TOM November: Christmas Cheer '07

[CigarGal]

I have 2 tins of the 2007. There were so many ravs avout the 2006 I thought I would give this one a try. I haven't opened a tin yet based on the not-so-good reviews on this thread. Maybe I will save them for a few years before I crack one open.

Last year one of this forum's great botls sent me some Uhle's Christmas blend-that was awesome baccy. I put some in a jar and I hope it aged well thru the year. I may open that for Thanksgiving.

[volum]

It appears from the reviews that 2007 isn't as good of a blend as 2006. I was thinking about picking up a tin from my B&M, but wanted to make sure this wouldn't be a waste of time to age a bit (which is what I wanted to do with it)

[IHT]

like cigars, they get better with age.
i'm sure when i try yet another bowl of '07, it'll be better than the first one i had.

[sspolv]

I'll give this one an "eh." I had a few bowls over break and wasn't overly impressed. It was actually more of a let down than anything. I picked up a tin greedily from smokingpipes.com and let it sit for a tad. Tin date was 7/20/07 and I let it sit until 11/20/2007. Packed it into my trusty corncob and fired it up with a Bic. Overall...it was just one of those "just there" smokes. It wasn't much special but it did have a clean, crisp Virginia flavor with a light undercurrent of citrus in parts. Even with an hour and a half of drying I still had lighting problems and gurgle towards the end of the bowl. Truthfully, I'm probably going to mason jar this one and forget about it for awhile. I can only hope that some more aging will redeem the $14 I spent on the 100g tin.

[Sancho]

Second and third bowl of this went much the same as the first, fairly uninteresting but a nice enjoyable bowl none the less. I do enjoy the kick/zing that the finish on the bowl has with this tobac though

[IHT]

I DGT'd a bowl from last night, smoked it this morning on the way to work after dropping off my son.

lit really easily, 1 flick of the old boy, it was going strong.
flavor, on the other hand, was not strong. it was tingly, but not very flavorful at all...

i hope age does this blend good. i need to open one of my older tins and try it out.

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by IHT

i hope age does this blend good. i need to open one of my older tins and try it out.

I can understand the hope, but I don't really have any for this blend. The '06 POPPED right off the bat and seems to have mellowed and melded a bit over the course of the past year. Which I think is a good thing since it was pretty rambunctious right from the tin. The '07, on the other hand.....well, I just don't know how aging will make flavors appear that weren't there in the first place

[IHT]

just like cigars, evan. it's still tobacco. young tobacco still needs time. some young cigars are very tame in the flavor dept, also due to their moisture.
then again, this years batch could royally suck and a decade won't help it.

i don't know if i want to find out.

[NCatron]

Man, my first year of buying CCheer and now you've all gotten me depressed. I guess I'll just not even open it and try it next Christmas with a year+ of age.

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by NCatron

Man, my first year of buying CCheer and now you've all gotten me depressed. I guess I'll just not even open it and try it next Christmas with a year+ of age.

ehhh - seems like on these limited runs you HAVE to buy at least 2, don't you?

One for now, one for later?

[jgros001]

Originally Posted by NCatron

Man, my first year of buying CCheer and now you've all gotten me depressed. I guess I'll just not even open it and try it next Christmas with a year+ of age.

me too....just get some older ones....picked up an '02

[replicant_argent]

uh..... small thread jack... but what's "DGT" ?


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3 letter search strings don't work, and I don't think I have read the term yet.

[IHT]

Delayed Gratification Technique. <--- link, did a search for you since you can't do DGT and you didn't know what it meant.

you light the bowl, smoke it for a few minutes, then set it down for a while later. some tobaccos smoke better than way, mainly VA based blends. i don't think i've read of many, if any, Latakia blends that DGT well.

[IHT]

this blend is finally starting to get some flavor as it continues to dry out and breathe.

[Linder]

Christmas is right around the corner.

Is anyone revisiting this blend?