Paul Olsen No. 4

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A traditional blend of choice Virginias. The tobacco is pressed into cakes, matured and then cut into flakes. This one has a delicate natural sweetness and is medium in strength.

Details

Brand Paul Olsen
Series My Own Blend
Blended By  
Manufactured By My Own Blend
Blend Type Straight Virginia
Contents Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Flake
Packaging 100 grams tin
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

4.00 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 18, 2017 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
Thanks to StevieB for sending me this very nice smoke in a trade. Good stuff, Steve.

An unadulterated Virginia. Seems to be either all or mostly red Virginia. Main notes are of raisins and earth. Has just a touch of sharpness on the retrohale. Not enough to bother, just enough to give a little edge to the smoke. Fairly rich in flavor. Gets a little bready in the second half. As a stand alone smoke I'd rate it with 3 stars. Not enough complexity for 4. As a blender this will rate 4 stars easy. I'll rate as a blender as that's how I'm going to use it.

Mild to medium in body and taste. No added flavoring. Burns very well.
Pipe Used: MM Little Devil Cutty, Little Devil Acorn, Marcus
PurchasedFrom: acquired in trade
Age When Smoked: a few months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 27, 2016 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
Paul Olsen - No.4 (My Own Blend)

Once again, I failed to read the description properly prior to opening it up to do a review. I was in the mood for a flake, but opened this: a ribbon!

The blend is presented as quite long ribbons, that are a medium brown in colour. As ever with Paul Olsen, the water content is unquestionably perfect; Paul Olsen's roomy tins nearly always make the blend 'just right' in that area.

Onto the smoke now: the flavour's worth four stars on its own. It's a voluptuous and full Virginia one: full, as in it's a smoke where the taste is 100% Virginia, I don't mean it has a full taste in general. This flavour's undoubtedly from an extremely high quality leaf: it's a very deep Virginia taste, with lots of the mature attributes. It's not as citrus-sharp as is often the case, this has a lot of class and body to it. The burn is consistent from the beginning to the end; it only needs a little tamping, hardly any re-lights, and burns to a pure grey ash.

The nicotine's quite low from No.4: to me, it's no more than mild. And finally the room-note's nice: a basic Virginia one, but pleasant nonetheless.

This is a dazzlingly good Virginia: it's not flashy and not a show off, dare I say it's maybe a touch basic; but that's basic in a GOOD WAY!

Even though I normally prefer some spice in my smoke, it still gets highly recommended as it's such a good quality.

Four stars.

P.S. I've posted the same review for both No.4 (My Own Blend), and Best Blend 4 (My Own Blend), as I understand they're the same thing now.
Pipe Used: Peterson Around The World France #68
PurchasedFrom: The Danish Pipe Shop
Age When Smoked: 9 Months
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