Flor de Oliva cigars are handcrafted from Oliva’s reserves of Nicaraguan long leaf tobaccos, all of which are are meticulously aged to develop their flavorful, rich and creamy blend. The Flor de Oliva is a medium bodied cigar offering a rich and earthy flavor profile that’ll charm your senses from first light puff to its satisfying finish.
A terrific value oriented handmade stick from Gilberto Oliva and family at Oliva Cigars. Crafted from Dominican and Nicaraguan longleaf tobaccos and finished with a robust and satisfying sweet tipped Sumatra wrapper leaf. Following the long aging process, the final product is a flavorful and creamy cigar blend. Rich and smooth, without the bite.
The Flor line includes the highly popular oversized ‘Giants’ cigar sizes, all of which are comprised of the same blend as the traditional sizes, but offering a somewhat cooler, slow burn that builds in flavor as the cigar progresses. The ‘Giants’ offer fans of larger ring cigars a truly a delicious and inexpensive range of large cigars.
Whether you opt for the Giants or the standard sized Flor de Oliva cigars, they’re all available here for international cigar shipping, as with all our fine cigars.
The Oliva cigar heritage dates back well over 100 years, when Melanio Oliva cultivated his first tobacco crop in the fertile Pinar Del Rio region of Cuba in 1886. His growing operations were suspended while he fought in the Cuban War of Independence. Upon returning from the war, Melanio again took up cigar manufacturing. In the 1920’s Melanio’s son Facundo Oliva took the mantle of the cigar production, and he cultivated the Oliva family fields for many decades.
As the communists took over Cuba, the tobacco landscape changed and Facundo’s son Gilberto Oliva shifted from the growing business, to brokering tobacco. Then in the early 60’s the political pressure in Cuba became too great and Gilberto was forced to seek a country where the conditions allowed him to recreate that distinctive Cuban taste.
Gilberto finally found that fertile ground in Nicaragua, and today Gilberto along with his family are Nicaragua’s second largest grower of Cuban seed tobacco. From the same time tested methods of growing, curing, blending, and cigar rolling that built an empire, the Oliva cigar range has since earned many top industry accolades, awards and top ratings, from industry experts, publications and consumers alike. None greater than 2014 when Cigar Aficionado Magazine awarding the Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado Cigar of the Year.
Brody Amthor –
Flor de Oliva natural Robusto has received 5 stars from me, because it arrived from A.C. in pristine condition, no cracks, all the way to Saskatchewan Canada and after a rest of 4 days or so in my humidor, i decided to have one to test while the others continue to rest for another 2 weeks. On draw test, it was good airflow not tough, and a sweet taste was noticed. After light up, i can taste sweetness and a slight leathery note. This continues into the 2nd third, then chances from sweet taste to a more peppery leather note but not strong, mostly the medium mild strength. Throughout, it has has a perfect burn, round ring and inch and a half ash before falling even in this wind on my deck. Final third comes for me a woody note, with pepper and spice, and a slight increase to strength as i finish it to a nub.
I look forward to the rest and how they differ once rested longer.