Habano wrapper · Medium to full · Limited release
L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale: flavour profile and cigars like it
L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Oscuro Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Crux Bull & Bear and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Solita.

What does L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale taste like?
No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Habano |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan |
| Filler | Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by atlanticcigar.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Dan Welsh's Surrogates was licensed to L'Atelier Imports; My Father Cigars S.A.; Pete Johnson |
| Factory | My Father Cigars S.A., Estelí; exact facility name undisclosed |
| Sizes | Limited Lonsdale Extra 6.75×42 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
About L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale
The line. Big Ten debuted in 2022. The LLE added a limited Lonsdale Extra in 2024. cigar-coop.com
The brand. L'Atelier Imports was a separate Pete Johnson company started in 2012. K.C. Johnson, Dan Welsh, and Sean Johnson handled early operations. Surrogates was licensed from Welsh. cigar-coop.com
Cigars like L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale
- Crux Bull & BearClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa SolitaAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Espinosa HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Lunatic JFR ClassicAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- My Father La AntigüedadOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named L'Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Limited Lonsdale as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.