Peterson Special Reserve 2011

Excellent tobacco. The tin aroma is of fig, berry, vanilla, and rich tobacco. The taste is that of fruity, ripe, Virginia leaf with some natural sweetness and a long finish. The finish has notes of Tonguin bean and cream. What I really like about this tobacco is the quality. The topping never takes top billing during the smoking. The pure tobacco shines through with the topping rounding out the finish beautifully.

Unlike Summertime 2011, I and really enjoying this blend. The flavors really come through. I actually purchased four more tins of this to stock up. I have been smoking it in my Old Nellie Pipes and in one of my Radice's, and it's quite pleasant. Doesn't burn hot, and no gook or gurgle. I'm surprised to read some of the negative experiences, but I have to say that the Summertime 2011 is awful. I think the Holiday Season 2011 is also pretty good but not as good as Special Reserve 2011. I would not hesitate to recommend this - it's an excellent aromatic that can be smoked daily without getting boring.

Picked up a tin of this with my after Christmas TAD and I love it. Has a scent of strawberry shortcake in the tin. Great mixture of strawberries and cream. Like the other Limited Edition blends I've had from Peterson, it burns great and the flavouring carries over nicely into the taste. Definitely another homerun for Peterson and worth picking up.

This blend is beautiful, smells like a princess but lets you treat it rough. The smell is divine, very sweet, more like strawberry milk than wild strawberries. The tobacco taste is not overwhelmed by the topping, and appears to be of a high standard.

Someone mentioned that it tastes like birthday cake, and strangely enough, it really does. The tin art (not that it matters) just tops it off, beautiful to look at, delicious to smell, smokes like a dream. If you like aromatics buy it.

This is blend I picked up along with a tin of summer time 2011. I have been on a aromatic kick lately, and gotta tell you. This is phenominal stuff. In an aromatic it super. If you are wagging back, and forth as to whether you should try this blend, and you like aromatics---GET IT. AWESOME STUFF. Another Peterson Special blend home run. For me this along with the Summertime 2011 is a hit out of the park.

The best of Peterson yet. I absolutely love this tobacco. Many pipe smokers start of with cheap aromatic tobaccos and never venture on to high quality tobaccos. This blend is rated in my opinion As Good As It Gets. I make sure I fill the bowl all the way to the top for a long and lovely smoke. Enjoy!

Wow, Wow, Wow, what a beautiful blend. I like Aromatics, and this really is a corker!

I find it does burn hot and if drawing too hard, tongue bite for sure. It doesn't suit my Dunhill Cherrywood(Gp 5) at all.. burning hot and bitter regardless of pace.

Glorious however if just sipped in a Comoys/Peterson/Savanelli/Castello/Mastro de Paja. (All Billiards)

The initial aroma is probably for me, the best I have noted, and the room note is better than almost any other.... Everyone who comes across this loves the room note.

Along with my Dunhill Early Morning Pipe & Nightcap(I love them both) I will stock up on this if I can.

If you like Aromatics, you'll adore this!

Love this, it is the first tobacco I heve thoughrly enjoyed, great room note, even the non smokers stated how lovely the smell is, one of the best I have smoked and I am a newbee. looking forward to the summertime blend if it is as good as this! buy it and you wont be dissapointed (but leave a couple of tins for me)

Hmmm, last year it was orange and vanilla, this year it's strawberrys and cream.

Who would have thought that such sublte flavours could actually be translated onto the pallette of a pipe smoker? Well, some how it has! This is a wonderful smoke from start to finish. When you first light the tobacco it's as if you're sipping on a strawberry milk-shake rather than smoking a pipe. I can understand why that sentense may put some pipe-smokers off, but have no fear! Like the previous reviewer has stated, this stuff is in no way sickly and the flavouring is certainly present but not overpowering. As you smoke down the bowl the flavours from the virginia bring themselves more to the fore combining to make a wonderful smoking experience.

The tin looks great, the tobacco smells wonderful in the tin, the room note is even better! Well worth a try for aromatic fans and the more traditional pipe smokers out there! I wonder what it'll be next year?...