Tabac Sherman – 509 Blend

 

Aright let’s get this review started! This week we have Tabac Sherman 509 Blend, by Nat Sherman.

Nat Sherman also manufactuer’s cigar’s and other tobacco products.

The 509 blend is a dark cavendish which is produced out of Virginia tobacco.

Brand: Nat Sherman

Container : Tin

Ounces : 2.0

Tobacco’s: Virginia

Flavor: Toasted Cavendish

MSRP: $9.00

 

After a brief struggle with the air tight seal on the 509 tin I finally got it open.

The tobacco let off a very rich cavendish smell, it almost had a chocolate cake scent that I couldn’t exactly put my finger on as to what it might resemble.

The quality of the 509 seemed outstanding. Cavendish is more of a method used to treat the tobacco then a type of tobacco.

It’s slightly flavored then heated by high pressure resulting in the very dark color.

The tobacco has a great moist feel to it, but not overly so.  It’s not crumbly or to flaky and it seems very well cured.

Time to pack the pipe.

I packed it the usual way, gravity feeding the tobacco into the bowl in three stages, packing it down a little firmer each time.

I stepped outside to light her up, let’s see what this is all about.

First Third:

The 509 lit up wonderfully even in a high wind. The first taste of smoke was hard to judge since this was just the charring light. After tamping it down and lighting again, the flavors really opened up. The 509 was giving off a very great toasted cavendish that was full of creamy, sweet notes. The room note stayed light and very pleasant, once again returning to that bakery smell. There were no re-lighting issues after that.

Second Third:

During the second third the rich Virginia tobacco taste came alive, for being one of the mildest tobacco’s in the blended category the 509 blend is full of flavor.

Through out the majority of the second third the 509 remained lit, the room note was just so impressive, it almost makes you want to chase the smoke as it is carried off by the wind.

The fresh chocolate cake taste remained, as well as the natural sweetness of the cured Virginia. The rich creamy finish really amped up as well during the second third, this was one of the more enjoyable Nat Sherman aromatics I have had.

Final Third:

As the final third rolled around I found myself a bit sad, it was almost like a great vacation coming to a close.

The aroma the 509 puts out is one of the most enjoyable in the Aromatic world in my opinion.

The burn rate stayed consistent and strong, never going to hot. During the final third it really began to put off more smoke then before but that just seemed to increase the flavor.

As the end of the tobacco neared, I got a very deep chocolate taste that I absolutely loved, and throughout the final third I was getting hints of black coffee.

Right up until it finally had nothing left to burn I was enjoying it, time just seemed to fly by as I was lost in a world of flavor’s and thought.

Overall:

The 509 is absolutely outstanding, Nat Sherman really put quality into this product. The flavor’s weren’t very complex but that was expected, since Virginia tobacco is the mildest and sweetest of them all.

This is definitely one of the tobacco’s I would choose to smoke at a gathering or at a bbq because everyone would enjoy the sweet honey like aroma it lets off.

I plan to keep the 509 a major player in my pipes, and at least 4 ounces of it in my humidor.

Liked it: Loved it

Buy it again: Easily

Recommend it: Highly!!

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