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     Dan Bryant Member Username: Bryantm3 Post Number: 68 Registered: 03-2009 |
they've got hal o' the wynd listed as a virginia-perique-kentucky blend on tobaccoreviews and i can't say that i agree. although it's not one of my absolute favourites, i don't think it has perique in it. thoughts? | ||
| Rusty Pipes Member Username: Rustytoo Post Number: 9 Registered: 08-2008 |
The manufacturer (Kohlhase Kopp & Co) says: "Feuergetrockneter Kentucky, Virginia und Perique wurden hier kombiniert, zu Flakes gepresst und von Hand gerieben." Which roughly translates to: Fire cured Kentucky, Virginia, & Perique are combined, pressed to flakes, and rubbed out by hand. http://www.kohlkopp.com/ Not every Virginia with a bit of Perique is a Va/Per. Many Virginia's are supplemented with a pinch of Perique to improve their richness and give them some fruitiness without the Perique being overtly noticed as a major player (overt notice is exactly what we expect of a Va/Per). In the past (over 30 years ago) when Rattray's made this one it was a pure Virginia that was unusually rich and you can read about it here: http://www.netroom.dk/thomsen/rattraysbooklet.pdf However, literal recipes are less important than flavour and I for one am happier that KK's blenders try to provide the flavour of that old Virginia rather than just following the old recipe. Rattray's had closed by 1980 and even in the 70's they started outsourcing manufacturing to CE McConnell and so we have labels that are still frozen in the midst of a "Made by/for" transition that completed by 1980. In 1989 CE McConnell itself closed and the brands and recipes were sold to what was to become Kohlhase Kopp in W Germany. Enjoy it. |