Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 comes enclosed in a light brown leaf of tobacco with a band that denotes the brand and line. After removing the band and tobacco leaf, the actual wrapper is a marbled medium/dark brown with lightly raised veins and a smattering of water spots. The seams are smooth and the caps very well applied. The band is a smaller and simpler version that held on the tobacco leaf cover and also denotes the brand and line. The aroma from the wrapper is musty, sweet tobacco while the foot brings cedar, stone fruit sweetness and some light earth. The pre-light draw is dusty cedar with mild spice and there is a mild spiciness on my lips and the front of my tongue.
Seth: The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 is finished with a dark wrapper that is oily in texture. It has a solid Maduro coloring, and it is between milk chocolate and dark chocolate in coloring. There are medium sized veins present throughout, and the cigar is firm in texture. It has a damp and musty aroma on the foot and wrapper, giving off tobacco, earth and barnyard notes. Very little spice or sweetness.
John: The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 comes uniquely wrapped in a whole tobacco leaf, which also features a central Leaf by Oscar band indicating the blend and year. A UPC sticker with cigar information is affixed to the back of the leaf. Once the outer tobacco leaf is removed, the cigar beneath carries the same Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 band as the outer wrapper. I weighed the cigar at 16.5 grams and measured the humidity at 67.3% using the CigarMedics HumidiMeter Pro. I was able to detect aromas of coffee, milk chocolate and sweet bread from the wrapper. From the foot, I was primarily getting tobacco and aged wood.
Jiunn: The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 has a Colorado Maduro wrapper shade. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll lumpy in parts and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas consist of barnyard and dirty gym socks.

Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with toasted oak, earth and baking spice. At a quarter inch in, some medium roast coffee joins the profile. At three quarters of an inch, the baking spice transitions to black pepper. The retrohale is toasted oak, earth and zingy black pepper. As the third comes to a close, the toasted oak is a bit ahead of the earth, with black pepper just in front of the middle of the profile and medium roast coffee just behind the middle of the profile. The strength is slightly above medium.
Seth: The first third opens with musty barnyard and damp wood notes. There are some mineral and pepper spice qualities with a long finish. There are some earth notes as well, but they are not overly rich. More dirty and mineral focused. Medium to medium-full in strength and body.
John: The first third opens with a blend of sweet tobacco, mild earth and leather, though each note presents with a slightly thin character. Mild baking spices enter the center of the retrohale and linger on the finish. As the third settles in, creamy, malty tobacco begins to lead the profile, while baking spices fade into the background.
Jiunn: The first third has a tasty flavor profile giving pastry dough sweetness and creaminess, hints of floral perfume, rich soil and layered dried red pepper spice. Retrohaling antes up all the aforementioned flavors aside from the rich earthiness. The finish is medium in length with pastry dough and cedar. Strength is medium and body is near medium-full.

Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the black pepper mellows a bit. At a quarter inch in, a bit of baking spice returns to the profile. The retrohale is now toasted oak, earth and mild black pepper. At an inch in, the black pepper and baking spice are now pretty mellow. As the third comes to a close, the toasted oak is a bit ahead of the earth, with medium roast coffee in the middle of the profile and black pepper and baking spice in the back half. The strength remained at slightly above medium.
Seth: The second third shows a rise in spice notes while continuing to deliver those barnyard and damp wood notes. Pepper and mineral spices are present on the finish. Like before, it is medium-full in strength and body.
John: This third kicks off with creamy, malty tobacco leading, while mild sweet tobacco and wood combine on the finish. The spices intensify in the center of the retrohale, becoming more defined and introducing cinnamon into the mix. Mild leather quietly moves into the post draw, blending with the lingering spice. By the halfway point, a touch of dryness accents the wood on the post draw. In the bottom half, the malty tobacco reaches medium strength, supported by light-plus baking spices.
Jiunn: The second third shifts to showing less pastry dough sweetness and creaminess. Instead, there’s more focus on minerals, cedar and dried red pepper spice. The soft notes are more on the tail end, which is needed. Retrohaling also mimics this change. The finish is also spicier with the same pepper spice. Strength and body is more consistent at medium.

Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the toast level increases and the coffee note mellows a bit. The retrohale is now toasted oak, earth and lightly zingy black pepper. As the cigar wraps up, the toasted oak is a bit ahead of the earth, with medium roast coffee in the back half of the profile and some black pepper and baking spice in the background. The strength dropped down to medium.
Seth: The final third is right in line with the first and second. Lots of damp barnyard, mineral and earth notes. Pepper spices are present on the finish with strong earth and tobacco notes. Medium-full in strength and body.
John: The final third maintains the rich, malty tobacco at medium strength, now joined by medium-strength baking spices in the center and earth on the finish. The profile becomes well-balanced as the cigar progresses toward the halfway mark of the final third, maintaining a pleasant mix of sweet, spicy and earthy components.
Jiunn: The final third’s flavor complexities diminish such that it’s now a mixture of stale cedar wood and dried red pepper spice. The retrohale is nice as it gives a nice dose of clean pepper spice. Strength and body finish the same medium.

Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025

Burn

Aaron: The burn was a bit wavy throughout and the cigar went out on me four times, requiring re-lights.
Seth: Burn was good from start to finish.
John: The burn line remained relatively straight throughout the entire review, requiring no touch-ups or re-lights.
Jiunn: Flawless burn performance, giving an even burn, tight ashes and cool burning temperature.

Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025

Draw

Aaron: The draw was a bit tighter than I prefer, but didn’t cause an issue with the smoking experience,
Seth: The draw was great from beginning to end.
John: Measured at 43 inches of water using the CigarMedics draw machine. Subjectively, the draw was ½ to 1 notch toward the resistant side, falling squarely within the ideal range between open and tight.
Jiunn: Flawless draw as well, giving the best balance between air flow and resistance.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with toasted oak, earth and baking spice. Some medium roast coffee joined in fairly quickly. Later, the baking spice transitioned to black pepper. The second third saw the pepper mellow and some baking spice returned to the profile. The final third saw the toast level increase and the coffee mellowed a bit. The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 had a nice start, with a good combination of flavors. The profile took a step down in the second third as the supporting notes began to mellow and remained at that level the rest of the way. I’m sure the re-lights took some of the steam out of this cigar, which is unfortunate. I’m very curious to see how the cigar performed for the others to see if they had better burning cigar and if it resulted in a better flavor experience throughout. That will likely determine if this is something I’d want to come back to.
Seth: I can’t recall if I have smoked Honduran Broadleaf, but the entire profile was interesting. The thought of Broadleaf over Honduran tobacco is not the norm. It delivered a more mineral and damp wood/tobacco profile with less complexities. It was truly between an entire Nicaraguan blend with Broadleaf or an entire Dominican blend with Broadleaf. The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 is not a cigar I would come back to in the future, but cool to see the pairings. The Broadleaf itself seemed oilier than most and lacked some of the great Broadleaf qualities.
John: The Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 delivers a satisfying journey marked by malty sweet tobacco, light spice and earthy undertones, wrapped in the brand’s signature presentation style. While the first third starts a bit thin in flavor delivery, the cigar builds complexity and richness as it progresses. The second and final thirds show off balanced development, with evolving spice, emerging cinnamon and malty depth. Excellent construction, highlighted by a perfect draw and burn, makes this a well-executed release and an easy recommendation for fans of broadleaf blends looking for a refined, medium-bodied experience. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 38 minutes.
Jiunn: This Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025 is a quality Connecticut Broadleaf and is worthy of the limited edition marking. There’s nothing bad about the flavor profile as it gave me a nice array of sweetness, spice and rich earthiness. The only thing that I wish for is a consistent up tick in the body to further highlight the earthiness of the cigar. Will smoke this again for sure.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.55

Cost/Point

$3.24

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.40

Cost/Point

$3.33

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$2.64

Scoring System

Jiunn Liu

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$2.64

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: Leaf by Oscar Broadleaf Limited Edition 2025