House of Windsor Revelation

Revelation is a Kentucky, Virginia, Burley mix with Latakia, and Perique in lesser amounts with a fruity topping. It is a dry ribbon cut that includes very small particles and tobacco 'dust'. It benefits from some hydration, as is it burns well and requires no packing. You can dip you pipe as the ol' timers did. The Va/Bur dominate here with nuttyness, Fruity topping doesnt really transfer to much flavor as the aroma would have you to believe primarily adding sweetness in the first 1/3 bowl fading by the end. It is not an aromatic. The Latakia/Perique fade in and out consistantly yet mildly and lightly. It would be a very 'Light' English Blend if it had to be qualified. It was originally made by Phillip Morris ( I Think), and was revived by House Of Windsor. I have read that the original was less sweet, nutty. Einsteins favorite blend now comes in a paper 'tin' so I wouldnt buy it for the art. End Result?? Although compared to Drugstore blends, and is in fact lacking in physical presentation. It is a fine tobacco and if it were sold in a metallic tin at three times the price I think they would wind up selling more. A good buy, a potent but mild tasting tobacco.

Revelation is a Kentucky, Virginia, Burley mix with Latakia, and Perique in lesser amounts with a fruity topping. It is a dry ribbon cut that includes very small particles and tobacco 'dust'. It benefits from some hydration, as is it burns well and requires no packing. You can dip you pipe as the ol' timers did. The Va/Bur dominate here with nuttyness, Fruity topping doesnt really transfer to much flavor as the aroma would have you to believe primarily adding sweetness in the first 1/3 bowl fading by the end. It is not an aromatic. The Latakia/Perique fade in and out consistantly yet mildly and lightly. It would be a very 'Light' English Blend if it had to be qualified. It was originally made by Phillip Morris ( I Think), and was revived by House Of Windsor. I have read that the original was less sweet, nutty. Einsteins favorite blend now comes in a paper 'tin' so I wouldnt buy it for the art. End Result?? Although compared to Drugstore blends, and is in fact lacking in physical presentation. It is a fine tobacco and if it were sold in a metallic tin at three times the price I think they would wind up selling more. A good buy, a potent but mild tasting tobacco.

Eh. Not much to report here. The tobaccos just don't seem to come together to form anything as interesting as I would expect. It's not bad. But, it's not special in my notes, so I won't find much cause to seek it out. I suppose if one is looking for a 4 foundation blend, this might be considered good, but I find that there is limited interplay between them.

As I said in my review of Country Doctor, I could tell little difference between these two blends. As with Country Doctor, Revelation was extremely dry in the tin and needed re-hydrating. Just guessing, but maybe the reason that this and other HoW blends are so dry out of the tin is because the ?tin? is made of thick paper or cardboard tubing, which I?m thinking probably doesn?t provide the kind of hermetically-sealed environment that metal tins do. Maybe that?s part of the drugstore-blends-of-days-gone-by appeal of these blends, though.

Revelation also resembled Country Doctor in that: it?s predisposed to bite if you?re not careful; it?s dominated by the Virginias and burley, with Latakia barely detectable for most of the bowl; it probably has a great room note, though I can't really guarantee it as I didn?t smoke it anywhere where I could get such feedback; it smoked nice and dry all the way to the bottom of the bowl.

This a blend of Bright Flake, Red Virginia, Burley cube cut, Latakia and Perique with a mild fruit flavor all of these with the exception of the Virginias I'm not crazy about. Although, it does bring back memories from yesteryear. This is a blend you have to smoke very slow to get the full robust of the different tastes and aromas. Saying all that, If I were to select a tobacco with Perique, Latakia and fruit this would be the one as they are blended quite niicely.