El Rincon de la Pipa No. 1

(3.63)
A blend manufactured by 4noggins specifically for El Rincon de la Pipa, a pipe smokers forum in Spain, following the recipe by Javier Trillo and Carlos Rincon. A beautiful mix of Virginias, burley, Izmir, Latakia and a touch of black cavendish.
Notes: A very balanced mixture, full of body, with the white burley as the main flavor support, spicy Orientals giving a piquant character and Virginias bonding all of them, resulting a sweet medium atypical mixture.

Details

Brand El Rincon de la Pipa
Blended By 4noggins
Manufactured By  
Blend Type American
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.63 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 11, 2014 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
The main player is the Burley, but you can taste a mighty fine English just behind it. By the end of the bowl the Burley has beaten the English into submission and declared domination. I'm exaggerating a little, but just a little. This is a very tasty and delicious smoke. Medium in body and somewhat rich in flavor.

This is a fine blend due in large part to the quality components used by 4noggins. I'm smoking my way through several of their blends now and I'm impressed.
Pipe Used: MM General, MM Country Gentleman, MM Freehand
PurchasedFrom: 4noggins
Age When Smoked: fresh bulk
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 23, 2012 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium to Full Pleasant
I am still unfamiliar with the way the diverse ingredients are detected, but after a week of daily smoking this blend in different pipes, I can now state with certainty that this blend is worth trying and even keeping in regular rotation. The slight lemony flavour reminds me of lemon grass that is also delightful to the palate. It burns very well with no tongue bite. It arrived a little dry to me, so I added some moisture to it. Another less known treasure to be appreciated more widely. (Nov 2013)

On 19 August 2013 I received another batch of this blend, because I had missed it! It has become my personal No. 1! But I will moisten it again to make it sing (otherwise it's a little scratchy on my throat). Four stars only because there are no more stars to give.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 15, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
Off the top of my head, I can't quite think of another blend that compares to No. 1. The tobacco arrives on the dry side (but not too dry) ready to pack. The blend is rough cut with a few thick ribbons. The pouch scent offers a heavenly aroma that reminds me of tobaccos of old. The Latakia is there, but added with a light hand and it remains in the background for support. This is true of the Cavendish as well. There is just enough there to add a slight sweetness to the blend. The main player banging on my taste buds is the burley as it dominates the blend, but in a good way. It isn't overpowering. The Orientals are also there to play a leading role. No. 1 produces large volumes of creamy, spicy smoke. This is a balanced blend that will be enjoyed by those that love Burley oriented blends. Personally, it isn't the type of tobacco that would make its way into my daily rotation, but it is clearly an excellent blend just the same.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 01, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
If you like burley, this is definitely your mixture and your going to absolutely love it. If not... just keep away from this tobacco. But don't take me wrong, this is not just burley. If you give this mixture a chance, you're going to find a nice black cavendish and the delicious Turkish izmir all spiced with a touch of Cypriot latakia; all with a base of ol' good Virginia leaf.

What more to say... ah yes. It comes a bit dry, but it's better that way. If you moixturize it, you're going to find that the burley is almost overwhelming. So just smoke it as dry as it comes. If, even so, you want to experiment; please, do it with a small quantity. On the contrary, your going to regret it.

That said, do I recommend this? Absolutely yes. I highly recommend it to you. Give it a try!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 28, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
The No. 1 is an unusual mixture, custom manufactured by 4noggins. It is a mixture based on various types of leaves of virginia, seasoned with a generous amount of turkish Izmir, white burley, black Cavendish and cyprian Latakia.

The baccy comes in a bulk bag rather dry, but ready to smoke. It's actually a mixture that I like more a bit dry than smoked on the wet side. At light-up it announces the dominant flavors will come from Izmir, being sweetened and moderated by the base of Virginias. Fruity and spicy aromas are the dominant notes throughout the smoke. If we decide to moisten up the mixture, we find that the oriental No. 1 rating is tempered, with the burley taking over the weight of the smoke, leaving the Izmir as seasoning leave.

With a moderate amount of vitamin N and a creamy and dense body, it smokes very pleasant at the time of day you want a bold smoke but without excess.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 20, 2016 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium to Full Tolerable
A little dry out of the pouch but it smokes nice, neither very fast nor hot.

Very tasty. On the nose it is very Oriental forward, Izmir it is, which is sort of musky sweet and salty. No added aroma detected. The smoke is not strong but it has body and nicotine is medium at least. Taste is quite cigarette-like in a good way; I do like natural tasting cigarette-like tobaccos. Virginias and mostly Burley are the tobaccos which give this blend the weight and taste that Izmir lacks but the sweetness which is sort of no-taste-sweetness, I bet comes from the Cavendish. Very smart addition to the blend, it enhances its sweetness making it more friendly without adding any unnecessary aroma. Also smart is the addition of Burley which I guess enhances nicotine, because it is a quite satisfying blend nicotine-wise, and also adds a nice nutty taste.

Overall a very satisfying smoke, does not have many subtleties, it does not taste luxurious and even is a little sharp but I find it is very pleasurable, flavorful, balanced, intensely aromatic (Izmir) in a natural way and it's the first blend I smoke where I think I can read into the mind of the blender. For me it's like you start with a naturally intensely aromatic Oriental (Izmir) tobacco which needs body (add Virginia), nicotine (add Burley), add a little Cavendish to enhance sweetness without interfering with the aroma and Latakia, yes Latakia as a condiment, I almost forgot about her... And in some cases that's how it should be. Like when a dish has the right amount of salt or pepper, you do not notice it, it's there enhancing the experience without making its presence felt.

Congratulations to the blender, he's made the most out of maybe not the choicest tobaccos out there, to create a very tasty and balanced blend. Could become an all-day blend for me if I can source it easily. The only fear is I might smoke too much of it... __________Update May 2017: unfortunately the second batch of El Rincon I bought was not the same as the first. This time it's much more typical English with a little bit of Black Cavendish but not as Oriental forward as the first batch, still a very good medium English but not the same tobacco I received first time around and fell in love with...
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 01, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
First of all, Xarls thanks, to send a bag to me of this mixture.  Right now I am smoking my second pipe of this mixture. First that I emphasize it is  the surprise that produces this mixture nevertheless to me and seems that it hooks. The tobacco this a dry small point, to the point that I like, fodder that this way arises but the Virginias  and the Orientals.  To lack to perhaps give but continuity him, I will be necessary to ask, in this second pipe this liking but this mixture. Perhaps the surprise of the first time, has happened to background. Also to say that the Latakia that we smell when open the package or the bag in my case, does not appear.  In this third second of the puff, regusto in the nasal zone lasts, I I would say that balsamic, to way that some wines of raising of Rivera del  Duero leave it, I imagine that this will be thing of Orientals tobaccos and from time to time they leave memories to crude pipes of sunflower, without toasting. Good these are my impressions, can get to hook by their complexity and surprise. Dunhill Bamboo+Rincon N1
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 19, 2017 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium Pleasant
El Rincon de la Pipa - No. 1.

The blend looks coarse, with a few twiggy pieces. I've dipped in and out over the past week but the moisture was good when I first opened it.

The best phrase I can think of to describe this is 'a lightly spiced Burley'. The Burley accounts for the majority of the smoke. After the Burley comes the Latakia; to be fair, once the burn has settled this takes a firm second position. The rest of the leaves take very minor roles in comparison to these two, giving more of a slight seasoning to the smoke rather than definite citrus/sour/vanilla cream sweetness. The burn from No. 1 is well behaved, giving quite a cool smoke.

The nicotine: just below medium. The room-note: quite pleasant, to me.

El Rincon de la Pipa? Four stars:

Highly recommended.
Pipe Used: Peterson Founders Edition
PurchasedFrom: 4noggins
Age When Smoked: One weeks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 11, 2015 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong
As every English blends, if you don't like latakia this tobacco is not for you. It's not too strong but you can taste the latakia and oriental in it. It's not overwhelming, so I found it perfect for an end of a day with coffee : the perfect definition of relaxation 😀 For my wife too : its room note is pleasant for her. Great advantage for an English blend 😛 I recommend for those who like latakia but don't like the strength it can have for some.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 02, 2012 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium to Full Unnoticeable
Interesting Rich, large body, complex mixture.

Burley (bite taste) slighly dominates, but Turkish and Orientals are noted easily.

Mild, not so strong in Nicotine.This is for me,good. I enjoy tobaccos with flavour, taste but low Nicotine content.

This is an "Sui Generis" tobacco, have a trace of "English taste", seems an English mixture, "diluted" with Virginia and Burley.

I recommend it to people that wants an not so strong, but not aromatic tobacco, but also without strong latakia taste, typical of English Mixtures.

In my oppinion,it is more interesting than pure virginias or simple (no flavoured) Virginia-Burley.
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