Peterson Nightcap Pipe Tobacco in Review
CATEGORY: English
BLEND: Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia
FLAVORING: none
BLENDER: Dunhill
MANUFACTURER: Scandinavian Tobacco Group
CUT: Ribbon
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 15
INTENSITY: Full
NOTES:
Black Pepper | Dark chocolate | Stewed plums
The restraints are there to calm you. The Perique is here to crisp, not sharpen. I lied about the restraints--there are none. A colossal blend. A gentle(ish) giant of great depth if not complexity. A gentle giant slapping you on the back is still just that. Pepper-spice is... well... “I work in three shades of black.” - Rei Kawakubo. Pepper & black licorice. Smoky and abysmal in the literary sense. Wood piles, charred by a campfire. Latakia, immensely.
Dark chocolate is a middling note but it reaches up, bolstering the primaries on its wide-rich VA shoulders. Underbelly is a compost pile in a sunshower on a summer day; sprinkled in oriental/Turkish spices. [You're put to bed under it.] Between is stewed plums, a heaping driving serving of. Some black currants. Surprisingly, golden raisins. Did I say colossal or what? I did (previous paragraph). On the far back-end, there is a mash bill of fermented grains.
The legs are strong, and [they're] so, so long--and there on that finish is umami--a lot of it; lip-smackingly-so. Salty & sweetly. This is usually where I address performance and the flavors bled over-into it. See? Nevertheless, the burn is even and quite carefree. Ash accumulates slowly and white. Excellent moisture/texture. The room-note is top-shelf in terms of English blends. I really can find zero fault and even hard glimpses of brilliance here.
TASTE: A+
AROMA: A-
BURN: A
FINAL GRADE: A+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
TASTE: A+
AROMA: A-
BURN: A
FINAL GRADE: A+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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