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Missing the old Balkan Sobranie or Bohemian Scandal?
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<blockquote data-quote="jj1015" data-source="post: 126576" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>This stuff is radically different than anything McClelland has produced before (at least, in my experience with their blends). I usually stay away from McClelland latakia mixtures like British Woods or even 3 Oaks Syrian because they have so little strength or complexity (and the other Hannah blend, "Legends," is much closer to a typical McClelland blend than is Wilderness). But Wilderness is much closer to a GL Pease mixture, or even one of the Compton's of Galashiels blends. It's not a nicotine powerhouse like 1792, but the Vitamin N is DEFINITELY noticeable, and quite unexpected. It does have a little bit of the McClelland "ketchup" aroma from the virginias, but that doesn't survive even the charring light -- the lat and orientals simply bury it. I've particularly not cared much for McClelland's Syrian latakia blends because they have so little of the leaf in them -- they were all a tease, unlike Bohemian Scandal where I could actually taste where my money went. But Wilderness has a stout quantity of it (Hannah has said on another board that the blend is about 35 percent latakia, virtually all of it Syrian). </p><p></p><p>I don't believe McClelland has an "unlimited" amount of the Syrian at all. They have Syrian from the exact same batch that GL Pease and C&D had a few years ago that was destroyed in a warehouse fire, but McClelland had their stash housed elesewhere. It WILL run out, so I'm cellaring as much of this stuff as possibly while it's available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jj1015, post: 126576, member: 207"] This stuff is radically different than anything McClelland has produced before (at least, in my experience with their blends). I usually stay away from McClelland latakia mixtures like British Woods or even 3 Oaks Syrian because they have so little strength or complexity (and the other Hannah blend, "Legends," is much closer to a typical McClelland blend than is Wilderness). But Wilderness is much closer to a GL Pease mixture, or even one of the Compton's of Galashiels blends. It's not a nicotine powerhouse like 1792, but the Vitamin N is DEFINITELY noticeable, and quite unexpected. It does have a little bit of the McClelland "ketchup" aroma from the virginias, but that doesn't survive even the charring light -- the lat and orientals simply bury it. I've particularly not cared much for McClelland's Syrian latakia blends because they have so little of the leaf in them -- they were all a tease, unlike Bohemian Scandal where I could actually taste where my money went. But Wilderness has a stout quantity of it (Hannah has said on another board that the blend is about 35 percent latakia, virtually all of it Syrian). I don't believe McClelland has an "unlimited" amount of the Syrian at all. They have Syrian from the exact same batch that GL Pease and C&D had a few years ago that was destroyed in a warehouse fire, but McClelland had their stash housed elesewhere. It WILL run out, so I'm cellaring as much of this stuff as possibly while it's available. [/QUOTE]
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