Here’s a little news on the new White Label from Oliva.
Oliva Cigar Co., maker of a host of top-rated cigars, is coming out with a mild version aimed at entry-level cigar smokers. The Oliva Connecticut Wrapper Reserve will be out in February. It will be the company’s only boxed cigar that wears a Connecticut-seed wrapper.
The new brand comes in five sizes: Churchill, Torpedo, Toro, Robusto and Lonsdale, and will range in price from $4 to $7. The wrapper is grown in Ecuador from Connecticut seed. The filler and binder blend is all-Nicaraguan tobacco, but it’s devoid of ligero, and made only with the lighter viso and seco tobaccos.
The cigars were rolled in October, and are almost ready to ship. [Source: Cigaraficionado.com]
A cheaper Davidoff-esque cigar?? I am looking forward to these!
Update: Just tried these tonight. They are very flavorful albeit mild-medium. Great bang for the buck! I’ll try to get a review on one soon!
These cigars are really nice smokes. I’m not a mild cigar smoker, but these are very good for a milder smoke.
Seco and visio only…. Good thing it is a Nic. Still, sounds like a breakfast cigar.
I agree. Now that I think about it, it may end up being too mild (or even worse, flavorless).
I can’t wait to pick some of these up at my local B&M here in Charlottesville, Va. I seem to enjoy everything Oliva puts out and I look forward to trying this one out!
For a recent review of this cigar check out what Walt posted on Stogie Review
http://www.stogiereview.com/2009/02/28/oliva-connecticut-reserve/
- Beezer