Caminetto Barolo

I hope this doesn't come as a surprise to anyone, but this tobacco is an aromatic. I seldom, rarely, never smoke aromatics. I stopped by my local cigar store, formerly a tobacconist shop (sigh) to by some pipe tobacco. For a long time I saw these Caminetto aromatics, Borola and Como, collecting dust. So I bought a corncob pipe and those two tobaccos. You know neither taste like an English, Balkan, Scottish, straight Virginian, VaPer, Virginian/Burley nor straight Burley. Well cut off my legs and call me shorty! It is a fruity flavored aromatic and you know I liked it. The quality of the various tobaccos is quite superb. It isn't sticky from Prop Glycol or heavy casing or topping. And yet despite the forward brassy cherry aromatics I tasted, faintly, great tobacco. I'd like a bit more strength, but you know; it's not going to replace anything in my regular rotation. It does not bite at all, burns clean to a fine ash, and it doesn't seem to clog a pipe. A friend said, "What the hell are you smoking... It smells good." For what I generally smoke doesn't offer a people pleasing room note. So, on a lark I?m momentarily really enjoying this aromatic. It is almost like eating some over the top dessert. So if you are in a more stoic somber dark mood, stay away from this nicely crafted tobacco.

This is not a bad tobacco but nothing spectacular either. The cherry flavor is somewhat different than most of the other cherry tobaccos I have smoked. I suppose this is more of a maraschino cherry flavor than a black cherry flavor. Try it if you like aromatics but watch out, it can get a bit hot.