Rattray's: Dark Fragrant 100g Pipe Tobacco

Tin note of sugared Rasins and spiced bread. Tobacco is black and dark brown ribbon and course cut. Moisture content is good, tough some may need to dry it. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is mild to medium and mostly consistent, with complex notes of floral, toast, bread, spices, rich savory, sweet, wood, orange peel/zest, ripe dark plum, dry hay, acidic, mildly spicy, citrus, sugar covered Rasin, a tangy stewed fruit background note, and a peppery retro. Stoved Virginia Cavendish is leading with Perique providing minimal supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is great....Read More

Apparently the mixtures with Cavendish are not my mixture. It seemed to me not a bright, overly smoothed mixture, although notes of perique are palpable, which made this mixture smoking for me, but I do not think that I will return to this tobacco.

When you read cavendish on this one, don’t confuse it with an American aromatic. It is a stoved Virginia with a little perique. In the tin and in the bowl, think dried cherries, figs, raisins, etc. but without added sweetness. It’s one dimensional in a good way. I actually don’t smoke this often however sometimes it’s exactly what I’m in the mood for, usually late morning or mid day. It is soft and satisfying but barely approaches a medium flavor. The aroma really is “dark fragrant,” and I love it....Read More