This is one of those rare aromatics that tastes just like it smells. The tobacco itself is so good that I would smoke it uncased if they made such an animal. It is basically a toasty black cavendish mixture to which a little Virginia has added a nice high end tangy sweetness and a measure of burley has added body and fullness. Makes for a nice mild easy smoke with body from the burley and character from the Virginia. The cut is interesting and can make loading of small bowls a bit trying. The burley seems to have been pressed, sliced and rubbed, the cavendish is just chopped ribbon cut and the Virginia is broad cut across the leaf in large chunks.The topping is just heavenly. It is applied well so that the tobacco is not at all goopy, sticky or even overly moist. The tobacco comes straight from the tin with the same amount of moisture as any English blend. The aroma and topping flavour itself makes me want to eat this stuff right out of the tin with a salad fork. It seems to be a combination of vanilla, citrus and caramel. Reminds me of those old caramel fruit chewey candies that they used to sell in bulk in grocery stores back in the day but with more citrus. sort of like pineapple, marshmellows, vanilla and caramel all rolled into one. The wonderful Virgina in this blend seems to just match right up with the citrus note in the topping and of course with the sweetness of the caramel, vanilla marshmellow flavours to always keep a steady thin stream of lightly tangy, juicy sweetness flowing steadily through the smoking experience. It is not very strong with respect to nicotine which, to me, is a bonus. To those of you that prefer your tobacco to have a nic kick, I would still say try it. The lack of strength does not detract from the over all smoking experience in my opinion. It is an easy puffer with a tantalizing aroma that comes through in the smoke and greatly improves any surroundings. All this while being, at it's core, a high quality blend of high quality tobaccos good enough to be smoked without the topping. I am going to buy a tin of this every so often till I have a stash for sure.
Happy puffing all and to all a good puff.
P.
[Fixed Photo - Bob]
