Solani 333: Festival

I don't really know where to begin with this, yes it is decent and it will have a place with someone who likes it but to me it's just one of them smokes that's just a bit...meh.

Yes it is quality tobacco, and it isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination and I dare say a few years ago I probably would have enjoyed it very much, so why not now?

The reason being, is it is overwhelmingly sweet to me, don't get me wrong I love a good aromatic when the sweetness is applied with slight reservation, but this isn't in my book.

Yes I do detect the plum and berries, but the sweetness quickly gets sickly and by the end of the bowl it was overwhelming, to give you an idea it is on par and morewith American aromatic sweet.

I will stick up for it the quality is excellent it packs well and burns very even, like I said a few years ago I probably would of enjoyed this enough to stock up, just now I can see it being a great tobacco for people who like that sort of thing though, if the sweetness was held back a little I would probably enjoy this enough to make a purchase of it from time to time.

I will give this two stars as I would recommend it to those with a sweet tooth.

This reminds me of some aromatic blends once available here in Italy, in particular for the coarse cut, with bright and dark leaf mixed, and the strong fruity aroma. Well as for the taste, it is a little much fruity for me and the topping presents some harshness now and then, but all in all it's a good aromatic, that I recommend if you can buy it at a reasonable price, because it's not worthy of the almost 30 euros that I spent to get it...

Just got this tin today must say im really positively surprised smells and tastes really nice all the way through the pipe. Reminds me alot of vauen Crunchy blend with the nutty but still Mirabelle taste not quite an all day smoke as it becomes quite sweet after some time.

This is a rather sweet tobacco, containing a high quality virginia and quite some black cavendish. The tin says that the mix has burley as well, but as far as my taste goes I cannot truly detect it. The virginia is sweet, with more of a hay-ish side to it than citrussy, and on top of that cavendish and the topping it comes out very sweet. The nose is very soapy, so from the get go my expectations dropped, but the taste is quite pleasant with a plum flavor - from lack of a better word. I guess the sweetness doesn't particularly sit well with a plum taste, or at least not what I am used to, as in the plum in this one is not your Royal Yacht or University Flake plum, but mor of a cake/tart plum ... like I said, lacking a better term let's call this a plum aromatic. The nic hid is mild to medium, ranging more toward the medium. It won't bite at all, which is quite a positive aspect as a filter less pipes does tend to give it a bit more openness. A solid 3/4 for me, and I guess I could smoke this on a regular basis on hot summer days.

I bought this tobacco from local tobacconist by chance normally in my country its really hard to find pipe tobacco and I can say that after smoking tons of cheap drugstore aromatics I found this tobacco really pleasant. When I first opened it, it was a bit moist and the first smoke was a bit under my expectations. However after drying it a bit and smoking it was amazing. Never got a toungbite it smokes cool you can get the aroma. It stayed lit for most of the time I never had trouble lighting and packing it. I would recommend it.

I bought this as part of a rare online order just to try something different and it turns out it is - an aromatic that I really enjoy. The flavour in the pipe matches that of the smell in the tin. It burns well but not too quickly, leaves a pleasant room note and there's not a hint of bite. I think I'll be trying more Solani.