Since 2008, Oliva has released its Serie V Maduro Especial as a limited edition spin on its incredibly popular line, which had arguably been the company’s flagship prior to the arrival of the Serie V Melanio. In 2014, Oliva took the release to new territory, releasing a 6 x 60 Double Toro that was the thickest release of the seven up to that point, while keeping the Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. In 2015, that same 6 x 60 Double Toro released again, using the same blend as well. In July of this year, Oliva Cigar Co. was sold to J. Cortès, and all reports indicate that J. Cortès has no intention of changing much of Oliva’s business model, so the question on my mind is certainly if we’re going to see another Maduro Especial release this year. Since these seem to be released in the fourth quarter of the year, we should be finding out soon if that’s the case. While the cigar community awaits that answer, I found the 2014 release in my humidor and decided to see how nearly two years of rest might have improved on what I thought was a good, but not great ...
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