Erik Stokkebye Twilight

The Saint James perique provides plenty of earth, wood, spice, dried tart plums, figs, vegetation, very mild floralness, sourness, and mesquite takes a light lead. The spicy, earthy, woody, vegetative, floral, dryly sour, herbal, incense-like, mildly buttery sweet, smoky Orientals closely competes with the perique for attention, and occasionally equals it. The matured Virginias offer plenty of tart and tangy citrus, vegetative grass, bread, sugar, some floralness, sour lemon, spice, and light acidity. They have a definite presence in the third slot. The strength is a couple of steps past the medium threshold. The taste is a notch past that mark. The nic-hit is a rung below the overall strength level. No chance of bite or harshness, and has minor rough edges. This deeply rich coarse cut blend burns cool, clean, and a tad slow with a mostly consistent spicy sweet and sour, fruity, floral, herbal, mildly smoky, savory, lightly acidic, punchy flavor that translates to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note has some pungency. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires a couple more than an average number of relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. Three and a half stars rounded up to four.

-JimInks