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Omar Ortez Originals: flavour profile and cigars like it

Omar Ortez Originals is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium-full to full. It has a wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cedar, earth and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are My Father El Centurion and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida Black.

Omar Ortez Originals cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: altadisusa.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Omar Ortez Originals taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • cocoa and coffee

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperNicaraguan
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthMedium-full to full as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byOmar Ortez
FactoryAgroindustrial Nicaraguense de Tabacos S.A. (NATSA), Condega, Nicaragua
SizesBelicoso 6.125×52 · Robusto 5×54 · Toro 6×54

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

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 Omar Ortez Originals

The line. A Toro received a published 90-point review in 2007. cigaraficionado.com

The brand. Altadis currently lists Omar Ortez in its cigar portfolio. Originals has a documented 2007 Toro review. altadisusa.com

Cigars like Omar Ortez Originals

  1. My Father El CenturionClosest matchCriollo wrapper · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida BlackAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Rocky Patel The Edge CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAbout the same strength.
  4. HVC Havana City Seleccion No.1 MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  5. Warped CortoOne step furtherCorojo wrapper · FullAlso made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Omar Ortez Originals as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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