Oliva G robusto

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

Cigars that are ment to be box pressed are rolled way looser, otherwise they can never be box pressed. Something I learned yesterday from talking with Dave Wagner from Oliva.

Yup. Trying to box press a firm round cigar will essentially cause the cigar to burst or split.

Also another cool piece of information, is Maduro wrappers shrink post wrapping. Some cigar manufacturers list the ring gauge size pre-shrink, others list it post shrink. I think typically it loses just 1-2 ring guage, which is why you may see a lot of Maduro Robusto's listed as 5"x52.