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Candela wrapper · Medium to full · Limited release

Black Works Studio Culture Vulture: flavour profile and cigars like it

Black Works Studio Culture Vulture is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Candela Candela wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper, cocoa, sweetness, fruit, cream, cedar and earth.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Tatuaje input reclassified to L'Atelier L'Atelier and Rock-A-Feller Cigars Maduro.

Black Works Studio Culture Vulture cigar
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What does Black Works Studio Culture Vulture taste like?

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

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

WrapperEcuador Maduro, Connecticut, and Candela
BinderEcuador Habano
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium to full as published by stogiepress.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byOveja Negra Brands, brand group
FactoryFabrica Oveja Negra, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesToro 6×48 · Robusto 5.25×50 · Panatela 6×42

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

What reviewers say

  • bostonjimmie (stogiepress.com), Robusto, 5.25 x 50 (2026)In our words: Three Robustos showed pepper, sweetness, coffee, chocolate, wood, earth, and citrus.

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 Black Works Studio Culture Vulture

The line. The maker announced this limited edition on September 15, 2026. ovejanegracigars.com

The brand. Oveja Negra Brands groups Black Works Studio with Black Label Trading Company and Emilio. Its cigars are handmade at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí. ovejanegracigars.com

Cigars like Black Works Studio Culture Vulture

  1. Tatuaje input reclassified to L'Atelier L'AtelierClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  2. Rock-A-Feller Cigars MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  3. Angel 1899Also fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. Graycliff B-CuzAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumLess pepper and spice, a step milder.
  5. Oliva Serie VOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Black Works Studio Culture Vulture as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

Sources