Sutliff Tobacco Company Match Country Doctor

The lightly smoky, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia, and raisiny, plumy, earthy, woody perique are barely condiments here. The perique has a lightest hint of spice possible. The nutty, earthy, woody, lightly molasses sweet burley is the main star, with the grassy, citrusy, bready, slightly sugary Virginia playing a support role. There are very slight fig and prune notes with a hint of a topping I cannot identify. At times, I get a slightly sour tangy taste mixing in with the sweet that gives this a minor complexity. Because it's a rough coarse cut mixture, I recommend a round bowl rather than a pipe with a narrow chamber so it will burn to the last bit. The strength and nic-hit are a couple of steps past the mark mark, while the taste is just past the center of mild to medium. Won't bite or get harsh, but it does have a few small rough edges. It burns clean and fairly cool at a moderate pace, and holds up its very consistent flavor to the finish. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. Requires few relights. Has a pleasant, short lived after taste. The room note is a tad stronger. An all day smoke, and superior to House of Windsor's Country Doctor blend. The major differences are that the Match is a little sweeter and fuller in taste, and doesn’t have the ashy, cigarette finish the original sometimes had. Less rougher, too. It doesn’t bite either, which could happen with the HoW version. I gave two stars to the HoW version.

-JimInks