McLintock Syrian Latakia Blend

Not the greatest latakia blend but an excelent early morning pipe to go with a nice cup of cofee.

It's not much to say about it, other than the fact that is well blended quality tobacco. Burns well, smokes nice, tastes great. It is at least a "must try". I do not like it as much as I like JJ Fox Bankers or F&K Merde de Cheval, but it is a tobacco that I will keep in my stash.

Did a bit of research as I wanted to know where this tobacco is coming from and finally ended up with Ermuri Genuss Company, a German manufacturer known for its beginner pipe-sets and smoking equipment mostly. Their McLintock Tobaccos are mainly aromatics and in the lower price section so I did not really expect much surprises with it, except for bad ones maybe.

Opening the tin got me both pleased and unsure as by the smell it is very sweet with hints of marzipan or almond and not so much spice. Is this an aromatic too?! Looking at the leaf, it surprised me again. There was VA Burley and Latakia mentioned in its description and now I could see all kinds of golden and brown color tones from light to dark almost black here and there also pieces of pressed, steamed tobaccos. Moisture is ok but I never smoke a tobacco as moist as it’s in the tin.

Packs just nice after a bit of drying and takes flames easily then burns cool and even until there’s only light gray ashes left. The taste surprised me another time as it has a good depth and great spicy undertone. This is not Syrian leaf anymore but tastes nice and with lots of roasting aromas. All natural no added flavor just the kind of blends I like. No big ups and downs as the bowl goes had to relight a few times but never tasted odd. Bit of sour hay-like notes.. pretty much all of the assets of different sorts of VA.

Solid all day with a good variety of tastes of only natural tobacco flavors used. Great price also

As Syrian latakias become more rare finding a blend with them is luck.once the pouch seal is broken a florall smell mixed with english blend smell comes out.sweet notes,campfire and some sour notes combine to a dry blend° easy to pack and light with a few relights needed through the process.while smoking you instantly recognize the burleys.lots of florall notes,nuts,beans are the main flavours.syrian latakias come second adding campfire notes,coals,woodsy and lots of sweet notes.virginias support the flavours by adding some grass and citrusy notes.generally the flavours combine well but i would prefer less sharp notes from the burleys.burns quick and medium hot to perfect ash with some moisture left at the filter.no tongue bite present though some sharp notes appear frequent with a sweet aftertaste.the room note is tolerable.nicotine level is another weak spot.i would prefer more nicotine.an all day smoke for those who prefer latakias for every hour.generally i found this blend pleasant but not as good as other blends with Syrian latakias.recommended.

This tobacco is not bad, but if you compare with HH syrian it's a disapointed tobacco.