This 7 1/4 inch ring 52 Churchill by Oliva has a beautiful, medium dark, oily wrapper with some minor veins. The construction feels good and when I smell the cigar I notice a mild peppery aroma. The predraw is just fine and leaves a flavor of wood and raisin on my palate. This cigar at least 3 years old, as I bought it 3 years ago and it has been in my humidor at 67%RH since.

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I get a pleasant coffee flavor with a mild leather from the first puffs and after an inch I get some earthy flavors as well with the famous Oliva sweetness but then the coffee disappears.

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After 2 inch the aftertaste is creamy chocolate. Halfway I can taste herbs with some black pepper and the aftertaste are the earthy flavors with some leather, all the other flavors that I mentioned before are gone

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The flavors grow a little in strength and after 2/3rd a freshness joins the herbal flavors. The herbal flavors are slowly becoming the dominant flavors and the freshness stays until I have to put the cigar in the ashtray to die a peaceful death.

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The draw is flawless and the burn is almost as straight as an arrow. The cigar produces a lot of smoke, which is white but with a bluish glare to it. The ash is almost white. I would call this cigar full bodied and medium to full flavored.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes, this is a very good cigar.

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Aroma first part: 8 / 10
Aroma second part: 8 / 10
Aroma third part: 8 / 10
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Thanks for the review. This is a great cigar.
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Nice review. I love the V.
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Great review of a super cigar. Thanks!


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Chris.....
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Thanks for another great review brother!!!

I have really enjoyed every one of those I have smoked. However, every one I have smoked was with great company. I always have wondered if that is why I have such a fondness for them.
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Great review!!!:-)

I do love me an Oliva V!

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Great review. I love the Lanceros!
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I've got a V in a sampler, makes me want to burn that sucker. Great review!
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Thanks for the review Ferdie. I love the robusto size. One of the better NC cigars out there.
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Nice review, love them Vs.
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Nice!
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Another fine review Ferdie. :-)
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I have YET to meet an Oliva V that I didn't like!!

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('course, I would have scored it higher....):-)
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Well done review

I like the smaller vitolas in this line but would love to try a churchill
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nice review, oliva V's are some of my favorite cigars.
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This is one of the Serie V that I haven't tried because generally I don't like churchills... Generally they start to taste like ash to me after I have gotten just past the halfway point. Maybe it's just me.

Thanks for the review... I will have to swallow my cigar pride, I guess and try it. :-)
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Nice review. Don't know that I got floral flavors our of a V Churchill, but everybody's tastebuds respond and feel things out differently.

Good job!

Peace of the Lord be with you.
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such a consistently great stick! Thanks for the review on a vitola I've yet to try!
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