Cellini Classico Riserva
(2.33)
The best of specially aromatic varieties from Tuscany and Umbria were selected for this Italian blend. The tellow of excellent Virginia grades harmonized with the dark reflections of black cavendish. A fragrant orange bouquet of delicately cool aromatic brilliance guarantees superb smoking pleasure.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 07, 2020 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Unnoticeable |
A pouch of this stuff has been booting around my humidor for a while. Certainly a couple of years - sealed - but it's gotta be 2 years old.
The pouch aroma, as a couple of poor unfortunates have discovered, is sweet, sugary, candy floss, maybe with a squirt of something like red wine for maximum poisoning. It looks and feels like a cheap Danish blend.
The composition of the mixture is probably the only interesting thing about this blend. When you dive in for a bowlful you see that this tobacco is a pot-pourri of different cuts, sizes, lumps and colours. And what a mix I have found ; stalks, cigar shreds, cubes, almost yellow ribbons and unidentifiable lumps of god-knowswhat. Take a handful of this stuff and you'll get a different handful every time.
The smoke isn't quite as vile as I was expecting and I suppose to label this one a cheap Danish isn't that far off the mark. No, it's not that bad really although I'd be coughing and spluttering if I had to smoke this all the time. The taste matched the pouch aroma ; sweet almost like a kiddies bag of haribo's. Burns down quickly (even despite rehydration) with many relights.
I'm guessing now that this is what passes as an OTC in Italy, poor sods. And I thought we had it bad with out crappy OTC's. Keep your briars well away from this one.
The pouch aroma, as a couple of poor unfortunates have discovered, is sweet, sugary, candy floss, maybe with a squirt of something like red wine for maximum poisoning. It looks and feels like a cheap Danish blend.
The composition of the mixture is probably the only interesting thing about this blend. When you dive in for a bowlful you see that this tobacco is a pot-pourri of different cuts, sizes, lumps and colours. And what a mix I have found ; stalks, cigar shreds, cubes, almost yellow ribbons and unidentifiable lumps of god-knowswhat. Take a handful of this stuff and you'll get a different handful every time.
The smoke isn't quite as vile as I was expecting and I suppose to label this one a cheap Danish isn't that far off the mark. No, it's not that bad really although I'd be coughing and spluttering if I had to smoke this all the time. The taste matched the pouch aroma ; sweet almost like a kiddies bag of haribo's. Burns down quickly (even despite rehydration) with many relights.
I'm guessing now that this is what passes as an OTC in Italy, poor sods. And I thought we had it bad with out crappy OTC's. Keep your briars well away from this one.
Pipe Used:
Meers only
PurchasedFrom:
gifted from Rome by stepson
Age When Smoked:
2 years sealed
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