Filler: Nicaraguan

Binder: Nicaraguan

Wrapper; Maduro Nicaraguan

Nicaraguan Puro

This Osceola Maduro Cigar is a custom blended cigar exclusively for the Pipe Den & Cigars of Vero Beach, Florida, by Oliva Cigar Co.

http://www.pipeandcigar.com/

This brand of cigar comes in Maduro and Natural.

The cigar smoked in this review was an Osceola Maduro Cigar 5” by 50-ring gauge.

Osceola Maduro Cigar

This Osceola Maduro Cigar is handsome with beautiful dark brown oily wrapper. The cigar looks very well made, Oliva Cigar Company’s standard top-notch handmade craftsmanship.

The cap is flawless.

The seams on this cigar are visible but very tight.

And the cap cut cleanly, with out any loose tobacco. The cut showed the ends of the long leaf filler that was used in the construction of this fine cigar. The aroma of this cigar was very rich in tobacco and hay odors. The cut cigar was very delicious smelling. I was looking forward to lighting the cigar.

The foot of the Osceola Maduro Cigar was skillfully made, very flat and even. The foot

Toasted quickly and evenly and the cigar lit on the very first try.

The first draw on this lit cigar delivered a taste of oak, black pepper, and oil on the tongue. Just a bit of sweetness in the smoke.

Oak, black pepper, some sweetness, a little coffee, and oil were the flavors of the first third. These flavor started to increase as the cigar continued to burn. The sweetness, which was very low and in the background, started to have a caramel flavor. The Smoke was well balanced and smooth.

In the second third the cigar continued with the same flavor structure. The cigar continued to remain firm and the draw was exceptional. The cigar produced a good quantity of smoke, which I happen to like.

Bob Marshbanks and Sue Marshbanks, the owners of the Pipe Den and Cigars of Vero Beach Florida, had this cigar blended to meat the demands of his clientele. Bob and Sue opened the Pipe Den in 1977 and in only a couple of years after opening the shop, they started to supply the locals with cigars. With this long history of selling cigars, there is no doubt that Bob and Sue knows a good cigar. If you get the chance to spend some time in their shop ask Bob about the difference types of tobacco out there and the were those tobaccos are grown. Bob has a lot of war stories about the cigar industry. Bob and Sue have been selling the Osceola Cigar for years. It is a popular brand in their shop, with good reason. Bob and Sue also bend their own pipe tobacco in the shop and they will do custom bends.

The Pipe Den & Cigars

1426-28 20th Street * Vero Beach, FL 32960
(State Road #60 West - Downtown)

772-569-1154 * Fax 772-569-6874

1-800-780-PIPE (7473)

info@pipeandcigar.com.

Thank you Bob and Sue for this fine cigar to review.

In the last third the flavor has remained constant, however the sweetness has picked up slightly. Not enough to change the balanced taste of the Osceola Maduro Cigar. A nice amount of oils is being deposited onto my tongue; this carries the flavor between puffs.

Once again another fine cigar has gone up in smoke.

If you look you will see this cigar in my humidor. Bob and Sue are selling this cigar in various sizes all under $5.00. What a bargain, at this price why not stock up