Cigar atlas · Medium
Leaf by Oscar Sumatra: flavour profile and cigars like it
Leaf by Oscar Sumatra is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper, cocoa, cream, earth and fruit.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Alec Bradley Kintsugi and Eiroa The First 20 Years.
What does Leaf by Oscar Sumatra taste like?
- pepper and spice
- cocoa and coffee
- cream and nuts
- earth and leather
- fruit and floral
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuador |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduras |
| Filler | Honduras |
| Strength | Medium as published by oscartobacco.com |
| Body | Medium |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. |
| Factory | Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. factory in 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
- William Cooper (cigar-coop.com), Toro, 6 x 50 (2014)In our words: The reviewer found natural tobacco, citrus, pepper, and milk-chocolate notes.
- thecigarauthority.com, Toro, 6 x 50 (2015)In our words: The review described coffee, pepper, chocolate, and earth.
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 Sumatra
The line. A 2014 review identifies Sumatra among four original wrapper-named Leaf blends. cigar-coop.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 Sumatra
- Alec Bradley KintsugiClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cream and nuts, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Eiroa The First 20 YearsAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cream and nuts, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
- AVO ExpresivoAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more cream and nuts, less fruit and floral, a step stronger.
- El Mago PepeAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · MediumMore cream and nuts, about the same strength.
- Cavalier Geneve Tres Delincuentes MaduroOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more earth and leather, less cream and nuts, a step stronger.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Leaf by Oscar Sumatra as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.