Hearth & Home Louisiana Red

This is a fine VaPer.

Tin note: tobacco,raisins

Appearance: light and darker brown ribbon cut leaf with a few darker pieces here and there.

This leaf is rather pleasent to smoke. There is nothing here that knocks your socks off but there is really nothing that detracts either. Burns cool while producing adequate amounts of smoke. My tin having a few months on it still benifitted from a bit of drying time. Initially it didn't take the match real well requiring more relights than I prefer. That was simple enough to cure with a bit of drying. The taste of this mixture is good. You get hay notes with figs and raisins and spicier perique note scattered through the bowl. I find this tobacco gets better when "DGT".

I would reccomend this to anyone who likes VaPers. It's good,cheap and readily available.

A mild VaPer that heavily leans towards the sweet red Virginias. A nice solid sugary VA backbone, some raspberry, a light plum (I think), light hay, mild earthiness, and a just noticeable spice.

Burns well, cool smoke, and dries easily.

I prefer H&H's Anniversary Kake (except the drying time) over La Red but this is a very solid smoke.

Hearth & Home Louisiana Red.

This was at one time my main va/per and made a great all day smoke.

Quality tobaccos, the virginias provide a good mid range taste that's creamy but not real grassy, some orangey notes at the top and some bread notes at the bottom and overall, sweet and tangy. This is probably the sweetest non-added flavoring va/p I've ever smoked. The perique provides a good balance with some raisiny tartness and just a little bit of pepper spice. Nice.

The one and only negative to this blend as I saw it was the humectant. I believe its a small amount of glycol, I always found these little dabs of it centered between layers of the tobacco as though placed there by an eyedropper. At least they didn't drench it on there with a garden hose like a couple manufacturers I can think of do, so kind of a minor complaint.

This is a blend that stands out for its sweetness and smoothness as a straight, no cavendish added va/p. Good flavor, enough nicotine to satisfy but not bowl you over.

The tin contains mostly red ribbons with occasional bright and dark ribbons throughout. It smells like rich sweet virginias...bread-like, hayish, grassy, slightly fruity, earthy, with just a hint of spice. Perfect moisture level from the tin.

Easy to load and light and behaves well in many different pipes. Burns down to a nice white ash and remains consistent through the entire smoke.

The flavor is sweet bread (typical red virginia sweetness) with just a bit of tang and spice. Smooth and creamy smoke. Smells wonderful. The flavor isn't as pronounced as McClelland 2015 vpf or Hal'o'the Wynd, but it is similar in some characteristics, just a bit more subdued. It's not a complex smoke, but is an enjoyable one with low nicotine. Very nice blend especially for the price.

I like red virginia and other bright virginias, and I like a reasonably amount of perique. So I love this blend. It's not Escudo, but with its relatively milder nicotine content I find it more amenable than Escudo for protracted smoking. That is just me, of course, since with increasing age (mine not the baccy's) I've become increasingly sensitive to too much nicotine. It has that peppered leather tang that does the trick for me. The ribbon cut and texture allows me to fill it easily in the bowl and not have to fuss too much with it afterward. No really high but nonetheless good top notes and fine undertaste for a vaper. The closest a vaper can get to an all day smoke (well, almost!).

For those who love Red Virginias four stars assuming you also like a goodly dose of Perique. A very different Vaper due the large amount of the Red Virginia. Smokes a bit fast due to the predominate ribbon cut. A very nice smoke. Can be a bit damp as recieved, some drying helps eliminate nipping of the tongue.

This is the first tobacco I smoked from Hearth and Home and I have tried as many of the blends as I could get my hands on since then in the last five months. When I opened the bag there was a smell reminiscent of sweet Va?s and something smoky; Latakia I thought, but different? later I found out that one of the Va?s has a smoky/sweet aroma and flavor as well. It is in another blend and makes me crave BBQ. Nope, no Latakia in there.

It lights very easily and fluffs up like crazy, be ready to tamp, something satisfying about a good first tamp. The tangy lemony Va? and peppery St? James Perique really compliment in a huge way and about half way down the bowl the sweet makes a play and all the flavors really get going on my palate all at once, but not competitive, more like a very nicely composed parfait. It finishes like it started, very nicely, not a hint of bitterness and me wanting more and satisfied at the same time. The nose is incredible, I send it through during my smoke often, odd for me. This is a regular for me, it wants to be mild, but the Perique really calls for a medium to full rating in my opinion on the flavor and strength. I have never smoked this in company and not gotten a positive compliment, never. It IS pipe tobacco to people, in the best way. It brings back memories for many, I have found. I have never experienced bite with this tobacco and it can be creamy at times I think it may be what I am drinking or have eaten.

I cannot compliment this blend enough.

I was gifted around thirty pipe tobacco tins from a nice lady whose uncle unfortunately passed away and this is one of them. I either need to start smoking more or I too will one day be in the same boat with tins to be gifted so I will choose the former. Every time I smoke Red Virginia and/or Red Virginia with Perique I fall in love all over again. The description says St. James Perique but the tin description on my tin only mentions Perique. Maybe St. James was too hard to get, not certain. I am just going to use the standard descriptors of sweet and spicy as I can’t really describe this too well but nine times out of ten, I can tell when I am smoking Red Virginia and I would rate this one among the top 5 or so that I have tried. On a side note, I checked out pipesandcigars.com and it is no longer sold in the tin and contains Acadian Perique vice St. James.

Picked up a couple of ounces of this just recently. I have fallen in love with this tobacco. Is everything I look for in a Virginia perique mix... lots of spiciness from the Perique.... hints of Sweetness from The Virginia.... I have to remind myself not to smoke this too fast because I love the flavor so much... highly highly recommended stuff.