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Its been a while since I’ve done a good old fashioned review, so I thought it was about time. I also did some revamping to the site, and those of you who pay attention, I’ve also stopped the re-direction of the site. It used to re-direct to http://cigarchoice.wordpress.com. I decided I didn’t like that, so here we are. I also changed up the colors a bit, and I am not sure how much I like them, but we’ll see how long they stay. Anyway, on to the review..

Today’s review is of the Oliva Connecticut Reserve Lonsdale. I had heard about this cigar on Twitter for the first time. I know they have been out for a while, but I’d been having a hard time finding a place here in So Cal that stocked them. I managed to find a place that had them, so I picked up 3 lonsdales to review!

Pre-Light: Upon pre-light, the first thing I noticed was how well wrapped this cigar was. As is typical with Oliva’s construction of cigars, this one was impeccable. As I ran it across my nose I didn’t get a whole lot of smells off of it. I got a little bit of a buttery smell out of it, with a decent amount of raw tobacco smell. I am really looking forward to lighting this bad boy up! I clipped the cigar with my trusty Palio, and toasted and lit it up with my Ronson Jetlite.

1/3: Upon lighting this cigar up, the first few puffs were very solid tobacco flavors, but very smooth, almost buttery in smoke texture. The smoke was plentiful, and the draw was just about perfect. As I retrohaled this cigar, I got a little bit of spice, with some sweetness, and that nice buttery flavor that connecticut wrapped cigars are known for. As with most connecticut wrapped cigars, this one is on the mild side, but very tasty. So far, I am really enjoying this cigar, and the hype behind it on Twitter is not undeserved.

2/3: As I kept puffing away on this cigar, I was getting a lot of nice different subtleties with this cigar. I got a nice sweetness, with a bit of spice, along with the buttery flavors that I am really enjoying. The smoke is still billowing nicely, and its smelling great. Its still in the mild ballpark, but I am still very impressed with this cigar, and at this point, I can see a box purchase in the near future.

3/3: As I got toward the end of this cigar, It stayed fairly consistent, but as the end was near, I noticed that it was starting to get hot. It might have been because I was enjoying the cigar a lot, so I was probably puffing on it a bit too hard. I have a few more of these, and I will make sure that I slow down a bit to see if the heat comes out on each of them, towards the end.

Overall Impression: Overall, this cigar is VERY box-worthy. If you like smooth cigars, with not too much strength, this is one you should try. It is very smooth, and flavorful, and the pricepoint is pretty easy to deal with as well. I plan on getting a box or two of these to put in the cooler, as they are VERY tasty!

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!
Scott

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