Tom's Cigar Reviews

Oliveros XL for men double corojo

Thanks to Duque Cigars for the grab bag of smokes! This time around, I grabbed the Oliveros XL for Men Double Corojo. When I saw the name on the band, I thought it was pretty silly, “XL for men.” But who am I to judge without trying a few. I paired this cigar with water, and banged out today’s review.

Wrapper: Corojo

Binder: Dominican Cuban seed

Filler: Dominican, Corojo, Nicaraguan & Honduran

Size: 5 x 52

Price: $4 to $5.00

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Pre-Smoke/Construction:

Overall, the cigar looked nice. When squeezing, I found a couple soft spots. The wrapper was a little veiny with minor cosmetic flaws. When sniffing the wrapper, I noticed a sweet, grassy, earthy smell. The foot had a similar smell, but with more spice and sweetness. The pre-light draw was free, and had woody, sweet notes to it. The ash held on for well over an inch, and I did a total on ZERO touch-up’s to the burn. The burn line stayed pretty straight the entire time.

Flavor:

The first third went really well. The first thing I noticed was tons of smoke coming from this thing. It had woody notes combined with a sweet spice. Simple but good.

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The second third continued with that prominent woody flavor. A sweet spice lingered when exhaling through the nose, and I noticed very slight nutty notes. The smoke became very smooth as well.

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That woody flavor remained in the last third. A coffee-ish flavor reared its head at times, as did nutty notes. The sweetness remained, and almost turned into mocha. I thought a few times I detected mocha, but it never truly developed. It tried to though.

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Conclusion:

This was a good medium to upper medium bodied cigar. Although this review probably makes it sound somewhat boring, it wasn’t. This cigar helped me relax, and really was enjoyable. I definitely give it a thumbs up, and recommend that you give it a chance.

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Posted in: Cigar Reviews

Tags: cigars, corojo, double, men, oliveros, review, xl

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2 Responses to “Oliveros XL for men double corojo”

HomeBrewer April 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 pm

I am just not sure what to think of this cigar… the review makes it sound decent but the name just sounds completely queer. Well I guess it’s whats under the band that counts.