Rattray High Society

Smoke a bowl of this delightful blend this morning. In my Dr Plumb pipe.

On opening the packet(i bought it loose). The aroma i got was honey. Even though its suppose to be vanilla. My girl friend. Also agreed with with me, that is smelled like honey. It is a little moist in the packet. Compared to other tobacco's.

Smoking was a surprise. As i had read the reviews on here. I wasn't expecting much. But to my surprise this is the best tobacco i have smoked to date. I got no tongue bite. The tobacco burns very cool indeed. One of the coolest i've smoked. The flavour i got in mouth. Was of honey and oranges. Sometimes with a hint of vanilla. This flavour. Never faded for me. Not completely, not even at the bottom.

Would a recommend this tobacco. Yes. This will probably now be my go to tobacco.

Rattray - High Society.

When I read that this had a vanilla additive to it I can't say I was overly excited: "whoop whoop another Vanilla aro' !'", but when I considered the fact that I have always found Rattray's blends enthralling I felt I would be doing myself an injustice if I didn't try it! Is it just another Vanilla blend or is it (as the name implies) a higher class? Lets see ! I have had the pleasure and sometimes displeasure of sampling a good quantity of vanilla blends and often the unlit aroma doesn't emanate much in the way of the afore said additive, however this is a more special in that field, the moment I sample the unlit aroma the addition of vanilla is unquestionable, so full if blindfolded you could believe that this is edible!

I light mine up and realise imminently that the burn is incredible, steady, even, not too fast and as the bowl burns I realise that I haven't had to keep re-lighting it, only on occasions when I have let it sit without a puff. The taste is strange, it's not as potent with vanilla as I expected from the first whiff but it has a fabulous and soft vanilla flavour which also has a honey-esc sweetness to it as well, in fact I would think it had some form of maple/caramel topping as well! This flavour is very consistent throughout, I don't notice any fluctuation in the taste at all. High Society has a great nicotine amount, an absolutely "dead on" middle amount , so if you, enjoy "N" this is perfect when inhaled but if lady N fills you with trepidation by not inhaling the smoke you can enjoy this awesome taste without nicotine impinging your enjoyment. If this delicious smoke is retro-haled then the vanilla/honey flavour is really embellished to a superb volume! The temp' of the smoke is great: it's not too warm, not too cool, but perfect. The aroma in the room whilst this is smoked is totally resplendent, I don't particularly get much vanilla but what I do get is a very even split of the tobaccos with a magnificent sweetness to it. The ONLY negative I find isn't at all objective, hence why I deduct no points for it: tongue bite. Granted, it doesn't bite unless really strained hard and even then it is more of a slight "nip" rather than a massive sting, so I just go slightly gentle with it, but not so gentle as to impugn my smoking pleasure!

At the start of this oration I asked "is it of a higher class as the name implies"? The answer to that is very easy ..... Oh yes, it is a high class !

It is a same this one is out of production! That stuff is great! The Kentucky/Vanilla combo is unmatched! A tobacco with full character, quality leafs and light sweet casing! I give it the the full rating as it cannot be found! Means that, if you find it, BUY IT!