"Great Cigar, Great flavor!!"

For the price, this is the best Maduro Belicoso cigar available.<br><br> Appearance-A Right out of the box and into the Humidor, I knew I had something good. These things looked great!<br><br> Flavor-A+ I personally prefer this over Olivia Series O Maduro and CAO Maduro (two of my other, more expensive favorites)<br><br> Construction-A Contrary to other reviews here, I haven't had any draw or wrapper problems. I think a majority of the problems reported here may be due to improper storage/humidification and/or impatience. Don't expect to have a fresh, recently shipped cigar smoke like an aged gem. They rarely, if ever, will.<br><br> If you like cigars like the CAO Maduro or Brazilia or the Olivia brands of Maduros, you'll like this one. It's not as good as a Trinidad Maduro, but that one is a bit more expensive and shouldn't be compared, although it is close.

"really good flavor"

I really like this smoke, if it were a full strength stick it would be my favorite. That does not distract from the great maduro flavor it has and the box press construction is well done. Nice to look at nice to smoke.

"Long on flavor/Short on draw"

Love the flavor as I smoke Maduro cigars almost exclusively. This cigar is a great bang for the buck but found every cigar in the box to be tough draw. This cigar would be a 10 if it had a an easy draw!!

"SWEEEEEEET"

Need I say more?

"Mouth full of metal!"

I love maduros, so I was looking forward to trying the Onyx Belicoso that I bought off the shelf. I had heard such great things, including the high ratings, so you can imagine how sorely disappointed I was to fire this cigar up and be treated to a mouth full of coppery metallic flavor. I gave the cigar a chance, and smoked it down to about half-way before giving up on it. The construction was good, and there was no problem with the draw. If anything, it drew too easily. However, the taste was awful, and the finish was even worse. I will definitely never buy this brand again. There are too many good smokes to enjoy and not enough time to give this one another chance.

"The best cigar I've smokes so far!"

This is the BEST cigar I've found yet at any price. I'd heard these were bad for there draw chracteristics, but I've smoked an entire box without any complaints. Nice even slow burn, great flavor and aroma. A pleasue to smoke, wife even likes em.

"best i ever smoked"

Daughter gave me a box for Christmas............These are the best cigars I have ever smoked.......Just wish I could afford to smoke them all the time

"A NEW OLD FRIEND"

As a big fan of maduro cigars, this one has become one of my favorites. I always have Rocky Patel Vintage 1990, Romeo Y Julieta Reserve, and La Gloria Cubana Serie R in the humidor, but at half the price, The Onyx reserve has earned a place of honor in the rotation. Plenty of flavor for any occasion, and as smooth as can be. I'm halfway through my second box and not a bad cigar in the bunch

"Smooth & steady smoke. Slow burn with great taste"

Smooth, steady smoke. Very good burn with a great flavor. 1st time for this cigar.Recommended by retail store staff-John. Will purchase this one many times.

"Quite possibly the best in its price range"

The Onyx Reserve is a wonderful cigar! Flavor packed but never bites. They seem to have taken care of the draw issue as the last box I smoked had no duds. And like the other reviewer said Bob in Portland, Raciere in Seattle, J Friedman in LA need to go back to smoking White Owls or Phillies Blunt. Or maybe the West Coast just got bad batches.