Escudo vs Dunhill DNR

[beastinview]

I'm curious: do we know how old the tins we are buying are?
For example, I'd guess there are many tins in a tobacco warehouse that are 6 months to even a year old? And shouldn't even that age have an affect on a blend? If I purchase DNR and Escudo at the same time, what's to say one tin isn't a bit older, and the other just popped into the warehouse?
Prior knowledge, suggestibility, and age of tins are all variables not controlled for in these subjective experiences.
I'd love to get together a group of people who claim they can tell a difference, and do a blindfolded taste test. I'd ask them to tell me what the differences are between the DNR and Escudo, and which was which. I bet they'd be able to tell me a lot of subtle, nuanced differences.
Then I'd tell them that both tins were Escudo.

 

[mso489]

I have both of these in still-sealed tins, but now I know not to expect any exciting differences. They may age differently; that might be new. But thank you for the heads up.

 

[shutterbugg]

A year after starting this thread, and having smoked various tins of DNR and Escudo, I have come to the conclusion that the taste differences (and the fact they often appear contradictory) are due to normal variations in the tobacco from batch to batch, and/or age, not because the components and their proportions are different.

 

[cigrmaster]

Escudo and DNR are different blends. If you compare the size of the discs you will see a difference. Flavor wise the DNR is sweeter and less Peppery than Escudo to my tastes.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Harris, are you calling Kevin a liar?

 

[iamn8]

While they taste the same, their spelling is entirely different.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have had the opportunity to smoke DNR a few times since this thread came up, and Escudo is always around, but there is something that makes both of these elusive to me. I rarely ever get the same taste twice out of either of them. Whether age of the tin, the pipe, time of day, my mood, or what, something makes each smoke different, but still the same.

I had fun bringing up Kevin's article about these being identicle, but for my own tastebuds, I'd have to say that I think that each individual coin is probably made entirely different from each other. Maybe they are like snowflakes, ha ha.

 

[deathmetal]

I find the Escudo much less peppery, much less harsh, and with more of a citrusy tangy taste.

Does this make DNR more bready?