Three Nuns Tobacco

[JimInks]

Great detailed writeup! I never tried the old VaPer 3 Nuns, and the current VaKy version doesn't impress me too much, though it's a nice tobacco anyway.
Your description of the old VaPer version of 3N reminded me of another sliced VaPer twist: the new Samuel Gawith Cabbie Mixture. Lots of tang (significantly more than in St. James) too, and lots or fig and raisin.
Was the old 3 Nuns similar to Cabbies in a way, or was it a completely different beast?

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. The VaPer Three Nuns had a lighter floral note of a different kind with a touch more sourness. The perique content is similar. Cabbie's is sweeter with different casings. I never thought about it much, but while you'd never, ever mistake one for the other, they are in the same genre. The rope version of Cabbie's was superior to the coins: just a little less sweet, a little more punch, and a tad closer to the VaPer Thee Nuns.

 

[sablebrush52]

Doblone d'Oro was at the beginning in 2014, but not since they changed the formula in 2017. They reduced the perique and upped he DFK to save money.

Jim turned me onto Doblone O'Oro and it was very "Three Nuns" like, more so than the stuff labeled Three Nuns. But that only pertains to the first few years. It's still a good blend, and with a few years on it the dark fired settles down and stops crapping up the blend. It's just not Three Nuns.

But as the original poster noted, it you haven't smoked actual Three Nuns you can appreciate the current concoction on its own merits. Fortunately, I still have some of those 2014 and 2015 tins of Doblone D'Oro.