CATEGORY: Aromatic
BLEND: Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Virginia
FLAVORING: Yes
BLENDER: Lane Limited
MANUFACTURER: Lane Limited
PACKAGING: Bulk
CUT: Ribbon
PIPE: MM Country Gentleman (bent)
INTENSITY: Mild-Medium/Medium
NOTES:
Honey | Vanilla | Fruity/floral jabs
Typically, blends this nice on the room-note are murderous on the palate. Not this one. I chalk that somewhat up to its non-goopy, cool, and even burn. Smokes as if it was meant for a pipe and not an incense burner, a real plus. A definite barnyard leathery tobacco note, also golden and sweet, lays underneath the not-cloying yet sugary nougat vanilla topping. Honey is a player all-round.
The broad cut turns to fine ash and dottle is kept to a minimum. quite a goodly amount of smoke out-put. Retro-haling really highlights the aforementioned tobacconess. No bite, and I can't imagine what you'd have to do to get it. Mellow but not boring, although somewhat watered-down after settling-in. A dependable blend that everyone will like, although falls short of triggering further emotion.
TASTE: B
AROMA: A
BURN: A-
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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