I've had one Oliva V,a few months ago. It was a double toro and was fantastic. Lately I've seen this cigar in maduro and I'm not sure which one I had. While looking around I've seen the maduro in topedo. Is this the only size this stick comes in?
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The V Maduro is a special release each fall (October?) and only comes in one size per year. I haven't had this year's release, but I'm going to guess you probably had a standard V. It's much more common, not to mention, the V maddies I've had were a little rough around the edges at the time of release.
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The only ones I've seen in person are the torpedo but I do believe that they make at least a toro as well.
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2008 was, IMHO, the best V maduro. It was a torp. Fantastic cigar.

2011 is a toro and not bad at all.

Only had two from years between (2009 and/or 2010? can't remember) and don't remember for good reason.
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Thanks guys, That answers my question. I had the original one. Very good cigar.
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Yes, as mentioned every year prior to 2011 were Torps. This was the first year they did a Toro. As Dave said the 2008 was the best right out of the gate but the V Maduros age very well. The 2008s really started coming into their own about a year maybe a little more ago and the 09s are really smoking well now too. Still sitting on a box of 2010s as the first few were good but I wanted to see how they aged as this blend really seems to improve leaps and bounds with age. Ironically I passed on a box of the '11s but have had a couple singles.
The regular Vs are pretty dark to the point where if I have loose singles of the Maduro and non Maduro in my cabinet and I often have to look at the band to tell the difference because they are that close in color.
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Good to know, I have a box of 09s that I haven't touched yet.
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Shane, if you're buying new Oliva stuff, it's always wet and barnyardy. A good 8 months or a year will straighten them right out. Sometimes they go hard at the 8 months mark and it takes awhile longer for them to relax.
They always smoke much better once they get a little time on them, mainly just so they can shake the ammonia and excess water. :-)
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All Oliva stuff is wet? News to me considering I smoke them every day. :-)

I'll give you that the V Maduro's have a tendency to be a bit wet when they ship and they do benefit from some time down in a lower RH to acclimate.

I agree with the previous posters that the 08 was my favorite year by far. The 2011 though is a close second. The 08 was blended to be really strong, and it was. The 2011 was blended to be more refined then strong. The dark chocolate and espresso flavors mixed with a bit of cayenne pepper at the end when going through the nose makes for a personal favorite of mine.

To the OP, as a few have stated, you were smoking the regular Serie V Double Toro.
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Have a torpedo maduro in the humi that I never got around to trying yet.
The naturals are one of my favorites that I MUST keep stocked always.
:-)
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