Drucquer & Sons Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a blend built by Gregory Pease in the Scottish tradition after the Drucquer & Sons name was revived. Light lemon-yellow and aged red Virginia leaves are joined by small-leaf oriental tobaccos, Cyprus latakia and Louisiana perique; the mixture is pressed, rested as cake, and cut as plug. The smoker packs it by rubbing out or slicing the plug; this structure slows the burn and lets the flavors open in layers. Its character rests on tension between Virginia's tart sweetness and perique's peppery spice; latakia's soot sits in the middle, while the orientals give sour, herbal notes from the edges.