Sutliff Tobacco Company Heine's Blend

At first glance I was not impressed with this blend but I realize it does have something going for it as a Burley contender even against more premiums burley tobaccos. The tobacco smelled almost a bit mossy or earthy along with a typical straight forward cased burley tobacco. It's thick chunks of pliable broken dark brown cake along with some lighter beige leaf which maybe just white burley or some inept virgina flakes which it could probably do without. There is a particular slight sweetness in the aroma that may be trying to mimic coumarin but lags behind. The flavor has that singular woody quality which is not my favorite but is found in other Burley tobaccos like Sutliff's Edgeworth match and in the more premium Mac Baren HH Burley Flake. Given a choice, I'm not sure I would prefer this over the Edgeworth match but I would over Mac Baren Burley Flake so, it's a viable alternative for those who like those blends. Probably better than any other similar traditional domestic burley sold in a tub.