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The spicy St. James perique offers an abundance of dried plums, figs, earth, wood, bread, some floralness, and mild sourness. It takes a light lead due to the potency of the plums and spice. The Katerini Turkish provides a wealth of stewed creamy sweet and sour, tart and tangy citrus, earth, wood, herbs, floralness, vegetation, bread, a variety of spices, some smoke, mild darker fruit, sugar and light incense. It practically co-leads the experience as its sweet and sour, spicy, floral, herbal qualities nearly equal the plum and spice from the perique. The red Virginia cavendish and matured flue cured red Virginia produce some tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, tart citrus, sugar, a few blades of grass, and light spiciness. Due to their inherent sweetness, they almost equal the effect of the perique and Katerini Turkish. The most noticeable aspects of the aged heirloom burleys are nuts, sugar, molasses, earth, wood, bread, sour sharpness, and slight touches of anise and spice. They are a couple of steps behind the red Va.s. The matured flue cured bright Virginia supplies a little tart and tangy citrus, grass, vegetation, sugar, bread, floralness, spice, sour lemon, and light acidity. It’s right behind the burleys, and is a couple of slots above the condiment line. The fruity, sugary, floral wildflower honey moderately accents the varietals. The strength and taste are full. The nic-hit is a couple of rungs below the overall strength level. Won’t bite or get harsh. It does have a few small rough edges. Well balanced and complex, it burns cool and clean at a reasonable rate with a very consistent tart and tangy sweet and mildly more sour, fruity, spicy, floral, herbal, nutty, mildly smoky, deeply rich, zesty flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lasting after taste. The room note is pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. It’s mildly moist, but doesn’t require many relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. I recommend a wide, small to medium bowl at most for this one. Four stars out of four.
©Jim Amash 2024.
The spicy St. James perique offers an abundance of dried plums, figs, earth, wood, bread, some floralness, and mild sourness. It takes a light lead due to the potency of the plums and spice. The Katerini Turkish provides a wealth of stewed creamy sweet and sour, tart and tangy citrus, earth, wood, herbs, floralness, vegetation, bread, a variety of spices, some smoke, mild darker fruit, sugar and light incense. It practically co-leads the experience as its sweet and sour, spicy, floral, herbal qualities nearly equal the plum and spice from the perique. The red Virginia cavendish and matured flue cured red Virginia produce some tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, tart citrus, sugar, a few blades of grass, and light spiciness. Due to their inherent sweetness, they almost equal the effect of the perique and Katerini Turkish. The most noticeable aspects of the aged heirloom burleys are nuts, sugar, molasses, earth, wood, bread, sour sharpness, and slight touches of anise and spice. They are a couple of steps behind the red Va.s. The matured flue cured bright Virginia supplies a little tart and tangy citrus, grass, vegetation, sugar, bread, floralness, spice, sour lemon, and light acidity. It’s right behind the burleys, and is a couple of slots above the condiment line. The fruity, sugary, floral wildflower honey moderately accents the varietals. The strength and taste are full. The nic-hit is a couple of rungs below the overall strength level. Won’t bite or get harsh. It does have a few small rough edges. Well balanced and complex, it burns cool and clean at a reasonable rate with a very consistent tart and tangy sweet and mildly more sour, fruity, spicy, floral, herbal, nutty, mildly smoky, deeply rich, zesty flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lasting after taste. The room note is pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. It’s mildly moist, but doesn’t require many relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. I recommend a wide, small to medium bowl at most for this one. Four stars out of four.
©Jim Amash 2024.
