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HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-039-0047

Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
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Details

Strength:
3/5
Room Note:
3/5
Taste:
3/5
  • Components: Virginia, Latakia, Burley, Orientals
  • Family: English
  • Cut: Ribbon

About This Pipe Tobacco

The first of Mac Baren's HH blends, Vintage Syrian is a smooth but powerful mixture of Syrian Latakia, Turkish Oriental, Virginias from three continents and Dark-Fired Kentucky. This complex blend provides a smoky taste, rich in natural tobacco flavor.

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating:
4.4
23 reviews
No such thing as a bad HH
November 14, 2023
By: jbfrady
Product: Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
Per Jensen is a master of his craft. Perfectly layered.
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awesome!
January 19, 2023
By: JassonWB
Product: Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
Package note of smoky wood, sweet spices, and mild mulled wine. Tobacco ribbon cut is black, dark brown and a little tan. a few minutes drying and it's good to go. Burn is slow with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring is detected. Taste is medium and consistent, with complex notes of mild herbal spices, smoky woody, mild sweet cream, tart wine, floral, tangy dark fruit, moderately spicy, bready, dry earth, lemon grass, mild leather, sweet grassy back notes and a slightly peppery retro. Syrian Latakia is leading with Virginias supporting. Orientals and Kentucky are keeping pace supporting from the rear. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is outstanding....Read More
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One of the best ever
July 11, 2017
By: Mark Eric Freburg
Product: Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
Five Stars! Folks who rate this down for lack of Latakia have likely only smoked Cyprian Latakia and, in my opinion, have not developed their palates yet. Folks who still refer to Latakia blends as "English" don't know the history of English blends or they wouldn't still be using that term to mean Latakia blends in general. Enough of that. MacBaren makes wonderful tobacco. The HH line is the best of the best, named, I believe, for master blender Henrik Halberg. Vintage Syrian is a smoky mix of the best Latakia (in my mind), vintage--that is, Syrian that has been aging and which even now may be gone and only existing in blends already in the pipeline, Turkish Orientals, Virginia, and some dark-fired Kentucky. It is loose cut so you get all the individual flavors in every pipeful. One unique thing that I've found is that I can actually smell the room note with this tobacco, and I can't say that about anything else I smoke. It simply adds to the overall pleasure. Your mileage may vary. This is perhaps my favorite tobacco, and my shelves hold perhaps fifty types....Read More
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Extinct SYRIAN Latakia?
September 12, 2017
By: WNCLee
Product: Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
This is a beautiful, well-balanced, perfectly-aged 40% SYRIAN Latakia blend with typical "Balkan" or English tobaccos. You ask 10 people what blend-type this is, you'll get 15 different answers... The Latakia is mild & complex with the Orientals perfuming this mixture nicely. The Va.'s add a hint of sweetness, and the dark-fired Kentucky give it it's backbone. I just wish this Syrian Latakia thing could be forever, but alas it is not meant to be.. Enjoy this "Nirvana-Like" and intoxicating mixture while you can, as I'll personally be buying all I can afford & justify......Read More
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Enjoyable tobacco
August 02, 2018
By: Bill C.
Product: Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian 3.5oz
Hello, I just completed my first two bowls of Vintage Syrian. I am a new pipe smoker, my taste pallet is not as refined as those who have smoked for decades. The date on the back of the tin is Oct 2017. So this is a 9 month old tin. The tin opened easily with an excellent vacuum seal. The tin aroma was excellent. I used two different billiards during the course of the day to test this tobacco. My first pipe was tobacco straight from the tin. The tobacco lighted easily and established a char. The second light started and completed the entire bowl. My impressions are a light smoke, full of taste and flavor. I enjoyed the smoke and taste. My second bowl was from tobacco I sat out in a dish for 4 hours before smoking to dry it out. The results were the same as my first bowl. Easy to light, tasty and good aroma. Vintage Syrian might not be my most favorite tobacco on the market, but it is an excellent tobacco for any cellar. I will add a couple additional tins to my collection. Thanks Mac Baren for creating many great tobacco blends....Read More
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