Their description :
A pure Virginia blend made of only the most outstanding Virginia tobaccos. Medium bodied and smooth, this mixture burns beautifully and renders a natural aroma accented by traces of lemon and honey.
The " traces of lemon and honey " is the thing that sends this excellent blend over the edge
Here's the thing . It's Virginia, so it will change up during aging . I enjoy this blend fresh or a few years old .
Fresh .. the lemon honey thing is more present than aged , though it isn't a high aromatic nor " regular " aromatic . Mildly aromatuc is what it us .
The ready rubbed cut is pretty rubbed out with some occasional thicker strands .
The blend is easy to light and keep lit ... it burns near perfect
Fresh , the colors are medium brown mainly with some lighter colors and a super minority of a very dark brown/blackish
The flavoring , fresh , is present up front ... a couple notches above mild . The flavoring tones down rather quickly while aging . So , if this blend is a mind blower at the tin pop , I'd suggest going to town on it and maybe jarring the last third if aging interests you
The " Virginia flavor " of this isn't very bright but more medium . What's awesome about this is ... with a bright lemony Virginia, they tend to tingle or get warm at times . This blend , being brown but with a lemon flavor , imho is quite exceptional
After sone aging ... a year +
The flavoring after aging ..... it's stratospheric ! The flavoring tunes down and changes .... to a kind of perique flavor .. kind of . The colors of the blend darken some and the nuances of the blend , when fresh , make a more singular less varied fantastic blend when aged
Mouthfeel
Unlike some Virginia's thst have a sharp or thin mouthfeel. Gold Rush has some richness and a light cream feeling to its mouthfeel
Anyway , I write too much without saying a whole lot in my " reviews " , which is why I don't write them often as I don't really ever nail it.
Gold Rush is Giada in Fishnets when aged . It's Giada in a summer dress when fresh
A Ruff reccomended blend . It's in my top ten , which probably contains 50 blends , lol
Seriously , if you're looking for a medium Virginia with something going on to where it isn't a straight Virginia, more like the difference of a straight and a Vaper .... this is one to try .
The one " CON " of gold rush is ....... fresh or aged ... it doesn't last all the way down to the heel . The last 1/8 of the smoke is flat and blah , at least for me
