CATEGORY: Virginia/Perique
BLEND: Perique, Virginia
FLAVORING: none
BLENDER: Dunhill
MANUFACTURER: Scandinavian Tobacco Group
CUT: Ribbon
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 3 (black finish)
INTENSITY: Medium-full
NOTES:
Black/red pepper | Yeasty earth | Cinnamon sugar
TASTE: B+
AROMA: B
BURN: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
A bit like a raving lunatic shouting boring things. That's harsh, this tobacco ain't (so)harsh. Its Virginia component is quite well-behaved. It's the Perique that shouts & does-so thru my nose. Also sets my tongue & lips nicely a-tingle. Black peppercorn, red pepper flake. Underneath & aways back, muffled-some, is a yeasty sweetness. A cinnamon monkey bread in repose. Lots to unpack but can be placed in a small drawer.
Balance is found as the powdery ash piles on, altho perhaps only in comparison to the onset. Earthy, a bit peaty. Not bland but much in juxtapose with itself in a not-so-complex manner. I will say the piquant pungent room-note might not be everyone's cuppa. OK, now I get a chai tea added to the quite lengthy finish of spice. Something of a citrus note there, as well. Mulling spices.
Easy-peasy to pack but lesser-so to get goodly charred. Once under-way, it's an open road and I'm bad with driving metaphors. A bit quick to smoke but does stay cool. For as spicy as it is, my palate is never pummeled. My gripe is in how the piercing perique presents--high, tight, and hollow. Makes for a somewhat linear untethered profile. One sort of at war with itself, the other combatant hugging against the ropes.
TASTE: B+
AROMA: B
BURN: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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