In my recent cigar purchase I picked up some cigars I’ve never tried before.

One was a Olivia Cigar Serie G Maduro, Robusto.

It was good. It wasn’t as good, to my tastes, as that Rocky Patel Edge Missile Maduro, but it was good.

The cigar body itself was soft, and while smoking got softer… almost “squishy” in my hand. I didn’t like that. I also felt like some of the heat flowed back while I was smoking it… not bad, but just a little warmer and perhaps contributed to the squishy feel over the life of the smoke. An interesting note is the cigar itself is square shaped, but that faded of course as the cigar feel softened. I know W doesn’t like the square shape, and often when we have a Rocky Patel 1990 or 1992, those are hard and the square shape may not fade. So, he might like how this Olivia progresses.

Flavor was good. Mellow, a hint of spice but not overwhelming. I had a glass of Paul Newman Cabernet with it (Wife likes Newman products and so we thought we’d try his wine… it’s OK, something’s missing from it, hard to describe, subject for another posting some other day). Even now as I write this and feel the aftertaste of the cigar in my mouth, it’s a pleasant earthy flavor.

Draw was good. Lots of good smoke to fill the mouth.

Would I have this cigar again? Yes, but I think I might want to try a Belicoso size… a hair larger, and I want to try the “pointed” shape (sorry… don’t know the technical term for that “pointed” shape) to see how it would affect the draw.