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Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut: flavour profile and cigars like it

Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Colorado claro Connecticut wrapper grown in Honduras and Ecuador and filler from Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, pepper, sweetness and fruit.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Rocky Patel The Edge Lite and C.L.E. Connecticut.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut cigar
Single cigar. www.cigarworld.de.

What does Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness
  • fruit and floral

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

WrapperConnecticut; growing country disputed: Honduras review, Ecuador retailer
BinderHonduras, retailer claim; launch reviewer undisclosed
FillerHonduras, retailer claim; launch reviewer undisclosed
StrengthMild to medium as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyNot published
Made inHonduras
Made byOscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.
FactoryOscar Valladares Tobacco & Co., Danlí, Honduras
SizesNot listed

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

What reviewers say

  • Stogie Press (stogiepress.com): 93 points, No. 2 Torpedo, 6×52 in article (2023-03-21)In our words: Dried fruit, cream, berry and cinnamon remained through the middle. Spice increased late. The draw was smooth.

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 Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut

The line. Connecticut was announced at TPE in 2023. Attendees received it at Smoke Inn’s Great Smoke on March 18. The reviewer reported national shipping afterward. It keeps the pencil tip and shaggy foot. Wrapper-country descriptions disagree between the launch review and current retailer. cigar-coop.com

The brand. See the linked Oscar Valladares brand history. oscartobacco.com

Cigars like Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut

  1. Rocky Patel The Edge LiteClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
  2. C.L.E. ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  3. Aladino 85 AniversarioAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in Honduras, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
  4. Espinosa CremaAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
  5. Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Connecticut)One step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Oscar Valladares Island Jim No. 2 Connecticut as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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