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03-31-2023, 05:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2023, 05:58 AM by Jimmie the Mum.)
That's a tough selection. I love the Oliva Serie V Melanio 4"x60 but I'm not sure if your gonna like the short one (might be to strong for you). So I went in a different direction.
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Imo its between two cigars, the melanio and the wise man.i think id take the wise man, but may be too strong for you. Melanio is great medium imo
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For me the choice was between the Oliva Serie V Melanio 4"x60 & the Camacho Liberty Series 2021 LE 7"x48
While I do like the Melanio, I've also liked the Camacho Liberty Series (don't think I've had the 2021 though).
Also, I prefer the smaller RG too...so I went with the Camacho.
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I voted the Camacho based purely on ring gauge, not that I find it a particularly earth shattering blend. But I am the guy that thinks that anything larger than about a 52RG is comical at best.
If the samples were all with the normal RG range, I would have voted Foundation first by a long shot followed by Oliva.
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I'd actually keep the sizes in. The vitola can have a significant impact on the blend. If for instance you smoked the 60RG Foundation cigar then smoked a Lancero in the same line, you would have two entirely different smoking experiences. As you smoke more, you will start to prefer not only the blends that you like, but specific sizes of each blend.
And smoke all of the RGs - don't let my anti-60RG bias get you away from them if that is what you like. I am just old school and never bought into the idea - when the first one came out that I saw, the Casa Blanca Jerobam many years ago, I couldn't wrap my head around the idea. Then several years after that the whole Nub thing came around and I still just shook my head... and now everybody is doing it. But there are a lot of people who do like to unhinge their jaws for them, and they sell a s*it-ton of them so it is what it is lol.
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I have tried most sizes but not them in the same blends. But overall I cant stand Churchill's and prefer petit corona, corona, nub and lancero sizes. Seams like opposite ends of the spectrum but it works for me. The biggest thing I have found is I like the strong flavor the large ring gauges put out. But at longer then a nub they get to strong or bold for me. The small ring gauge cigars are more light in flavor. But I love the way they evolve as you smoke them. Especially the lancero's
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Actually, I like the favors that are produced from the Mumceros (Lanceros as some people call them). Big ring gauges are not really my thing.
Sure, I'll smoke a Nub but it would never be my go to stogie.
