Geeks Freak on Perique

 

(Talking Tobacco) ... Every year when they process Perique, they bring in tobacco from four different sections of the “Golden Triangle” in St. James Parish and they mix the leaf together before putting it into barrels. Mark had the idea a few years ago to make barrels of Perique using tobacco from the individual regions, rather than mixing it, just to see what the differences were. He told me that he was surprised at how different the tobacco smelled and tasted, even though the amount of land that Perique is grown on is rather small and close together. Continued