Sutliff Tobacco Company Molto Dolce

Taking sweetness to yet another level, enters a pleasureful confection from the great blending enterprise of Sutliff Tobacco the highly revered and ardently cherished Molto Dolce. This top-selling aromatic features a splendid recipe of assorted Burley, Red Virginia, and Black Cavendish thoroughly drenched in a sugarcoated bath of unabashed vanilla, succulent oozing caramel, and seething drips of lush forceful honey. Yes, copiously drenched in every sense of the word, no exaggeration at all.

From a shallow tin wrapped in the artistry of the great Italian Renaissance, inspiration avails upon the first glimpse of the choice mixture of egregiously moist coarse-cut and ribbon strands resting within. Indeed, this combination bestows a grand showing revealing a thoughtful blend of animated and strikingly darksome complexion. Principally, deeply seasoned brown-blacks, tempered streaks of golden reds, and dutiful orange-umber hues conspire in a glistening pile of processed tobacco. Texturally, I imagine that Molto Dolce effectively models the half-masticated bits of raisins, twisted pieces of tormented figs, fragmented sleeves of distressed dates, and surly chunks of rumbling chocolate; but all that has favorable appeal, ha-ha.

Supplementing the eminence of the tobacco’s visual display, conceivably, Molto Dolce holds reign over what you might deem as a redolent, if not scrumptious, perfumed pouch fragrance. Precisely, a bold wave of whirling aromatized magic formed of the blended additives seduces the immediate senses. Exercising overwhelmingly strong influence, this sweet combination of melded sugary, spicy goodness embraces a flushed trifecta of vanilla, caramel, and honey bellowing at liberty. As a result, there is an underlying Play-Doh ambience duly noted, registering as the by-product of these individual streams. With further peculiarity, the nose does impart a tinge of, for lack of a better description, an aseptic minty toothpaste-like element. And of course, lots and lots of profuse sugar. Imprisoned underneath this flagrant sweet-toothed pronouncement lies an extremely distant node of earthy nuttiness, but you must hunt for it.

To put it most obviously, this has to be the wettest tobacco I have yet encountered. In saying that it requires a bit of drying is definitely an understatement. And less the spending of a four pack of Bic lighters, then good luck my friends in your efforts of keeping this saturated concoction steadily lit. Okay so that might be somewhat of a superlative admission, but hopefully you get the basic point.

Now, in the process of drying, certainly you do lose some magnitude on the coatings’ intensity. Regardless, there is plenty left to go around to get the full Molto Dolce experience. And that experience divulges a fully charged aromatic rousted by immensely sweet exuberance. Molto Dolce specifically endows a prototypical coatings rich profile that in the end proved to be actually quite charming in its sum effects, if you are so inclined for this type of aromatic extravagance.

Translating its assigned moniker, “very sweet,” smoking this mild to medium strengthened tobacco affirms that Sutliff has pulled all stops in the creative crafting of a memorable aromatic production. For all the heavy emphasis placed upon the additives, by my objective assessment, I discovered that this empowered mixture presents a certain degree of intricacy. Formally, the highlighted coating/seasonings and the base native nuances stream freely about, making Molto Dolce quite captivating and continuously stimulating.
You are subject to the sweeping movements of the mentioned additives that clear fact plainly begs no questioning. Still, I must attest to the fact that the assorted native leaves forming the critical substance were equally stirring with delicately enticing transitions. These base varietals consort in the evolved mélange of selective variability that composes Molto Dolce’s colorful flavorsomeness, that aspect is definitely recognizable.

Within the standard characterization an abounding French vanilla chord boldly leads with a creamy custard-like brilliance. This tasteful rendering is teemed with yolky sugared depth and a floral painted thrust. Accompanying this marinated vanilla element, the tobacco projects two powered side streams of caramel and succulent honey. For itself, the caramel endows a rich buttery splendor much like the glazy dense spice of a Werther’s hard candy. As for the honey, perhaps a citrus infused varietal was deployed as it does seem to project an orange tangy inference.

What is more, Molto Dolce is tinged by tasteful spills of caramelized sugar and misty accents of a combination of assorted kitchen spices. After much deliberation on what it was that kept coming to me, I concluded that the registration adorned the mixed impressions of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and clove ringing hauntingly true.

Oddly, I sensed there was something familiar in Molto Dolce’s persona that was intimately known to me. The central impressions recorded bore similarities to what I experience with the smoking of Strauss’ Sleepy Hollow, but much more evident with respect to Sutliff’s very own Crème Brulee, a blend that presently sits in my standard rotation. Interestingly enough, a trendy belief exists supporting the notion that Molto Dolce is in fact nothing more than a juiced-up version of Crème Brulee. Ah-hah.

Subsequently, based upon a fresh comparative review of these two Sutliff products, evidence clearly illustrates that the tobacco looks virtually identical in constitution. Moreover, the experienced aroma and ensuing taste are too close for mere coincidence. So, in light of these investigative findings, I am therefore inclined to agree on the validity of the subject cloning theory. And on one other note, there is a tad of saltiness and a subtle minty fringe that effectively lines the bottom finishing accent, emerging as a fresh bead of sweet briny wintergreen.

Circling back just a bit, yes, the “Play-Dohesque” coatings do throw the higher trump in showing unrestrained vibrance in the bowl play. Coming into the final third of the session, however, they do meet with an eventual calming as their apparent resonance tapers. Yet even with that, as I previously mentioned, this blend does bear modest witness to the goodness of the hosted components and condimental leaves throughout the mentioned period of additive grandstanding.

The taste profile reveals a subtle remarking of the Virginian and combined Burley leaves in particular. With each drawl upon the pipe, the enclosed influence of the Red Virginia with its sweet dark fruitiness, seasoned wood, burnt tart, and green floral spiciness bides happily along the base line of the composite flavor. This lovely Virginian foundation is tied in place by the more forward middle band of assorted Burley.

As that mid shading surfaces, Molto Dolce gives an undulating celebration of core Burley. This Burley dimension is made up by a stance of sugary almond nuttiness from the White and the darker ambience of cedar wood from the Dark. Traces of dark molasses and a light skunky sour tang curl around the entirety of their sphere. As for the resident Cavendish, a bit of lighter zest, but more so, a clean spray of real dirt earthiness is the leaf’s principal contribution to the total set character.

Predictably, Molto Dolce’s expired room fragrance has to be one of the most enamored essences in the annals of aromatic pipe smoking. Its creamy attractiveness is big-hearted in the portrayal of a delectable aroma that will leave even the most close-minded critic grinning with extended delight. Airy poofy plumes of odorous smoke elicit the lolling celebration of the applied coatings on the main. This sugary savor conjoins with subtle glimmers of zesty spice, sugared nut, tang, and tart floral wood in supplying just enough supportive depth. In fact, the direct comment I received from my oldest daughter, who has a natural aversion to my piping, is that my tobacco smelled like a laundry candle, whatever that means; good, I assume.

Once appropriately dried, this tobacco’s show of moderate temperatures, low nicotine effects and regulated burn characteristics, supports the reasonable assignment of a favorable mechanical performance rating. With mellowed texture and flowing shifts in nuance there is little concern for any unnecessary roughness or opposing detraction. So, in being consistent with its excessively sweet namesake, Molto Dolce is most assuredly a glowing treat. The distinction that this blend brings is that of enchanting flavor and the rewarding experience of a respectable piece of the highly desired sweet life that we pipers should enthusiastically pursue. Like its sibling, I will give this one 3.4 Pipes.