This all-day tobacco is of the same quality and grade as Red Rapparee, with this difference: the proportions of Virginia, Oriental, and a touch of Latakia, have been adjusted in No. 7 Reserve to suit the all day smoker.
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7 Reserve gets overlooked, I think, because the description cannot help but give the impression that this is Red Rapparee Light, which it most definitely is not. All the notes are there, but the change in component proportions significantly alters the flavor profile.
It took awhile for this one to click. My first impression was that this was airy and light on substance. Thinking that I either had Burley mouth or that there was an excess of PG affecting the flavor, I aired out the tin for a couple of days and stuck it on the shelf. A couple of months later... Worth the wait. It's now creamy, sweet, full-bodied, and interesting all the way through the smoke.
If it helps, I group this together in my tobacco closet with Peterson Old Dublin, G. L. Pease Lagonda, Peterson (nee Dunhill) Standard Mixture, Ashton Consummate Gentleman, et al....Read More