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<blockquote data-quote="MichaelM" data-source="post: 424349" data-attributes="member: 3466"><p>Wiz, you seem to have handeled a leaf or two in your time, so maybe you can shed some light on this for me. I'm assuming you intended to write about Virginias above....</p><p>So I've certainly experienced that acetic acid smell (e.g. catsup, barbecue sauce, vinegar) in many VA based blends, and have many times heard what you stated about the maturing process leading naturally to this smell. But if thats the case, why is it only some mature Virginias? Union Square smells pruney, SG Best Brown Flake smells figgy, C&D Mature Red Ribbon smells figgy/grassy with just a tiny hint of vinegar if I really get my nose in the jar. In contrast other blending tobaccos I have sampled all seem consistent. A given burley smells like that type of burley, latakia and perique more or less smell like latikia and perique, cigar leaf smells like cigar leaf. There are certainly subtle differences, but nothing on the order of what I've experienced with Virginias. Why would the maturing process create such different beasts from the same leaf?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MichaelM, post: 424349, member: 3466"] Wiz, you seem to have handeled a leaf or two in your time, so maybe you can shed some light on this for me. I'm assuming you intended to write about Virginias above.... So I've certainly experienced that acetic acid smell (e.g. catsup, barbecue sauce, vinegar) in many VA based blends, and have many times heard what you stated about the maturing process leading naturally to this smell. But if thats the case, why is it only some mature Virginias? Union Square smells pruney, SG Best Brown Flake smells figgy, C&D Mature Red Ribbon smells figgy/grassy with just a tiny hint of vinegar if I really get my nose in the jar. In contrast other blending tobaccos I have sampled all seem consistent. A given burley smells like that type of burley, latakia and perique more or less smell like latikia and perique, cigar leaf smells like cigar leaf. There are certainly subtle differences, but nothing on the order of what I've experienced with Virginias. Why would the maturing process create such different beasts from the same leaf? [/QUOTE]
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