"Excellent"

Wonderful. Full body yet smooth.

"I have smoked a lot of Cigars and none can compare"

The BEST there is

"I have always enjoyed the Oliva V Melanio cigars especially the Churchill natural. As my go to cigar I am assured there will be no unpleasant surprises when I light up. Try any size and you will niot be disappointed either."

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"Great"

A winner every time.

"My favorite smoke"

Melanio V reg & Maduro... Churchill, robusto and double robusto are all terrific

"Good smoke"

Good construction, good draw, very good taste.

"Crowned Jewel of the Oliva Brand"

Simply a terrific smoke. This cigar consistently hits it out of the park. Don t just take my word for it, read all the reviews yourself.

"Nice cigar but not as good as the original V"

Like most Oliva cigars, the Melanio smokes very well. Especially for a box press. Full bodied but somewhat one dimensional. Nice cigar but it doesn t wow in the flavor department.

"Best desert stick"

The Oliva Serie V Melanio 7x50, in Churchill, is a cigar that?s sure to please even the most demanding smoker. It comes in with a very glove soft tan wrapper smelling like chocolate and hay with a very nice double cap. It?s a very good looking box pressed stick that?s nice and spongy to the touch. Fresh off the light it gives a very soft, creamy textured smoke with a nice aged tobacco flavor with a note of chocolate. Perfect draw and short finish with a medium body. 15 minutes in almost an inch down, I?m getting very smooth soft earth, cream flavor, and a hint of chocolate that blends in through the finish. 45 minutes in getting a bit of a transition and a nice complex blend of flavors. On the draw is a chocolate, caramel sweetness, with a slightly sweet almost salty coffee that comes in on the finish with the chocolate that also blends through with the coffee. Construction so far is perfect. 1 hour in almost to the first band and giving a small shift in flavor has taken place. The salt in the coffee is gone, the caramel is almost gone, and the chocolate is still blending with the coffee. The profile of the flavors are getting richer while keeping the elegant smoothness of the smoke. Construction and draw are both still perfect. 1 hour 25 minutes in it decided to go out. Very odd and an unexpected surprise. No tunneling or anything like that going on. After the relight the coffee and chocolate are still going strong and a bit of a cream flavor has now came back into the mix. 1 hour 50 minutes in ash fell of in a solid chunk. Burn got a little uneven, but self corrected and no need for a touch up. So far the coffee and chocolate are still blending and now a nice nut flavour has come in. I?m almost detecting a hint of vanilla on the finish. Still a solid medium body. Both bands came off the cigar with no damage to the wrapper. 2 hours 25 minutes in the coffee and nut is the only thing left and they hold through the finish. Everything is perfect about this smoke other than the minor relight issue. Conclusion: Please give these a try. A great almost desert like stick. No complaints at all. I will be buying these in the future. -Fecto