I gotta say, I’m also a big fan of Peterson’s Latakias. Their tobaccos taste balanced, and I prefer their cut. I have 4 tins of some GLP Englishes, and I like them well enough. They’re very fine blends. But they all seem to lack a bit of the subtlety I find with Nightcap and MM965 in particular.
I did buy a P&C MM965 Match back around Christmas that I absolutely adored. I actually liked it BETTER than 965. Smoked most of it. Jarred it. Found it didn’t age as well as I’d hoped. Or perhaps my taste shifted a bit, which is not uncommon for me.
Two Peterson blends that I didn’t really care for at first were Sherlock Holmes and Elizabethan. But eventually even those grew on me as I learned to smoke them for what they were, if that makes any sense.
I also enjoy Early Morning Pipe, though I buy it infrequently.
Early Morning Pipe was the first English blend for which I really "got it", and that sent me searching, most recently ending at the "strength" of Nightcap, although I like them in all variations of lighter to heavier, depending on circumstances.
Sherlock Holmes and Elizabethan are on my list, and I anticipate that even if they aren't fantastic now, I might appreciate them more a little later in the journey. So there's more than one of each hanging around...
I've had several other English blends open even as I was learning & loving that "something extra" about said Peterson blends. Several of them were fine enough and found siblings arriving for my future endeavors. I've probably tried 20-ish English the last year or so.
I look forward to finding that "something" in future blends, regardless of the style, and if I get bored of exploring, those that hit my spot will be what I focus on later.
That being said, I still cringe when I think about losing the taste for Latakia or some other significant palate shift, which I read about often enough. If I've too much of something later I suppose a simple trade will benefit all.
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