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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jj1015" data-source="post: 118517" data-attributes="member: 207">Until this week, I would have agreed with you. I've tried several of Compton's blends, favoring York and the Macedonian, and was flat blown away by the quality. I had planned on buying a large stash come income tax refund time next year, shipping hassles be damned. But then, on Tuesday, I started smoking a tin of a new McClelland's release called "Wilderness" (blended by F. Hannah). This stuff is as good or better than any of the Compton's mixtures, I believe, and better than anything that Pease has released. BTW, that's no small compliment coming from me, as I never believed anything would unseat Odyssey and Abingdon as my go-to Balkans.Wilderness is comprised of a generous amount of Syrian latakia, some Cyprian, plus yenidje and other orientals on a backbone of absolutely top-notch Vas. This stuff is amazing and remarkably complex, especially when one factors in its youth. Until now, I've turned my nose up at McC's latakia blends, having concluded they lacked that extra measure of fullness that such blends should have (not that, say, British Woods or FM are bad, it's just that they're not great). But this stuff is remarkable. And the price is right.</blockquote>