Oscar Valladares
- Founded in
- 2012 — Danlí, Honduras
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- Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co., Danlí, Honduras
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- Honduras
Three men who had trained elsewhere opened a small factory at Danlí in 2012: Oscar Valladares, his brother Hector, and their friend Bayron Duarte.
What they brought came from elsewhere, and that is what explains the house. Oscar had spent nine years at Rocky Patel; Bayron had some twenty years between General Cigar and Oliva. All three houses are in this atlas — the Honduran scene reads better when you know where its people learned.
Leaf by Oscar is what made its name, and the device is visible before it is smoked: the cigar is wrapped in a whole cured tobacco leaf, removed before lighting. It is not packaging, it is tobacco.
What followed came down to a retailer. Island Jim, of Pittsburgh, visited the factory and brought back a thousand cigars; they sold out in a week. The house has kept the habit of these shop collaborations, several of which carry their names.
Range Depth
Leaf by Oscar
The cigar wrapped in a whole tobacco leaf, to be removed before lighting. It is what made the house known, and what makes it recognisable from afar.
Robusto · Toro · Sixty
Oscar Valladares 2012
The founding year for a name. The house's classic range, without the leaf sleeve — the one by which the tobacco is judged rather than the idea.
Robusto · Toro
Super Fly
The fuller side, in short runs. The house works a great deal with retailers, and this register suits that.
Robusto · Toro
Island Jim
Line named after Jim Robinson, a Pittsburgh retailer, presented at IPCPR 2014 in a No. 2 size with a frayed foot; in May 2025, its cigars are part of the company's portfolio. In October 2026, an online retailer describes a San Andrés de Jalapa wrapper with a Connecticut band and an Oscuro tip over Nicaraguan longfillers, of medium strength; the 2025 Barber Pole, in 6 x 52, interlaces Connecticut and Corojo wrappers.
Source : jrcigars.com et cigars.com (2012, Danlí, Hector Valladares et Bayron Duarte, le Leaf by Oscar) ; cigar-coop.com « Cigar News: Island Jim by Oscar » (22 août 2014 : Island Jim nommé d'après Jim Robinson, détaillant de Pittsburgh, présenté à l'IPCPR 2014 par Oscar Valladares Tobacco and Company ; pied effiloché, format dit No. 2) ; cigar-coop.com « PCA 2025: Oscar Valladares Tobacco Co. » (30 mai 2025 : Island Jim Barber Pole, quatrième cigare de la ligne, 6 x 52, capes Connecticut et Corojo, boîtes de 21 ; les lignes de Robinson font partie du portefeuille de la maison) ; cigarsdirect.com « Oscar Valladares Island Jim » (octobre 2026 : Island Jim #2, cape San Andrés de Jalapa avec bande Connecticut et pointe Oscuro, liant et longfillers nicaraguayens, force moyenne, en Barber Pole, Connecticut, Maduro et Natural ; Island Jim propriétaire du magasin Leaf & Bean à Pittsburgh)