The newest Per George Jensen creation, Aberrant in the Signature Series, is due to be released October 14. Here's my review.
The potent Nicotiana Rustica provides a lot of earth, wood, spice, peaty vegetation, floralness, sugar, mild tart and tangy citrus, a little cigar, tea, smoke, leather, incense, and a small sour bitter note. While it is the lead component, it doesn’t dominate the proceedings. The red and bright Virginias are a little more obvious than the stoved as strong supporting players. They offer plenty of tart and tangy citrus, tangy ripe dark fruits, earth, wood, sugar, bread, vegetative grass, floralness, some tart sour lemon, light stewed fruit, and small touches of smoke, vinegar and acidity. The dark fired Kentucky produces some earth, wood, floralness, spice, sweetness, vegetation, mild sourness, herbs, smoke along with some barbecue and light nuttiness. It’s a couple of notches above the condiment line in the third slot. The strength and taste levels are in the center of medium to full. The nic-hit is step behind them. There’s no chance of bite or harshness. It does have a few small rough edges though not as much as expected. I attribute that to the sweet casing. The easily broken apart crumble flakes are mildly moist, and need no dry time. Well balanced, nuanced and deeply rich with some zest, it burns cool, clean and a little slow with a mostly consistent sweet and sour, fruity, floral, herbal, spicy, smoky, light nutty, barbecue flavor that translates to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note has a little pungency. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke. Four stars.
The potent Nicotiana Rustica provides a lot of earth, wood, spice, peaty vegetation, floralness, sugar, mild tart and tangy citrus, a little cigar, tea, smoke, leather, incense, and a small sour bitter note. While it is the lead component, it doesn’t dominate the proceedings. The red and bright Virginias are a little more obvious than the stoved as strong supporting players. They offer plenty of tart and tangy citrus, tangy ripe dark fruits, earth, wood, sugar, bread, vegetative grass, floralness, some tart sour lemon, light stewed fruit, and small touches of smoke, vinegar and acidity. The dark fired Kentucky produces some earth, wood, floralness, spice, sweetness, vegetation, mild sourness, herbs, smoke along with some barbecue and light nuttiness. It’s a couple of notches above the condiment line in the third slot. The strength and taste levels are in the center of medium to full. The nic-hit is step behind them. There’s no chance of bite or harshness. It does have a few small rough edges though not as much as expected. I attribute that to the sweet casing. The easily broken apart crumble flakes are mildly moist, and need no dry time. Well balanced, nuanced and deeply rich with some zest, it burns cool, clean and a little slow with a mostly consistent sweet and sour, fruity, floral, herbal, spicy, smoky, light nutty, barbecue flavor that translates to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note has a little pungency. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke. Four stars.
