Charatan Royal Escape Mixture
(2.50)
Highest quality bronzed Virginia leaves are carefully conditioned and are added to rich, heavy-bodied Virginias, noted for their aroma. A unique flavor is added to the final blend to enhance the subtle and piquant aroma.
Notes: Charatan released Royal Escape Mixture to fill the gap left by Dunhill discontinuing Royal Yacht.
Details
| Brand | Charatan |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Virginia Based |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | Plum |
| Cut | Ready Rubbed |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2019 | Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
I can't understand anyone dissing this mixture.
It's the second of Charatan's Dunhill replacements that I've tried, and as with Victorian mixture (replacing Dunhill Elizabethan) I have found it to be of very good quality, and preferable to the Dunhill version.
I always disliked Royal Yacht, and so bought Royal Escape by mistake, but this stuff is very nice indeed. Royal Yacht tasted like dry horse dung to me, but Royal Escape is full, nicely moist in my tin, steady burning, very mildly fruity, and very satisfying. No bite whatsoever. Nice room aroma.
Thoroughly recommended.
Update: 11 months after posting review above, my appreciation of Royal Escape is even greater. Not many pipe baccys burn as well, have as good a flavour and are as satisfying to smoke, with no drawbacks at all in terms of bite or anything else. I find that with most baccys you've got to try at least two tins before you can get to understand what the baccy is all about and what the blender has tried to achieve. Much of that can only be appreciated at an almost subconscious level, because it is so difficult to describe flavours, and more importantly the often subtle meanings of them. Okay, coffee, chocolate, cherry and others, when applied as strong casings, are unmistakeable, but with light casings and no casings it's a different story. Royal Escape has, of course a light casing of plum flavour. But because it's light, there's so much more to be understood. And as you smoke, or in the aftermath, you often compare with the dozens or hundreds of other baccys you've smoked. Your mind and palate are riffling through so many, and giving at least an approximate ranking to your current experience. For me, Royal Escape is up there, if not in the top 5, certainly in the top 10 of the hundreds of baccys I've tried over the last 35 years. Would have been longer, but I didn't start pipe smoking till I was 40!
It's the second of Charatan's Dunhill replacements that I've tried, and as with Victorian mixture (replacing Dunhill Elizabethan) I have found it to be of very good quality, and preferable to the Dunhill version.
I always disliked Royal Yacht, and so bought Royal Escape by mistake, but this stuff is very nice indeed. Royal Yacht tasted like dry horse dung to me, but Royal Escape is full, nicely moist in my tin, steady burning, very mildly fruity, and very satisfying. No bite whatsoever. Nice room aroma.
Thoroughly recommended.
Update: 11 months after posting review above, my appreciation of Royal Escape is even greater. Not many pipe baccys burn as well, have as good a flavour and are as satisfying to smoke, with no drawbacks at all in terms of bite or anything else. I find that with most baccys you've got to try at least two tins before you can get to understand what the baccy is all about and what the blender has tried to achieve. Much of that can only be appreciated at an almost subconscious level, because it is so difficult to describe flavours, and more importantly the often subtle meanings of them. Okay, coffee, chocolate, cherry and others, when applied as strong casings, are unmistakeable, but with light casings and no casings it's a different story. Royal Escape has, of course a light casing of plum flavour. But because it's light, there's so much more to be understood. And as you smoke, or in the aftermath, you often compare with the dozens or hundreds of other baccys you've smoked. Your mind and palate are riffling through so many, and giving at least an approximate ranking to your current experience. For me, Royal Escape is up there, if not in the top 5, certainly in the top 10 of the hundreds of baccys I've tried over the last 35 years. Would have been longer, but I didn't start pipe smoking till I was 40!
Pipe Used:
Peterson meerschaum.
PurchasedFrom:
Londis store, Market Square, Dover, Kent, UK.
Age When Smoked:
New.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2019 | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Charatan - Royal Escape Mixture.
Another of the blends I've been reviewing for the UK tobacconist McGahey's.
Often marketed as a replacement to Dunhill Royal Yacht? Well, although I've smoked RY, it's been many years since, and because of the cessation in production I can't really compare. Albeit, like the other new Charatan blends based on the Dunhill's, I'm quite impressed.
In the tin sits a mixture of quite coarse ribbons. Not too coarse, but there are a few that are rather chunky. The colours are mostly dark and medium browns, with a few lighter ones. My moisture's decent.
The plums embellish the smoke, but don't cause the flavour to be an aromatic cacophony; the plums act a little synonymously to a hearty dose of Perique! I like the flavour from the tobaccos. They lack the commonly found grassy, citrusy, sharp Virginia qualities, and instead give rich, fruit; to my palate it seems to have included more darker, redder, Virginias, as opposed to lighter, brighter, ones. The topping compliments this flavour well, increasing the sumptuous, decadence. Because of the coarser cut of the ribbons it burns quite slowly, and also cool. I don't find much of a bite from it.
Nicotine: above medium. Room-note: quite pleasant.
Royal Escape? A quality Virginia blend. Highly recommended:
Four stars.
Another of the blends I've been reviewing for the UK tobacconist McGahey's.
Often marketed as a replacement to Dunhill Royal Yacht? Well, although I've smoked RY, it's been many years since, and because of the cessation in production I can't really compare. Albeit, like the other new Charatan blends based on the Dunhill's, I'm quite impressed.
In the tin sits a mixture of quite coarse ribbons. Not too coarse, but there are a few that are rather chunky. The colours are mostly dark and medium browns, with a few lighter ones. My moisture's decent.
The plums embellish the smoke, but don't cause the flavour to be an aromatic cacophony; the plums act a little synonymously to a hearty dose of Perique! I like the flavour from the tobaccos. They lack the commonly found grassy, citrusy, sharp Virginia qualities, and instead give rich, fruit; to my palate it seems to have included more darker, redder, Virginias, as opposed to lighter, brighter, ones. The topping compliments this flavour well, increasing the sumptuous, decadence. Because of the coarser cut of the ribbons it burns quite slowly, and also cool. I don't find much of a bite from it.
Nicotine: above medium. Room-note: quite pleasant.
Royal Escape? A quality Virginia blend. Highly recommended:
Four stars.
Pipe Used:
Altinok Lee Van Cleef: Friday pipe
PurchasedFrom:
McGahey's
Age When Smoked:
New
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