Length: 6
Ring Gauge: 52
Strength: Medium
Packaging: 1 Single
Vitola: Torpedo
Smoking Time: 55 Minutes
Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras
OLIVA
The Oliva Cigar story began in the late 1800s, when Melanio Oliva started growing cigar tobacco in Cuba. His heirs carried on the family tradition in the fields, but it was his grandson Gilberto Oliva Sr. who began making cigars.
Nicaraguan tobacco helped Oliva survive. The cigar that brought it to the attention of connoisseurs debuted in 2006: Oliva Serie V. Made by a small group of rollers and blended for strength and style, the Serie V line was an immediate hit. In 2012, to pay tribute to the first man in the family to grow cigar tobacco, Oliva added the Melanio version, which is distinguished from the original by its Sumatra-seed wrapper grown in Ecuador. The No. 1 Cigar of the Year 2014, Oliva Serie V Melanio Figuarado has rich, big notes of leather framed by a range of coffee, caramel and woody intonations. It’s a classic smoke.
ALIADOS
After decades of tutelage under Cuba's finest, Rolando Reyes founded Cuba Aliados. Rolando had a simple vision, a high quality cigar that was not only enjoyable but affordable. Embracing the heritage Aliados has been resurrected in Honduras under those same principles, utilizing the original blend that Rolando Reyes perfected nearly 50 years ago.
These medium strength cigars are a smooth, harmonious smoke with notes of toasted cedar and earth followed by hints of black pepper and floral tones.