McClelland Yenidje Highlander
(3.30)
Highlander is the one blend so far in the Grand Orientals Series using Latakia. It is a classic mixture of the finest mountain grown Yenidje with both Cyprian and Syrian Latakia and just enough Matured Red Virginia and mellow Maryland. This is a smooth cool-smoking oriental mixture of outstanding character. Our inspiration was a vintage tin of the old Balkan Sobranie.
Notes: From McClelland: Oriental tobacco cultivation began in the 1600s around the villages of Yenidje and Kirdzhali after Venetian and Genoese traders introduced tobacco smoking to the area in the 1500s. The classic Basma seed introduced there over 300 years ago is believed by some to derive from an ancient Venezuelan variety of Nicotiana Tabacum named Barinas. The very finest Xanthi still comes from the original Yenidje (Genesaia) area of Western Thrace just north of the modern town of Xanthi. It is the Xanthi-Yaka-Basma and the Xanthi-Djebel-Basma that comprise the legendary Yenidje leaf which is thin, full-bodied, flexible, with fine veins. Full of oils, the best leaves are quite small, yellow to brown in color, with a pleasant, delicate aroma and sweet, mild, fresh flavor.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Series | Grand Orientals |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Oriental |
| Contents | Latakia, Maryland, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.30 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2016 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Far too much Propylene glycol making it difficult to light and keep alight, it also shuts down the flavour. So much PG you can leave the lid off for months on end, never dries out. There's really no point in cellaring PG laden blends and McClelland in some of their blends really over does it with this stuff, regrettably such is the case here. PG also makes it burn a lot slower, too slow in-fact the flavours are often mute.
Overall not a very 'Oriental' blend, kind of suspended in the PG dimension of the cosmos. The Yenidje is occasionally apparent but not nearly often enough for my liking, alas the Syrian Latakia is also obliterated by it. This could be a stellar blend if they didn't screw around with it as much as they did . . . oh well.
Decent yes, but nothing special whatsoever which I think it ought to be. I'll finish the tin and share it with a few friends; however, won't bother with another. I prefer both of the McClelland-made Butera blends which oddly enough are McKetchup free with a more natural presentation, not slimy/shiny with PG salad dressing.
Overall not a very 'Oriental' blend, kind of suspended in the PG dimension of the cosmos. The Yenidje is occasionally apparent but not nearly often enough for my liking, alas the Syrian Latakia is also obliterated by it. This could be a stellar blend if they didn't screw around with it as much as they did . . . oh well.
Decent yes, but nothing special whatsoever which I think it ought to be. I'll finish the tin and share it with a few friends; however, won't bother with another. I prefer both of the McClelland-made Butera blends which oddly enough are McKetchup free with a more natural presentation, not slimy/shiny with PG salad dressing.
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