Solani 333: Festival
(3.41)
Virginias, black Cavendish, Burley and a touch of plum come together to form this delightful blend.
Details
| Brand | Solani |
| Blended By | R.L. Will |
| Manufactured By | Kohlhase & Kopp |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Plum |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.41 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 05, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
The Virginia is a little grassy with some citrus, though you hardly notice the latter. The burley is toasty, nutty, woody, earthy with a slight molasses hit and isn't far behind the Virginia in terms of what your taste buds will notice. The sugary black cavendish is silky smooth in a supporting role. They say there's "a touch of plum", but I say there's a little more than that present. It's a little fruity, and the plum is deep and rich. I also get a hint of red wine here and there. The toppings sublimate the tobaccos, but not enough to drown them out. The taste is creamy, very consistent and doesn't weaken, not even at the finish. Not a harsh note to be found either, and won't bite. Has a mild nic-hit. The strength is a couple of steps past the mild mark, while the taste level is in the center of mild to medium. Burns cool and clean at a moderate rate. It leaves just a little moisture in the bowl, but no dottle. Needs an average number of relights. Has a very pleasant after taste that lingers. Almost an all day smoke. Three and a half stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 13, 2013 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
I gave this blend a try and the first bowl was not great, but once i lit it up in a bigger pipe and smoked it very cool it all started. there is a very slight plum with a lingering sweetness that fades in and out. i am giving it 3 stars, because it is a decent aromatic that has not been drowned in flavorings. this is how aromatics should be made. i enjoyed it and might even cellar a tin for a couple years. would recommend for people that liked Plumcake.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 19, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I like this smoke. I like the sweet plum taste that stays throughout the bowl. The virginias balance and compliment the cavendish well. The stuff is a bit sticky but let it dry for about 30 minutes before smoking and it will do well. This is my evening smoke. It is a bit too sweet for me to smoke all day, but great after dinner or a single bowl in the evening.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 07, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
When I bought the full Solani line 5-6 years ago, I remember thinking that Festival is one I needed to buy again. Alas, I have not but the notes I took on this one back then were positive. Stronger in the nicotine department than many aromatics and the flavoring (listed as plum), was not the impression I received, more like a sweet brandy taste. The tobacco was actually fairly dry for an aromatic blend (probably due to the light casing), and burned very well.
I found Festival to be a fun change of pace smoke.
Pipestud
I found Festival to be a fun change of pace smoke.
Pipestud
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 15, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I'm smoking this pipe tobacco for the first time as I write this review. I have to say it starts very sweet very the light flavor. While the bowl keeps burning you can feel the virginias and the cavendish doing the work but the plum flavor stays in the aftertaste and the room note… It is a pleasant smoke from start to end, cool burning, and recommended for medium to small bowl pipes, if you want to get the most flavor.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 14, 2022 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
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...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 10, 2020 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
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.
Pipe Used:
Mr Brog 9mm Competition, Basket italian Briar
PurchasedFrom:
durninger.de
Age When Smoked:
fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 21, 2017 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
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.
PurchasedFrom:
local tobacconist
Age When Smoked:
1
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