Description

Oscuro Sampler
Six Dark Wrapper Boutique Cigars

Oscuro just means dark, and that’s the whole premise of this sampler. Furthermore, five of the six cigars inside share the exact same Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper leaf. Watching six different factories pull six different profiles out of that one leaf is the real point of the sampler. The sixth cigar breaks rank on purpose, going darker still with a Mexican San Andrés maduro. Therefore, the sampler closes with a reminder that “dark” isn’t just one flavor.

What’s Inside the Oscuro Sampler

BLK WKS Studio NBK Robusto Black Label Trading Co.’s BLK WKS Studio builds the NBK around Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro over Nicaraguan binder and filler. It’s rolled at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí. Furthermore, the box press and closed foot are there on purpose: the first draw hits with the wrapper’s full intensity. From there, the blend settles into earth, malt, and cocoa. It walks the line between medium and full without tipping over.

La Barba Ricochet Crü Oscuro La Barba built the Ricochet Crü Oscuro as the brand’s first maduro blend and its first full-bodied release. A Mexican San Andrés leaf wraps around Indonesian binder and Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Pennsylvania fillers. It’s rolled at the Tabacalera William Ventura factory. This is the one cigar in the box that isn’t Habano Oscuro. Instead, it earns its place by going even darker, delivering pepper, cedar, vanilla, and fruit underneath the maduro weight.

L’Atelier Surrogates Big Ten Robusto Pete Johnson blended the Big Ten to mark Surrogates’ 10th anniversary. An Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper covers Nicaraguan binder and filler, rolled at My Father Cigars in Estelí. It opens with a burst of spice and faint nutty sweetness. From there it settles into toasted nuts and cream. That’s the shape that stuck around as regular production, long after the anniversary that named it.

Proper Corona Matt Hunt blended Proper for Fernandez Quiroga. An Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper covers a Honduran binder and a Connecticut broadleaf and Honduran filler, rolled at NACSA. In short, it’s a Final Allocation piece, meaning what’s in the box now is what’s left. Once it sells through, it isn’t coming back.

Patina Oro de Nicaragua Lancero “The Oro de Nicaragua is a wonderfully complex and well-balanced cigar,” said Mo Maali, founder of Patina Cigars. He called it the fullest Patina release to date. An Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper covers an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and a Nicaraguan and Connecticut broadleaf filler. That blend landed at No. 4 on Halfwheel’s Top 25 Cigars of 2025. Here it’s stretched into the 7 x 40 lancero, the format built for slowing down.

El Mago Disco Gordo “The reason for naming this blend Disco is because when my grandparents moved to Miami, going to a disco was very popular,” said Nick Fusco, founder of El Mago Cigars. He points to the Scarface disco scene as the touchstone. Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper, Nicaraguan Condega Criollo binder, Nicaraguan filler, rolled at MGE Cigars Factory. At 6 x 60, it closes the box the same way it opens a night out. Big, bold, and impossible to miss.

If one of these six turns into your new favorite, the full brand lineups are waiting in the humidor: BLK WKS, La Barba, L’Atelier Surrogates, Patina, and El Mago. For pairing ideas, visit our Cigar Pairing Guide. Come find us in the lounge and we’ll walk you through all six.