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Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural: flavour profile and cigars like it

Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, pepper, sweetness, cedar, cocoa, fruit and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by El Artista and Silencio Los Rios.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural cigar
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What does Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness
  • cedar and wood
  • cocoa and coffee
  • fruit and floral
  • hay and herbs

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Habano
BinderIndonesian Sumatra
FillerNicaragua, Dominican Republic, United States
StrengthMild to medium as published by artistacigars.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byTabacalera El Artista S.R.L.
FactoryTabacalera El Artista S.R.L., Tamboril, Dominican Republic
SizesBox-pressed Toro 6×50

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • Blind Man’s Puff (blindmanspuff.com): 91 points, Toro; narrative 6×50, vital-stats table 6×52 (2021-03-03)In our words: Cream, butter, hay and wood shifted toward baking spice, citrus and nuts. Panelists differed on complexity and bitterness. The draw generally performed well.
  • Cigar Journal (cigarjournal.com), Toro 6×50 (2021-12-17)In our words: Milk-chocolate sweetness, sponge cake, chili spice and espresso were reported. This is a rank, not a numeric review score.

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural

The line. Natural was announced on September 23, 2020. The company planned availability that day in several markets. It introduced a new interior recipe with an Indonesian Sumatra binder. A March 2021 blind review documents the released blend. Five-packs and forty-count trays carried the original format. cigar-coop.com

The brand. See the linked Artista company history. artistacigars.com

Cigars like Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural

  1. Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by El ArtistaClosest matchWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  2. Silencio Los RiosAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  3. PDR 1878 Capa Sun GrownAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less hay and herbs, a step stronger.
  4. ADVentura Queens PearlsAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mild-mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  5. Casa Cuevas Reserva NaturalOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild-medium to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Artista Cigars Buffalo Ten Natural as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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