Peretti Blend D-9507
(3.14)
Our most unusual English-type tobacco flavored with rich, cured Virginia, blended with fine Dubeck Turkish. You will find it mild and smooth.
Notes: In a time when every tobacco is described as "unusual," we at Peretti's strive to not state the obvious. D-9507 was originally a blend that was developed for one of our customers. He wanted a tobacco that had body, some spice and an underlying sweetness. Master blender, Robert Peretti, devised a blend of natural fire-cured Cavendish, Perique, and a hint of the finest Dubeck Turkish. Unusual, yes, but deep-flavored, satisfying and luscious.
Kind of an oddball, but truly delicious. We have yet to find a similar mixture. We utilize a base of fire-cured Cavendish and blend a small amount of Perique and Dubeck Turkish. D-9507 is a smooth smoking mixture with subtle sweetness and a good measure of fine piquancy.
Details
| Brand | Peretti |
| Series | English Blends |
| Blended By | L.J. Peretti |
| Manufactured By | L.J. Peretti |
| Blend Type | Oriental |
| Contents | Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.14 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 04, 2009 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I first discovered this blend a few years ago when I placed an order with Peretti for 8oz. tins of some of their English tobaccos. I smoked a few bowls and found it pleasant enough, but it wasn't special enough for me to take any special note of it.
Fast forward six months, when I made my second pass through the Peretti English mixtures. What a difference! D-9507 had turned from a pleasant enough Oriental blend into a sublime pleasure. I was hooked. Of course, I've been hooked by blends before. I'd smoked them intensely until the initial passion wore off, and then placed them on the shelf to be smoked occasionally when the mood struck. I thought that this was surely another blend with which I'd have a brief, intense affair, but I was wrong. It's been years now, and my passion for D-9507 is unabated. I look forward to smoking it now as much as I did when it first caught my attention.
When you purchase 8 or 16 oz. of a Peretti blend, it arrives in a metal paint can. (I recommend a paint can key for opening these cans, as repeated openings with a flat-bladed screw driver will eventually deform the lid.) The tobacco's placed inside of a plastic bag, and the bag's packed in the can. The cans work very well for storing tobacco. As long as you put the lid back on tightly, the tobacco is well sealed inside. They wrap the cans in yellow paper, pre-printed with their store information, on which the name of the blend and the initials of the blender are hand-written.
The tobacco itself is a mixture of medium and dark brown with some lighter brown pieces mixed throughout. The cut of the tobacco reminds me of what you get when you thoroughly crumble a cake of tobacco. I use the traditional three-layer method for packing a pipe, though I tend to pack it more loosely than other blends. D-9507 is very easy to light, often requiring only the initial light to get going.
The sweetness of the Cavendish and Virginias predominate at first. After a few minutes the Dubeck takes its place, providing a perfect musty/salty Oriental tone that balances the sweetness nicely. I don't detect any flavorings or sweeteners...just the taste of the tobaccos. The various flavors wax and wane as the bowl progresses. Sometimes the flavor leans toward the bright sweetness of the Virginias, sometimes the deeper sweetness of the Cavendish takes the lead, and other times the Dubeck predominates. All three continue their simple dance throughout the rest of the bowl, with the Dubeck becoming more prominent at the very end.
D-9507 smokes dry, requiring fewer pipe cleaners than most blends and rarely gurgling. It's one of the few tobaccos that smokes to the bottom every time for me. An occasional relight might be necessary depending on how carefully I've packed the pipe, but I always end up with nothing but ash in the bottom of the bowl when I'm done. It's a blend that simply doesn't bite my tongue, regardless of how careless I am with it.
If you decide to try this blend, I strongly recommend that you put some aside for a few months before passing judgment. My first 8 oz. tin of this changed dramatically in six months, and since then I've kept enough on the shelf so that I have some aged D-9507 available. This has been an "every day" blend for me for a few years, and I think it will be for the rest of my pipe-smoking days. It's a rare day in my life that goes by without a bowl of this tobacco. It's not the most complex or sophisticated blend out there, but it's easy to smoke and it has an extremely enjoyable, satisfying flavor. Simply put, it's my favorite blend.
Fast forward six months, when I made my second pass through the Peretti English mixtures. What a difference! D-9507 had turned from a pleasant enough Oriental blend into a sublime pleasure. I was hooked. Of course, I've been hooked by blends before. I'd smoked them intensely until the initial passion wore off, and then placed them on the shelf to be smoked occasionally when the mood struck. I thought that this was surely another blend with which I'd have a brief, intense affair, but I was wrong. It's been years now, and my passion for D-9507 is unabated. I look forward to smoking it now as much as I did when it first caught my attention.
When you purchase 8 or 16 oz. of a Peretti blend, it arrives in a metal paint can. (I recommend a paint can key for opening these cans, as repeated openings with a flat-bladed screw driver will eventually deform the lid.) The tobacco's placed inside of a plastic bag, and the bag's packed in the can. The cans work very well for storing tobacco. As long as you put the lid back on tightly, the tobacco is well sealed inside. They wrap the cans in yellow paper, pre-printed with their store information, on which the name of the blend and the initials of the blender are hand-written.
The tobacco itself is a mixture of medium and dark brown with some lighter brown pieces mixed throughout. The cut of the tobacco reminds me of what you get when you thoroughly crumble a cake of tobacco. I use the traditional three-layer method for packing a pipe, though I tend to pack it more loosely than other blends. D-9507 is very easy to light, often requiring only the initial light to get going.
The sweetness of the Cavendish and Virginias predominate at first. After a few minutes the Dubeck takes its place, providing a perfect musty/salty Oriental tone that balances the sweetness nicely. I don't detect any flavorings or sweeteners...just the taste of the tobaccos. The various flavors wax and wane as the bowl progresses. Sometimes the flavor leans toward the bright sweetness of the Virginias, sometimes the deeper sweetness of the Cavendish takes the lead, and other times the Dubeck predominates. All three continue their simple dance throughout the rest of the bowl, with the Dubeck becoming more prominent at the very end.
D-9507 smokes dry, requiring fewer pipe cleaners than most blends and rarely gurgling. It's one of the few tobaccos that smokes to the bottom every time for me. An occasional relight might be necessary depending on how carefully I've packed the pipe, but I always end up with nothing but ash in the bottom of the bowl when I'm done. It's a blend that simply doesn't bite my tongue, regardless of how careless I am with it.
If you decide to try this blend, I strongly recommend that you put some aside for a few months before passing judgment. My first 8 oz. tin of this changed dramatically in six months, and since then I've kept enough on the shelf so that I have some aged D-9507 available. This has been an "every day" blend for me for a few years, and I think it will be for the rest of my pipe-smoking days. It's a rare day in my life that goes by without a bowl of this tobacco. It's not the most complex or sophisticated blend out there, but it's easy to smoke and it has an extremely enjoyable, satisfying flavor. Simply put, it's my favorite blend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jan 23, 2021 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
What a subtle treasure! This has a lovely sour perique forward taste with classic ljp dryness. It’s not complex in how many different notes come but the beauty of grows throughout the bowl. It’s a bit like Elizabethan mixture - nothing sweet at all. Lovely tang and sour with touches of exotic orientals sort of like camel lights lol. It will mystically cal to you with its simply bouquet.
Pipe Used:
Various briars and filtered
PurchasedFrom:
Ljp
Age When Smoked:
None.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2017 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I agree with L.J. Peretti's own description of Blend D-9507 as "unusual," insofar as the mixture is out-of-the-ordinary. While there are other blends composed predominantly of stoved Virginias, the addition of Perique and Dubeck distinguishes D-9507. The mixture defies categorization: As an uncased mixture with a noticeable Oriental component, it is an English mixture--and yet it reveals elements usually associated with American-English and even Aromatic blends. But do not think this bears even passing resemblance to America aromatics. This is an English mixture--albeit the black-sheep scion of a noble line.
The mixture's color is predominately black, peppered with lighter-colored Dubeck leaf. The sweet and spicy paint-can note transfers directly into the side-stream aroma and taste. The fire-cured Virginias (unsweetened black Cavendish) provide the base of the blend, their flavor recalling stewed fruits, dried figs, and brown sugar. The Perique adds a slight pepper edge, while the Dubeck adds a spicy and floral note, as well as some low sour notes. The mixture as a whole reminds me of mincemeat pie. The room note is especially pleasant due the fire-cured Virginias and is certain to garner compliments.
Peretti's D-9507 is worth a try whether you prefer English, American, or Aromatic mixtures. Smokers of all stripes will find something here to please their taste.
The mixture's color is predominately black, peppered with lighter-colored Dubeck leaf. The sweet and spicy paint-can note transfers directly into the side-stream aroma and taste. The fire-cured Virginias (unsweetened black Cavendish) provide the base of the blend, their flavor recalling stewed fruits, dried figs, and brown sugar. The Perique adds a slight pepper edge, while the Dubeck adds a spicy and floral note, as well as some low sour notes. The mixture as a whole reminds me of mincemeat pie. The room note is especially pleasant due the fire-cured Virginias and is certain to garner compliments.
Peretti's D-9507 is worth a try whether you prefer English, American, or Aromatic mixtures. Smokers of all stripes will find something here to please their taste.
PurchasedFrom:
L.J. Peretti Co.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 09, 2017 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
Peretti - D 9507
Aromatic crossover, what?? Nah, it's about like Luxury Bullseye Flake in this sense: straight tobacco with something a touch sweet added (cocoa?) that mostly burns off by mid-bowl. I don't really notice it in the room note. I would describe this as something closer to a Va/P than anything aromatic.
The virginia is sweet with those dark chocolate notes. The oriental varietal has some mustiness, a light kitchen spice type nuttiness (almost reminiscent of...nutmeg maybe? it's not as "dark" a nuttiness as a burley), and some rich cigar-type notes. The perique adds a slight background spice hit. Nicotine is more potent than I expected and is most noticeable around mid-bowl. There's something in this that adds a certain "thickness" to the smoke and I suspect the oriental or better yet maybe that's the black cavendish. I'm impressed with the amount of body this smoke has, I wouldn't quite call it "full-bodied" but it's edging in that direction. It's not a super complex smoke but just solid and good all around and I do really like the way this evolves across a bowl. No bite. My favorite of Peretti's blends and one of my top 10 favorites from any blender. Four and a spot in the TR favorites she goes.
Aromatic crossover, what?? Nah, it's about like Luxury Bullseye Flake in this sense: straight tobacco with something a touch sweet added (cocoa?) that mostly burns off by mid-bowl. I don't really notice it in the room note. I would describe this as something closer to a Va/P than anything aromatic.
The virginia is sweet with those dark chocolate notes. The oriental varietal has some mustiness, a light kitchen spice type nuttiness (almost reminiscent of...nutmeg maybe? it's not as "dark" a nuttiness as a burley), and some rich cigar-type notes. The perique adds a slight background spice hit. Nicotine is more potent than I expected and is most noticeable around mid-bowl. There's something in this that adds a certain "thickness" to the smoke and I suspect the oriental or better yet maybe that's the black cavendish. I'm impressed with the amount of body this smoke has, I wouldn't quite call it "full-bodied" but it's edging in that direction. It's not a super complex smoke but just solid and good all around and I do really like the way this evolves across a bowl. No bite. My favorite of Peretti's blends and one of my top 10 favorites from any blender. Four and a spot in the TR favorites she goes.
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