The 2012 Barber Pole features a unique dual wrapper construction with a dark Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper interlaced with a green candela wrapper, covering a Nicaraguan binder that encases a core of fully aged Honduran and Nicaraguan long fillers. The result is a complexity of flavor, with notes of spice, earth, toast, nuts, and sweetness. The cigar delivers medium strength with no harshness, remaining smooth throughout the smoking experience. 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, and it was his company's first all box-pressed line. The cigar created by Oscar Valladares was simply called the 2012 by Oscar and was actually his first commercially available line. This particular barber pole cigar features both a maduro and a candela wrapper intertwined, using candela in a unique box-pressed format. The cigar is produced at Oscar Valladares' factory in Honduras. The wrapper provides contrasting notes of coffee and dark chocolate from the San Andres wrapper and grassy and green tea notes from the candela, creating a combination of flavor notes that fit nicely together. For the price, this is an excellent blend with top notch construction. The burn has been surprisingly good considering it's a barber pole.

The 2012 Barber Pole features a unique dual wrapper construction with a dark Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper interlaced with a green candela wrapper, covering a Nicaraguan binder that encases a core of fully aged Honduran and Nicaraguan long fillers. The result is a complexity of flavor, with notes of spice, earth, toast, nuts, and sweetness. The cigar delivers medium strength with no harshness, remaining smooth throughout the smoking experience. 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, and it was his company's first all box-pressed line. The cigar created by Oscar Valladares was simply called the 2012 by Oscar and was actually his first commercially available line. This particular barber pole cigar features both a maduro and a candela wrapper intertwined, using candela in a unique box-pressed format. The cigar is produced at Oscar Valladares' factory in Honduras. The wrapper provides contrasting notes of coffee and dark chocolate from the San Andres wrapper and grassy and green tea notes from the candela, creating a combination of flavor notes that fit nicely together. For the price, this is an excellent blend with top notch construction. The burn has been surprisingly good considering it's a barber pole.