Dan Tobacco Ascanian No. 1 Riverside Blend

Every year I order a number of tobaccos from Danpipe and can't wait to try them all. Kriswill aside, I'm never disappointed. But this tobacco is better than anything I've had before. Even to my still inexperienced tongue this is pure delight!

The tin presents broken flakes that I place in my hand than twist the pipe down onto it, thus filling it very lightly.

It stays alight without much effort and needs little tamping. It doesn't burn hot or cause any tongue burn.

I'd rate it medium to strong. It's smoky and spicy and earthy, citrus or raisin, depending on the accompanying drink - the after taste has something of strong coffee, the smoke vaguely reminds of burnt peat. By all means a full-bodied tobacco, rich and consistent all the way through.

The nicotine is noticeable.

My wife tells me that the room note is pleasant (but she likes to smoke cigars, so for what it's worth...)

Highly recommendable. Wherever I start with this, it's one pipe after another.

I can't detect any flavour.

The first time I smoked this tobacco it was perfect. One of the best pipes I have enjoyed in this short life as a pipe smoker. I don't know why the successive times I smoked it, they were just fantastic. In the cold aroma, the ferment smell that the perique gives off, softened by the Virginias and Orientals, the latter providing a floral aroma stands out above all. Before finishing the first canister, as soon as I could I stocked up on a second and third canister waiting in the hold to be enjoyed after I have tried many other vapers. Absolutely recommended.

2021/01/24: I have smoked a tin of this tobacco again to confirm my first idea of it. Add to the review that the humidity level is low, pulling on the dry side, so the tobacco burns very well, packing it directly from the tin. The fruity perique is a condiment and the predominance during the smoke is from the virginia and the oriental, tasty and spicy. I confirm that it is a very rich and high quality tobacco.

The jar note is a slightly pungent, tangy, citrus, orange juice, sour, hay and a little honey. Moisture is fine with some broken flakes some ribbons. Lights effortlessly.

The flavor is a grassy, hay, slightly floral taste that reminds me of field in summer. There’s a little honey sweetness, some sour, and fruit undertones. Orange maybe? There is some pepper spice that tingles the tongue and nose on the retrohale. Will get more vegetative and earthy as the bowl reaches the bottom. The nic hit is at least a medium if not last it for me but the mouth feel is mild to medium. I enjoy the edition of Turkish tobacco to a vaper. The floral and sour elements are nice. Been going though a jar of this and the more I smoke it the more I like it. Works best for me in a corn cob pipe. Burns to ash. Reminds me of summer.

Un tabaco imprescindible. Sabroso, dulce, picante, afrutado...una delicia. Para mí, a día de hoy, es mi tabaco favorito. Es el que me llevaría a una isla desierta y al que acudo cuando quiero una fumada tranquila y placentera frente a mi chimenea. Recomendado.