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Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra: flavour profile and cigars like it

Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium. It has a Sumatra wrapper grown in Indonesia and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Curivari Seleccion Privada Natural and Espinosa Sumatra.

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

Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra cigar
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What does Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

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

WrapperSumatra; Indonesian origin explicitly claimed by retailer
BinderNicaraguan Habano
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium as published by smokeinn.com
BodyMedium
Made inNicaragua
Made byFábrica Oveja Negra for Black Works Studio
FactoryFábrica Oveja Negra, Estelí
SizesNot listed

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

About Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra

The line. Rorschach Sumatra was announced for shipping on March 14, 2023. It extends the original Rorschach family with a different wrapper and lighter profile. The debut was a 4½-by-48 short robusto. A 6-by-48 toro followed at PCA 2026. ovejanegracigars.com

The brand. James Brown introduced Black Works Studio in late 2015. Killer Bee, NBK and Rorschach were its first three releases. The brand produces small batches at Fábrica Oveja Negra in Estelí, Nicaragua. Its packaging draws on contemporary art. Oveja Negra Brands now distributes the portfolio. cigar-coop.com

Cigars like Black Works Studio Rorschach Sumatra

  1. Curivari Seleccion Privada NaturalClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Espinosa SumatraAlso fitsSumatra wrapper · MediumSame Sumatra wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Gurkha Colección Especial NicaraguaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Paradiso RevelationAlso fitsSumatra wrapper · MediumSame Sumatra wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Rocky Patel Fifty FiveOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

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

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