Haddo's Delight
Haddo's Haddo's Haddo's. Perhaps the tobacco I've read the most raving reviews of so far. Over at tobaccoreviews.com, there's 103 comments written about the blend, with I think 102 of them stark raving mad about the blend. There's always someone praising the hell out of it over at ASP, so I finally ordered a tin of this "magic" blend. It's described as:
Haddo's Delight is a stout blend of several Virginia tobaccos with a generous measure of long-cut perique. Unflavored Green River black Cavendish and a little air-cured white burley ribbon provide fullness, body, and a bit of extra strength. Finally, an exclusive process darkens and marries the mixture, and gives the blend a subtle tin aroma of cocoa and dried fruit. The flavor is full on the palate, earthy, slightly sweet and intriguingly piquant, with overtones of figs and raisins. A wonderful blend for the perique lover!
Perhaps it was over hyped for me. I love the aroma that comes from the tin itself, but in smoking this I find myself thinking I like that Sunza Bitches better. Perhaps Sunza Bitches was Russ Oullette's answer to this G.L. Pease blend, perhaps it had nothing to do with it at all. They're both fairly similar, but I like the taste and flavours of Sunza Bitches more. Again, like the Sunza Bitches, I've got a pair of pipes just for a blend like this, it doesn't play nice with others as well. I've never seen this as a description but, "this blend burns the inside of my nose with it's heat". Try it, and see if you have the same response. No, don't try it....go with the Sunza Bitches.
