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Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Named for the 100th birthday of Angel Oliva the Angel 100 cigar is a Nicaraguan ligero and Peruvian filler stick wrapped in an Ecuador wrapper. This is not the Oliva of the Series "O" but rather the Oliva tobacco grower who supplies many of your favorite brands.
I was sent 2 of these ( a 1961 6x48 and a La Joya a 6x54 torp) by Seth when I asked him to give me a review of them, his reasoning is that I would do a better job of reviewing then he would. I guess that remains to be seen. I decided to smoke the 1961 first on my drive up to York from Baltimore. Prelight I have to say that is cigar smelled more like a cuban then any NC I've ever lit. That earthy manure smell was very prevalent and quite surprising. Whipping out my trusty Palio I clipped the cap and checked the draw which was about normal and proceeded to fire this up. The first draws reminded me of an RP Olde World Reserve, so much so they could have been twins. The construction on the RP is better but it is also 3 times the price too. The first third left me with the impression of sandlewood and leather with some chocolate tones mixed in. The next third picked up some strength and spices losing the chocolate and it stayed that way until I arrived and had to put it down.
The second cigar was the La Joya 4 days later. The cap on this was cracked and that caused the wrapper on the end to flake apart over the course of the cigar. This stick smelled the same as the first but was much softer, softer then I would like to tell the truth. After clipping the draw was very easy, indicative of the softness of the roll. Again the thought of sandlewood came to mind and the chocolate seemed more pronounced then the smaller stick. I only got through the first two inches of this because the wind hit it just right and damn near blew the wrapper right off. So with wrapper flapping in the front, flaking in the rear and the loose draw I almost had to retire this earlier then I wanted too.
Overall this is a pretty good stick that runs about $3-4 each and I'll probably look for a few more of them. Put a few months of humi time on them and they should improve noticeably.
I was sent 2 of these ( a 1961 6x48 and a La Joya a 6x54 torp) by Seth when I asked him to give me a review of them, his reasoning is that I would do a better job of reviewing then he would. I guess that remains to be seen. I decided to smoke the 1961 first on my drive up to York from Baltimore. Prelight I have to say that is cigar smelled more like a cuban then any NC I've ever lit. That earthy manure smell was very prevalent and quite surprising. Whipping out my trusty Palio I clipped the cap and checked the draw which was about normal and proceeded to fire this up. The first draws reminded me of an RP Olde World Reserve, so much so they could have been twins. The construction on the RP is better but it is also 3 times the price too. The first third left me with the impression of sandlewood and leather with some chocolate tones mixed in. The next third picked up some strength and spices losing the chocolate and it stayed that way until I arrived and had to put it down.
The second cigar was the La Joya 4 days later. The cap on this was cracked and that caused the wrapper on the end to flake apart over the course of the cigar. This stick smelled the same as the first but was much softer, softer then I would like to tell the truth. After clipping the draw was very easy, indicative of the softness of the roll. Again the thought of sandlewood came to mind and the chocolate seemed more pronounced then the smaller stick. I only got through the first two inches of this because the wind hit it just right and damn near blew the wrapper right off. So with wrapper flapping in the front, flaking in the rear and the loose draw I almost had to retire this earlier then I wanted too.
Overall this is a pretty good stick that runs about $3-4 each and I'll probably look for a few more of them. Put a few months of humi time on them and they should improve noticeably.
