I reviewed this 5x54 Oliva series V belicoso about three years ago but my flavor preferences and review writing skills have changed a lot in the past three years, so it was time to revisit the cigar. When it comes to the regular Oliva lines, I prefer the Oliva series V with the Jalapo ligero and the high priming habano sun grown wrapper.

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The dark and oily wrapper makes the cigar look awesome. I don't see any real veins. The construction feels good and I smell a mild barnyard. The predraw is fine, I taste tobacco with some raisin and a little bit of pepper.

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I taste a peppery earth flavor, full and strong with a lot of green pepper. After a quarter of an inch I also taste some wood on the background but everything is overpowered by the mentioned green pepper. After half an inch I still taste a lot of pepper with some wood and sweetness, the structure of the flavors is dry.

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After an inch the pepper loses some strength, which is a good thing. It is still a strong flavor but not as overpowering as before. I taste a bit more sweetness and some dry wood. After a third I taste nuts, wood, some herbs and the pepper. Halfway I taste some sweet carrot with herbs and just a small amount of pepper. Soon after that I get more herbs and more sweetness, although the pepper gains some strength again.

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This cigar had a smoke time of an hour and twenty minutes. The draw was good and the burn was great. I got a lot of thick smoke. The pepper and salt colored ash is firm. This cigar is full flavored and full bodied.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes!

Appearance: 9 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Burn: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Aroma first part: 8 / 10
Aroma second part: 8 / 10
Aroma third part: 7 / 10
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Interesting review, thanks for sharing. Sweet carrot isn't a flavor I remember tasting on the serie V (any cigar for that matter), so I will look for it next time I try one of these. Certainly a great quality stick for the price!
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Nice Review On My Fav. Oliva, Ferdie!:-)
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I love these...thanks for the review!
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thanks for another great review! This might be my "stranded on an island" cigar. After one of my old favorites, "O" Bold, went byebye...i always feel like I need to stock up on these.
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Thanks for the review! This is my current favorite right now and I've tried it in 2 sizes and I prefer this one. My palate is nowhere as refined as yours and many on here as I can only discern 2 maybe 3 flavors but I will keep "practicing", hahaha! Thanks again!
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Thanks for the revisit Ferdie.
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Definitely give this a try.
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Carrot flavor? Hmmm, time to revisit some Vs.

Great review, thanks.
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Nice review, and I think I may have to revist a V as well! The lancero is the only vitola I really enjoyed
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I'll be lighting one up on friday, can't wait... Thanks for the review... :-)
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Great review Ferdie. I'll have to torch one of these again soon. :-)

When I started smoking the Vs, I was smoking big ring guage smokes like the figurado and double torro. Ryan (MedicCook) gave me a V lancero and it quickly became one of my favorite smokes PERIOD...so freaking tasty. :-):-)
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Great review. Thanks for sharing ! I have Oliva Ms 2008 in the hopper.
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