How is that blend Jim? I was looking into getting some. I looked up his tobacco a couple years ago as I am a Cronkite fan. I love the image of him with his Peterson Lumberman P-lip standing in front of his desk.
Here's my review of it:
The smoky, woody, earthy, floral, vegetative, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia takes a small lead. The burley is toasty, nutty, earthy, woody, sugary, and lightly molasses and vanilla sweet as an important supporting player. The Virginias offer some tart and tangy citrus, grass, bread, sugar, floralness, light earth, wood, tangy darker fruit, and spice. They play back up to the Latakia and burley. The earthy, woody perique is mildly raisiny, plummy and spicy, and is just above the condiment line. The strength and nic-hit are a couple of steps past the mild mark, while the taste is close to the center of mild to medium. Has no harsh or dull spots, and won’t bite. Hardly has a rough note. The tobacco is a tad moist, but doesn’t need dry time. Well blended with a little complexity, it burns cool and clean at a reasonable pace with a fairly smooth, sweet, smoky, floral, nutty, mildly spicy, mostly consistent flavor. Requires few relights as it easily burns to ash. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. Has a short lived, pleasant after taste and a mildly stronger room note. An all day smoke that was smoked by famed CBS newsman Walter Cronkite. Three and a half stars.
