Peretti Blend W

A couple of years ago I tried to get more Blend W but it was off the board. Not sure it is still in production. A very buttery flavored American English with lots of cube cut Burley laced with short strands of Cyprian Latakia. The result is a tobacco that has similar tastes to that of the old HOW Barking Dog. I had a big old yellow metal can of this that lasted a long time. I remember smoking it in the early evenings out of the back patio with a beer. I tried it as a morning smoke once but for some reason it did not go well with my coffee. Nice Nic hit for those who enjoy that vitamin.

Based on a one ounce sample. A chestnut brown pluggy cube cut burley with the addition of a very slight amount of latakia. No skill in pipe loading needed - just dump it in the bowl and fire up.

Reminded me of their BPC but with a whisper of smoke. In fact, even though I know there is latakia in here and I can see traces of it in the bag, it wasn't always apparent in the smoke. It came and went. It was only through this light smokiness that I could tell it was there as I was smoking it. The predominant flavor was the traditional nuttiness of good burley. A little more latakia would probably have made this more interesting to me, but it was still a good smoke. Almost zero sweetness but an honest tobacco flavor that satisfied - again, probably due to a high nicotine content, but not head-swimmingly so. This blend just demonstrates the vast differences between burley quality. No harshness or bitterness with this one, like I get from inferior burley blends. For what this is, it's a 4 star blend. For my personal tastes, 3 stars.

This is another great burley blend by Perettis. It seems to me that this Burley is their Blend 333 but with a touch of Latakia. Another great Burey blend!

Like Peretti?s Cuban Blend, this starts out most unusually: dirty, silty, almost muddy in taste. If the first few puffs are any indication, you?ll panic and spill this out immediately. But if you persist and give it a few moments, the flavors become complex, seductive, chewy even. There?s some type of top dressing applied to the burley which gives it that unmistakably Peretti raisiny, figgy quality. The only downside was that it got a bit bitey near the end of the bowl. A bit like Cuban at first, later like 333, at times like Belmont, this is a complicated mélange of tastes and aromas that demands one?s full concentration, though great, too while enjoying the finest literary masterpieces. I can almost see a group of tweed jacketed Harvard philology professors gathering with lumbermans and bent apples in their mouths toking on this stuff while in subdued conversation. If you ignore the staff?s initial New England stand-offishness and slight Charles Emerson Winchester III type condescension, you can?t help but agree that this venerable Boston institution produces some of the great blends in all tobacciana.

Four of five stars

I was actually surprised that I liked this one. A very simple recipe of Latakia and cube cut Burley that works well together.It has the 333 essence with just a touch of smokiness from the Latakia. An absolutely wonderful conversational tobacco.3 stars