To create barber pole wrappers like those used in Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole cigars, numerous leaves are used to produce a wrapper that resembles the spinning poles outside barbershops. The 2012 line hit shelves in 2017 to commemorate five years in the cigar industry for Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. The original 2012 cigars were the brand’s first line, named not only for the company’s founding but also for the year the Mayan calendar predicted the end of the world.
The box-pressed Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole cigars are part of the original line’s return. The limited-edition blend uses an ultra-dark brown Mexican San Andrés Maduro leaf and a candela leaf to construct the barber pole wrapper. In the States, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, green candela cigars were by far the best-selling stogie. How wild it must have been to see all those green hulk sticks smoked everywhere.
While all tobacco leaves are green in the field, they turn brown after undergoing the curing process. In order to keep the leaf green to make candela, the curing process is sped up. They turn up the heat and seal the barn to retain the chlorophyll and keep the leaf green. This process makes candela versatile since it can pretty much be produced anywhere a tobacco plant grows. Candela wrappers are known for their sweet, green leaf flavor.
Beneath the eye-grabbing barber pole wrapper is a Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos from Honduras and Nicaragua. Once you spark one of the medium-strength Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole cigars, you’re treated to notes of caramel, red pepper, orange peel, and chocolate.
Please enjoy Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole cigars at your leisure.
