Dan Tobacco Da Vinci

I?ll make this short and sweet. DaVinci ought to stick to painting and drawing and keep his Tuscan wine in a glass where it belongs. This is another one of those marketing gimmicks that attempts to be more than it is: a burley concoction with exoticism thrown in the mix. Like most spirit/tobacco marriages, they don?t work. I?ve yet to try a good one, and there?s nothing here to remind me of Tuscany either. This is typical aromatic candy, acrid in taste, waxy on the tongue ala Nat Sherman and a bowl that burns to the touch. There are too many other great things out there to waste your time with this one. Like most CAO products, highly overrated and overpriced.

One of five stars

Thankfully, I didn't have to pay a dime for this tin. It was mistakenly sent to me by Pipesandcigars.com, and when I notified them of the error, they told me to just keep it since it would not be worth the return postage to send it back. They then sent me the tobacco I had actually ordered, "Devil's Holiday." Kudos to pipesandcigars.com, they have great customer service!

Is anybody else wondering if some of these pipe tobacco manufacturers, when they produce aromatics, are focusing on what the stuff smells like when it burns while virtually completely sacrificing taste? It sure seems that way to me. Another reviewer stated that this could have been flavored paper for all he knew, which I think really hit the nail on the head.

God only knows how many bottles of wine I have consumed in my 47 years, and I detected NONE in this tobacco. There was a hint of vanilla, and that's about all I got out of it.

Not for me.

There is nothing wrong with this tobacco. But in my opinion, there is very little going right with it either.

Da Vinci was the first tin of tobacco I ever bought. The tin aroma was sweet, with the chianti standing out. It packed okay, lit okay and smoked okay, but nothing stood out and grabbed me. So I set it aside and sampled other better and worse tobaccos.

I cam back to this tin, wondering if my slightly more experienced palatte might appreciate it now.

Nope.

It's just as boring as I remember it. No flaws, no virtures, no hits, no runs, no errors. Perhaps my single star rating is a bit harsh. After all, truly bad tobaccos earn their bad ratings. But I honestly can't "somewhat recommend" this tobacco either.

one star for roomnote. (can't give it no stars, anyway)

I was doing my laundry and a piece of bubble gum was in the dryer with my sox. It was heated,melted and then tinned by Dan Tobacco,and sold as DaVinci. I hope that expresses my sentiments.

I do quick draws (tobacco reviewed with less than 5 bowls smoked) for two reasons: 1. It kicks ass, and while needing a few superlatives to complete a decent review, I have enough of the "gist" to recommend it 2. It sucks so bad, I'd go out on a date with Divine before I subjected another bowl to it. This is a number 2.

Ahem! This tobacco promises "..a sweet mild, pleasant smoke and a fragrant aroma..." and, it's "matured under addition of full-bodied red chianti...". If this is Chianti, it is the Chianti of a fevered 7 year olds imagination. Lilting hints of Grape Nehi, formula 44, and cotton candy, dragged kicking and screaming through a coconut grove, saturated my otherwise unsullied Peter Heeschen sail. For weeks I shall have nightmares of Gigantic Norsemen battering my bedroom walls down to exact a terrible revenge upon me for having raped their countryman's masterpiece. The overall smoke had the finesse of Carrot Top playing Iago from Othello, the complex layering of spandex, and the nuance of a pool cue wielded by Guido the loan shark. Seeking a reprieve for this tobacco, hoping that at a minimum, my wife would endorse the room note, I timidly asked her reaction. Without even taking her eye from her book she opined "..smells like a macaroon from the ninth CIRCLE OF HELL!!"

-- Bear Graves

Wine flavored tobacco seems intriguing but this blend doesn't really possess an aroma and flavor that I would identify as such. I was expecting tannin notes from a heavy red wine. The open tin smells like the candy Skittles. There is also a slight perfume-lavenderish note underneath that. It smokes very smooth and light with no natural tobacco elements coming through. A very light fruity and gentle sweet taste that fades quickly with that Skittles candy flavor mildly lingering. Just completely misses the mark for me.

I don't drink, anymore at least, but I imagine the taste is what wine snobs call a "dry wine". I also detected a hint of almonds and perhaps a very mild cherry flavor. The flavor overall is pretty mild, especially compared to other wine flavored tobacco products. I managed to smoke the ounce I bought from a tobacco store, but probably wouldn't smoke this again, even if it was given to me.

Flavor: Disgusting. Not like smoking tobacco at all. Tastes like rotten fruit with sour milk. The casing is too much, so disgustingly sweet it actually gave me a headache. After smoking a bowl I felt like I had just eaten 2 Lbs. of fudge.

Aroma: Think pixie sticks with fruit melange air freshner.

Tin Aroma: Its only saving grace. Interesting and, although overly sweet, pleasant.

Room note: Fruit melange air freshner.

Burning characteristics: burned HOT HOT HOT no matter how I smoked it. It didn't bite much but after a few puffs I had to stop because the pipe was super hot. Left penty of nasty residue at the bottom of the bowl.

Overall: An unpleasant experience. I tried a few bowls and gave the tin away. I don't mind sweet now and then but this stuff was just too sweet. If I was a hookah smoker and wanted to experience flavors other than tobacco I'd probably like this stuff. I'd recommend this to a hookah smoker or people with an extremely high tolerance for pounds of sugar. Not for a more serious pipe smoker.