Erik Stokkebye Jubilaeums Flake, Small Batch

So I ended up splitting the cost of this with another piper due to it's hefty price tag. I'm probably going to buy my own now. First the packaging. Very nice little humidor with brass hidden hinges. Magnetic closing. Suitable for 6 mini Corona Cubans on your desk with room for a pouch humistat. The flakes are perfect. Long and tightly pressed. When they arrive they are in a ziplock bag (which I hated) then a burlap bag, inside the humidor which has a card stock sleeve and then in a white cardboard box wrapped in bubble wrap. Smoking Pipes knows how to pack always. My only complaint is it was a full .3 short on the scale. One could argue that is was due to slight drying overseas but I call B.S. on that. At 50. dollars I want my 3.5oz lol. On to the smoke. A very bready , toasty taste starts the show. My wife is also an avid pipe smoker. But was packing hers as I started smoking mine. She said it had a very rich library aroma like books, fireplace, and leather. As it starts really going the honey in it makes it's presence known. The smoke is thick and chewy in your mouth with the tastes practically coating your tongue. As Jim said I didn't really detect the licorice. Maybe it's just an accent, not like Blackpool where it's definitely there. It isn't a nic bomb which is really great. And the flavors mingle and are interesting enough to make you stop and think about it. If I had to say one word to describe it. I'd say "aged". It tastes like perfectly aged vintage tobacco not young or new. Buy this if you can afford it. It would be a nice treat for a book, or expensive geisha coffee. As in my opinion, this a geisha type tobacco.