar feels softer and I lost all flavor on the retro. Just feels like moist flavorless air but I get plenty of smoke and no burn issues. My current inexperienced opinion is that they may be a tad over humidified and it shows up later into the cigar. I don't know. Ive had the cigars from this sampler in the humidor for like 5 weeks. What do you guys think? The first third always seems to be better in my cigars.

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  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Once you get to the last third of a cigar…how it was stored has no bearing on how it burns or tastes. By then environmental factors, rate at which you smoke, and other things have become what influences your experience.

  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 9,671 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All cigars are made from tobacco. All will taste similar, especially different cigars from the same maker. Oliva grows their own tobacco. Once you've been in it for a while you should start to notice the differences. Just my $0.02.

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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The last third can be problematic in a lot of cases. Purging (blowing out through your cigar) occasionally through the smoke can help prevent the last third from being tarry and bitter in some cases. I often experience an issue with the cigar going out when it hits the last third and the ash becoming a hard, fused mess affecting the draw and burn. Sometimes bad enough that I have to cut off the cherry and relight. I've been blaming this on humidity and sometimes smoking too fast without enough purges.

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  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 11

    I found an interesting review for the Gilberto Oliva Reserva: https://bespokeunit.com/articles/cigars/gilberto-oliva-reserva/

    As for the [pre-light] aromas from the body and foot, you may detect gourmand tonka bean, cocoa powder, and olibanum, which has a slight vanilla essence.

    The flavors of the dry draw are quite intriguing. You have some cinnamon, a little bit of butterscotch, which is an intriguing change, as well as some sweet salted caramel.

    First Third Notes: Fried Salicornia, Malted Barley, Dried Earth

    Second Third Notes: Sarsaparilla Root, Buttercream, White Pepper

    Final Third Notes: Black Pepper, Charred Oak, Iron Oxide

    it’s not an overly complex cigar.

    I think @Vision will really enjoy reading this review.

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  • Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,833 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m just curious why he’s eating sarsaparilla root.

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