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Oscar Valladares Cigars 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole
A visually stunning artisanal barber pole in the 2012 series, this release is handcrafted at Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. in Honduras. Intertwining contrasting ribbons of Ecuadorian Candela and Mexican San Andrés Maduro over rich estate fillers, it delivers a playful medium-to-full smoke alternating between bittersweet dark chocolate, fresh espresso, fertile earth, and leather.
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Oscar Valladares 2012 Edition Maduro Barber Pole Toro (BP)
Toro · 6.00″ × 52 · Ecuadorian Candela & San Andrés Mexican Maduro
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Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole Toro
Toro · 6.00″ × 52 · Ecuadorian Candela & San Andrés Mexican Maduro
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Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole Toro (6×52)
Toro · 6.00″ × 52 · Ecuadorian Candela & San Andrés Mexican Maduro
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Oscar Valladares 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole Lancero
Blind Man's Puff · Apr 4, 2022 · January 2022
Back in 2012, Oscar Valladares came out with a cigar to mark the supposed end of the world prediction made by the Mayan calendar. The Mayan calendar ran for 5,125 years, starting in 3114 B.C. It was measured by 13 Bak’tun, or periods of 400 years, with the final one ending on Dec. 21, 2012. It was unknown if the end of the calendar was meant to mark the end of time, or if it was meant to reset back to 0 and start over. The cigar created by Oscar Valladares was simply called the 2012 by Oscar and was actually his first commercially available line. This cigar was reviewed blind (no bands) by a panel of at least 4 reviewers. They did not know what they were smoking beforehand. The scores are an average of all the reviewers' scores with outliers removed. All of our cigars reviewed are shipped to the panelists with Boveda packs to ensure optimal smoking experience. In that first rendition of the 2012 cigar, each box came with 21 cigars, 20 of which had a regular cigar band, and one using a different wrapper meant to be smoked on December 21, 2012 making it either the last cigar you’d ever smoke, or the first cigar or a new era. The regular cigar used a Honduran corojo wrapper, the special one a Nicaraguan maduro. The internals of both were the same consisting of Nicaraguan binder and Honduran fillers. In 2017 the 2012 by Oscar line saw a refresh as part of the company’s 5th anniversary. The blend and packaging was updated and sizes were added. Also, in October 2018, they came out with 2012 by Oscar Reserva Original, a limited run of that original release. In January 2018, Oscar Valladares came out with a special version of the blend, 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole, a 6 x 52 box-pressed toro exclusive to The Cigar Shop in the Carolinas. It later became a regular production cigar. Then, in October 2020, the company came out with a version of that cigar in a lancero vitola also a regular production release. The 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole Lancero is a traditional lancero, meaning it measures 7 x 38. It comes in boxes of 10 that sell for $89.97, or $9.97 a stick. The blend uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro and an undisclosed candela wrapper. From there, the it uses a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Honduras and Nicaragua. The cigars are rolled at his factory Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co Danlí, Honduras.
Lancero · 7.00″ × 38 · Medium · Honduras
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Cigar Coop · Jan 23, 2018
The 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole is a shop exclusive cigar to Carolina-based cigar retailer The Cigar Shop. The 2012 by Oscar line was launched by Oscar Valladares & Company in 2017 as a line to commemorate company founder Oscar Valladares’ five years in the cigar industry. It also was his company’s first all box-pressed […] Key flavors: Coffee, Maduro Sweetness, Grass, White Pepper, Smoky Notes.
Toro · 6.00″ × 52 · Medium · Honduras
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