Fox's Banker's Mixture Pipe Tobacco Reviews

This is a ribbon-cut English latakia blend for those who like their tobacco with a rich and dark flavor. Upon opening the tin, one smells that intense and smoky, slightly sweet, slightly fermented aroma that characterizes many quality English blends.

 

Its mottled appearance spans a range of browns from light to very dark. This heavy, smooth-smoking blend contains Virginias, Orientals and latakia in a very good balance. From its full taste, one might at first think that it contains more latakia than it actually does.

 

The Virginias in the mixture lend a nice background sweetness to the smoky-spicy taste of the darker tobaccos in the mixture. The flavours are fairly complex, but well integrated with each other. The fact that it reminds me of Esoterica's Pembroke makes me wonder if maybe it has an alcohol topping like Pembroke (I doubt I would be able to identify it as such).

 

Mild on the tongue, deliciously rich and burns dry. Unfortunately, it's difficult to obtain in North America; if you run across it, pick up a tin or two for later.