To commemorate five years of making extraordinary premium cigars, Oscar Valladares launched the Oscar 2012 line. To make this milestone even more memorable, they created three varieties: Maduro, Corojo, and Connecticut. The Connecticut version features a Connecticut-seed wrapper that covers a Honduran binder and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. Handmade in Valladares’ world-famous factory in Honduras, the Oscar 2012 Connecticut is box-pressed and offers a complexity flavor that makes it a very humidor worthy stick.
Cigar Origin
Honduras
Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Honduras, a Central American country which shares a border with Nicaragua, is widely known in the premium cigar industry as the ideal place to grow Cuban and Connecticut seed tobaccos. Danli and the Jamastran Valley is considered the heart of Honduras’ cigar industry. The Jamastran Valley is known for producing a full-bodied tobacco that draws strong comparisons to the tobacco grown in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba. This same region is also known for its Connecticut shade grown and Corojo shade grown tobacco. In addition, Honduras produces Cuban-seed sun grown filler tobaccos of the highest quality.
Strength
Wrapper Color
Claro
Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Claro wrapper is light, yellowish brown in color.
Wrapper
USA Connecticut Shade
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
The Connecticut Valley, in the Northeast of the USA, is well known for its bright golden wrapper. Because of a very hot and sunny summer, the tobacco is shade grown to make the leaf more delicate with few veins and even surface. Connecticut Shade wrapper grown in the United States has a mild to medium flavor and a silky quality, making it one of the most expensive and sought-after cigar wrappers in the cigar industry.
Binder
Honduras
The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar and bind the filler tobaccos together. Honduran tobacco is known for being full-bodied. Cigars produced in Honduras are regarded for their consistency and quality. Using Honduran tobacco as a binder will add to the cigar’s overall strength and flavor profile.
Filler
Honduras
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Nicaragua
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Rolled by
Handmade
Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
Manufacturer
Oscar Valladares
Established in 2012, Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. was founded by Oscar Valladares, Hector Valladares, and Bayron Duartre. Combined they have more than 30 years in the tobacco industry. Their facility is located in Danli, Honduras. The Leaf by Oscar, Altar Q, Oscar 2012, Super Fly, and The Oscar are some of the cigars they produce.
Robusto, Mild, Claro, from Honduras
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The Oscar 2012 Connecticut Torpedo is a box-pressed, mild cigar that is handmade at Valladares’ factory in Honduras. Its savory USA Connecticut Shade wrapper cloaks a Honduran binder and a filler composed of Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos. It offers a rich creamy smoking experience that delivers warm notes of nuts, sweetness, and spice. The Oscar 2012 line was launched to celebrate Oscar Valladares’ five years of crafting fine cigars. The Connecticut is available in a 20-count collectible box that depicts Mayan artwork. The Oscar 2012 Connecticut received a 90 rating from Cigar Journal in 2019.
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