Cigar atlas · Mild to medium
Leaf by Oscar Connecticut: flavour profile and cigars like it
Leaf by Oscar Connecticut is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores AFR-75 Cosecha Especial 2024 Kopp Germany and A.J. Fernandez New World Connecticut.
What does Leaf by Oscar Connecticut 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 | Honduras |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduras |
| Filler | Honduras |
| Strength | Mild to medium as published by oscartobacco.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. |
| Factory | Oscar Valladares Cigar Factory, Danlí, Honduras |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Sixty 6×60 · Torpedo 6.5×52 · Lancero 7×48 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- David Jones (leafenthusiast.com): 9.5 of 10, Toro, 6 x 50 (2014)In our words: The reviewer found balanced flavour and excellent construction.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Leaf by Oscar Connecticut
The line. A 2014 review identifies this as the renamed Leaf and Bean by Oscar Connecticut. leafenthusiast.com
The brand. Oscar Valladares began his own Danlí production in 2012. Jim Robinson ordered 5,000 cigars in 2013. The brand began as Leaf and Bean by Oscar. Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. is the maker. Jim Robinson held United States selling rights for Leaf by Oscar. oscartobacco.com
Cigars like Leaf by Oscar Connecticut
- A. Flores AFR-75 Cosecha Especial 2024 Kopp GermanyClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
- A.J. Fernandez New World ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
- Aladino 85 AniversarioAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Angel Cuesta Shade by J.C. NewmanOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Leaf by Oscar Connecticut as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.