Tobaccos Ken Byron Ventures - King's Ramson 2021

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	JimInks (2934)	2020-11-23		Medium to Strong	None Detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable

The smoky, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia is the lead component, comprising forty percent of the blend. The mildly buttery sweet, fairly sour, dry, woody, earthy, herbal, floral, smoky, vegetative, very spicy, potent basma and yenidje are strong supporting players. The yenidje also sports a small “unflavored soda note”. The stoved Virginia offers some sugary tangy stewed dark fruit, wood, earth, and bread. It is just behind the Orientals in terms of effect, though I would say it mostly plays a support role, too. The tangy fermented dark fruity, earthy, woody, mildly sugary, bready, slightly vinegary and spicy mature red Virginia helps the stoved Virginia tame much of roughness of the Latakia and Orientals. The aspects of the earthy, woody perique are stewed raisins, figs, and plums. The fruit from the perique is the most obvious feature. The perique melds with the spice from the Orientals enough that I can’t really pick it out. The strength and nic-hit are a step past the medium mark. The taste level is a notch past that. Won’t bite or get harsh, and barely has any rough notes. Well balanced and complex, it burns cool and clean at a moderate pace with a deeply rich, mostly consistent sweet, spicy and savory, floral campfire flavor that extends to the pleasantly lingering after taste. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. The room note has a sweet pungency. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. Four stars.

-JimInks

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