Regular readers of my reviews know that I love Oliva cigars and that I reviewed two Master blends, before, the Master blend 1 torpedo and the Master blend 3 robusto. Now I had the opportunity to smoke and review the 6x52 Oliva Master blend 3 torpedo. The Master blend cigars are limited released with Nicaraguan ligero filler, a Nicaraguan Habano binder and a broadleaf Sun Grown wrapper.

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This cigar is extremely box pressed, it's oval shaped. The wrapper is dark and oily but with spots. The cigar has a smell of straw, a sharp point and a beautiful band. The construction feels good. The mild peppery predraw is good.

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I taste a mild sour coffee flavor, the sour flavor reminds me of citrus, but it fades away quickly. I also taste some chocolate which slowly grows in strength with coffee as a background flavor.

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After a third I taste wood, herbs and chocolate. The herbs flavor morphs to spices and pepper. The wood flavor becomes stronger and the chocolate is still around.

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This cigar lasted me for an hour and twentyfive minutes. I got a reasonable amount of thick smoke. The draw is good. The burn is ok, a little bit crooked though. The ash is medium gray, frayed and firm. This cigar is full flavored and full bodied. I got a decent flame when I purged the cigar.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes, I liked it.

Appearance: 7 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 8 / 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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Nice review Ferdie...these are damn tasty!!
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Nice review. I picked one of these up in a pass on another forum. I found it very tasty but did not like the box-press. I had trouble getting a consistent draw through the first half, then the press seemed to loosen up enough.
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Thanks for another very nice review, this is a very enjoyable cigar!
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Love them. Great review Ferdie
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You are always very thorough thanks for the review.
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Thanks Ferdie, I'm looking to try some of these now. When did they stop without the lazer etching on them?
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I have had one of these and loved it, it was given to me by Triple F at Epic 2.
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I have had a couple of them. Another agreement with FERDI!!!
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after the MB2. I recently had a sit down with José Oliva and asked him about this. It turns out that lasering the cigars causes a 15% fall out of cigars, cigars that have been rolled, passed quality control, were aged and were perfectly good but then were destroyed by the laser. Due to a slightly difference in moisture and wrapper thickness not all tattoos turned out the same.
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I am definitely not agreeing with this review. MB III's are the worst of all the Olivas, send them to me for disposal.





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Gee, you'd do that for us? What a guy!

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I do this as a public service for my CA BOTL's..... :-)
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but I bet, if someone sends Volt some cigars, he starts crying like a little girl again. I've seen it many times before, heck, I made him cry a couple of times.
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Please, who you trying to kid. I'm not the one whining about customs to get a bombing run called off. But not to worry, we think we have a back door into the the Dutch land that does not involve customs. More to follow.
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that is not about getting a bombing run called off. I will scan the letter and email it to you (you know your way around google translate) so you see that it's no BS.
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Yep, except it didn't like some of the dialect Serts onced used, completely missed the translation. :-)
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hey, even I don't understand half the chit he says :-)

btw I can think of a workaround or two if you really want to bomb me.
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i like the MB3. Could be better, but not bad for the $.
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I was just able to pick up a box of Masters Blend I Robustos recently. I really look forward to comparing I to III but for now they need to rest from the journey.
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