L.J. Peretti Yuletide 2025

[peteyhan]

Savinelli 614
L.J. Peretti Yultide 2025
'Our 2025 Yuletide blend brings the holiday spirit to a special, seasonal Cavendish with notes of cognac, chocolate, and peppermint.'

TIN: Chocolate liqueur, peppermint cocoa mix. Top of the can is perfect moisture, ready to enjoy.

SMOKE: First light is woody and cocoa-like, shortly followed by a sweet liqueur and a cooling peppermint essence. The topping doesn't overpower, it's suggests and invites. Not goopy or syrupy at all; a luxury holiday cocoa mix over a well balanced, premium cavendish. (I've noticed past renditions use VA which in this year's, if any, speaks deeper down.) Overall fresh wood and earth, toast, bittersweet baker's chocolate, light touches of vanilla, faint nuttiness, molasses, toasted marshmallow or burnt sugar, deep, dark plum and allspice. Little to no acidity. Balanced and burns evenly. These are my first perceptions. I haven't tried any other years for comparison but am interested to hear from others how it holds up. I throughly enjoyed my first bowl and will likely absorb more nuance as I make my way through the can.

Excited to delve more of the Peretti catalog. I've sampled this, the London Flake and Thanksgiving Day '24 so far, all very pleasing. I have a tin of backdated British for a rainy day as well.


Please share your thoughts of LJP's 2025 Yuletide, etc. How do the past vintages compare? What's your favorite LJP tobacco? Leave it

 

[rsshreck32]

I haven't smoked Yuletide yet. But as far as other Peretti blends, I think Pride of Loch Lomond and Blend 500 are two stellar English blends that go perfect with a morning cup of coffee.

Blend 333 is a five star Burley. I have a one pound can in the cellar. BPC is another excellent Burley choice from LPJ. For a milder Burley, Cuban Mixture is really good and Blend DD is always a good choice.

As far as their flakes go, Ampersand is a very tasty mild Virginia. #8 Slice is great, but that's currently out of stock, not sure if it's coming back. I have an 8 oz can of #8 Slice that I jarred upon purchase almost two years ago. I'm glad I grabbed that.!

If you search the Specials section on their website, they have several sampler packs .

 

[proteus]

I have them blend custom blends to my taste. Only tobacco company that does that.

 

[Auxsender]

I have them blend custom blends to my taste. Only tobacco company that does that.

How much weight do you have to get at once to do that?

 

[proteus]

How much weight do you have to get at once to do that?

I do a 8oz yellow bucket per blend sometimes up to a pound. Makes it easier on the blend in terms of parts. For which ratios I keep to two to four elements max i can do 2 and 4 oz of each to make up the blend in half 3/4 or pound blends. I make the whole order worthwhile too. So a couple pounds at a time but they've never suggested a minimum. They said something like thousands of blends they have records for people if I heard correctly. Obviously an ounce or two of a blend which involves fractions of a ounce won't be looked upon too kindly I'm sure.

 

[damacene]

I've never had yuletide but it sounds great. My favorite Peretti blend is Original Mixture hands down. No Name, Blend DD, and English 110 are not far behind.

 

[CPT]

I have smoked Century, Tashkent, and No. 8 Slices so far. Enjoy all three but Century would be the favorite by a small margin.

 

[jerry]

I’ve been a Peretti’s fan since the late 1960’s. I’m glad that they exist!