Rookie’s review - Oliva Melanio Maduro | Petit Corona

Was excited to smoke this one, Although I was a little disappointed initially when I received them (didn’t realise they would be that small, but realised they are great for cold weather).

Solid construction, touched up once nearing the end, but apart from that the burn line was either slightly wavy or sharp. Ash varied between mostly white or lightly grey colours.

A little bit of spice in the 1st third, medium roasted coffee note, slight sweetness, now I’m beginning to understand how delicate and subtle the notes can be, but the roasted flavour is present in all of the cigars for me so far. Retro hale didn’t grant me anything different, apart from thankfully not blowing my nose out from the spice, which is a pleasant surprise.

2nd third the flavour became of a much darker roasted coffee, sweetness disappeared, towards the end of this third the flavours turned somewhat bitter, purging helped but only partially.

Final third maintained the same profile as above, but nearing the end it mellowed out and was more enjoyable.

Overall, I’d smoke it again, I’m gonna brush it up to me still developing my palate, and also the weather (it started raining lightly half way through), and trying to not freeze my hands off which affected the experience, and I have to say I’m a little disappointed because of the expectations I’ve had from reviews - I was hoping to feel more chocolate and nuance even as a beginner.

As of now I’ll give it a 7.25/10, I’ve got 4 more of them brought back by a friend from the US, so will need to try them again at some point.

Could lower humidity affect the taste for my other cigars? I’ve noticed that the most variation I get is just the amount of spice. I’m keeping them in a ziploc bag with a 65% and 69% in the other, with readers showing 59% and 60% respectively (‘calibrated’ the readers with a 62% and it seems that they are displaying 2-3% lower than the Boveda, but I’m getting a tupperdor set up soon).