News — Brand: Oliva Nub

The NUB was an idea born from smoking. Studio Tobac, the creative arm of the Oliva Cigar Company first released the vitola in 2008. The NUB was fashioned after the second half, or final third of a cigar. The idea came to Sam Leccia, former Oliva salesman and Pittsburgh native, one day as he was enjoying the final bit of a larger cigar, a Gordo (6x60). Sam envisioned a cigar that replicated that "Sweet Spot" or point in a cigar in which the flavor and profile is heightened. Many cigar smokers can sense a cigar is gaining strength as it burns closer to...