Oliva Maduro Robusto

Stars: 3.5
Purchased: XXX - Stockholm

Smoked: Edinburgh 30/5/14
Country: Nicaragua
Size: Robusto (box-pressed)

Notes: The term 'finger burner' is usually applied to short cigars, with the HDM Petit Robusto the most obvious example. This was my first Oliva - I hadn't heard the name before and originally thought it was a typo. Quite a dark, box-pressed little number, the Maduro Robusto was pleasantly surprising. Not too strong and certainly not light, spicy, complex, rewarding. Would match with a coffee or similarly-based cocktail. Construction was very good with no burn issues. The only irk was there seemed to be some empty space between the wrapper and the tobacco, but perhaps that is the nature of the box-press (the Punch Punch doesn't seem to have this issue though). I would go there again. And yes, it was a finger burner.