Dunhill White Spot
(3.00)
A fairly full bodied smoke that has 35% latakia, red Virginia and Turkish - a very English mixture. Available only at the Dunhill store.
Details
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Very Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 05, 2002 | Medium | None Detected | Full | Pleasant |
You might think of this great classic blend as NIGHTCAP minus the Périque, or 965 minus the English-style Cavendish-processed leaf: at any rate, it is a perfect example of what was once called AROMATIC, before that word became synonymous, in the world of pipe tobacco, with "flavoured": naturally fragrant condimental tobaccoes that add a delightful aroma to the smoke, in the sense that the word aroma has in English: a distinct smell, a decided odor, a particular bouquet.
Syrian Latakia tobacco is fire-cured by exposing it to the smoke of certain aromatic barks and herbs: this not only gives to this tobacco its distictive "smoked" taste, but also makes it smell, when you burn it, a bit like the elements with which it was fumigated originally. This might account for the incense-like smell that it sometimes evokes, particularly when interacting with sweet-smelling "Turkish" tobaccos. (Frankincense is the cured bark of the olibanum tree, Boswellia carteri, whose gum resin, when burnt, usually at Church services, gives off a particularly wonderful, pungent aroma, NOT AT ALL like the obnoxious, cheap "incense-sticks" that the déclassé used to burn in my youth, whilst chugging jug-wine during "free-love" episodes. Those are more like the synthetic poisons used in drugstore tobacco.)
The elements that go into fumigating Syrian Latakia make it expensive and rare. Nowadays, most blenders use pseudo-Latakia made in Cyprus, a pleasant, lighter, smoky-tasting tobacco not really like the true original, named after a port-city of Syria.
WHITE SPOT actually has less Latakia than NIGHTCAP or 965. A delicious unique blend for the connoisseur.
Syrian Latakia tobacco is fire-cured by exposing it to the smoke of certain aromatic barks and herbs: this not only gives to this tobacco its distictive "smoked" taste, but also makes it smell, when you burn it, a bit like the elements with which it was fumigated originally. This might account for the incense-like smell that it sometimes evokes, particularly when interacting with sweet-smelling "Turkish" tobaccos. (Frankincense is the cured bark of the olibanum tree, Boswellia carteri, whose gum resin, when burnt, usually at Church services, gives off a particularly wonderful, pungent aroma, NOT AT ALL like the obnoxious, cheap "incense-sticks" that the déclassé used to burn in my youth, whilst chugging jug-wine during "free-love" episodes. Those are more like the synthetic poisons used in drugstore tobacco.)
The elements that go into fumigating Syrian Latakia make it expensive and rare. Nowadays, most blenders use pseudo-Latakia made in Cyprus, a pleasant, lighter, smoky-tasting tobacco not really like the true original, named after a port-city of Syria.
WHITE SPOT actually has less Latakia than NIGHTCAP or 965. A delicious unique blend for the connoisseur.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 05, 2002 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Pleasant |
Lets all be thankful that White Spot is sometimes still found.
I have smoked many traditional English blends during my 40 plus years in the briar brotherhood. Never have I smoked one that was any better than White Spot.
I know why Dunhill does not stock White Spot in our country's pipe shops. They know they'd be overwhelmedby the volume they'd need to produce. But, I thin they should as White Spot would certainly be an ambassador of good will. And if you like Latakia in large doses, this is the one. The above description indicates the blend is 35% latakia! That's quite a bit, and in fact the folks at the London Dunhill store (I purchased this tin mail order) indicate it holds the heaviest proportion of latakia of any of their commercially sold blends. Pipestud
I have smoked many traditional English blends during my 40 plus years in the briar brotherhood. Never have I smoked one that was any better than White Spot.
I know why Dunhill does not stock White Spot in our country's pipe shops. They know they'd be overwhelmedby the volume they'd need to produce. But, I thin they should as White Spot would certainly be an ambassador of good will. And if you like Latakia in large doses, this is the one. The above description indicates the blend is 35% latakia! That's quite a bit, and in fact the folks at the London Dunhill store (I purchased this tin mail order) indicate it holds the heaviest proportion of latakia of any of their commercially sold blends. Pipestud
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 17, 2001 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Kendal Franceschi was kind enough to send me a tin of the Legendary Dunhill White Spot, a rather hard to obtain tobacco, unless one lives in the London Area. Living in Arizona, I thought the commute might be al little out of the way, so I was pleasantly surprised to have the opportunity to review it. The pipe I chose was another legend (at least in this owner's mind ), A 1988 Dunhill Cricketeer, a limited edition Hungarian, that has only had Latakia mixes smoked in it. Appearance: Coarse cut weed with ample latakia evident. This particular can has some age to it, most of the Va has darkened and the tobacco appears to be more homogenous in color than most English's. The tin fragrance is extremely appealing, with scent that shifts within the normal english framework to display an unusual amount of incense top note ( rem.of frankincense, somewhat) and a solid, leathery base. Test drive: Flame hits weed releasing a pleasant, med body smoke that is a bit more monochromatic than the tinned aroma would indicate. But what artistry in Monochrome! Clean, dry woody, still some incense dancing within the ether of the fragrance. For those of you who have tried Greg Pease's newest blend, it has much in common. Crisp, clean, a little less full, than Caravan, and slightly sweeter (I do mean slightly, this is dry). The blend actually softened and became a little sweeter mid bowl, and curiously, because we become less able to pick up olfactory nuances as we are exposed to them, the smoke actually seemed to gain some complexity near end stage of the charge. A most unusual tobacco! Summary: If available to you, I would highly recommend obtaining a can. The experience gained by exposure to such a blend makes it well worth the search. 9 out of 10 Bearclaws
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