JJ Fox Canonazo 2023 (TRW23)

[MagicalBikeRide]

The dog needs a walk - so any excuse for a smoke. This is the same size as the VI that Rob and Hamlet produce and I think it’s from the same factory, but a different blend. Pretty fresh according to the lads in the shop, but don’t know more beyond that. 

Anyway, took the doggo to the park, nice long walk, some work calls on the headphones, but mostly relaxing. Good times. Notes I scribbled are below. 

 

Gorgeous wrapper 

Amazing aroma (find this with nudie’s too!)

Lighter than the robusto - at least started sweeter 

Smooth transitions 

Tons of smoke and sharp burn 

 

1/3

Honey, burnt sugar, hot chocolate with marshmallows, some sweet pastry note 

Ample smoke, sharp burn, mild

 

2/3 

Chocolate pastry, Milky Way chocolate bars, coffee, same burnt sugar thing, some earthiness that I can’t call out more clearly  

Clean burn, moving toward medium 

 

3/3

Sweetness less prominent, like a citrus / bitter essence thing, more coffee, leather, a more intense earthiness, touch of Guinness - but the creamy kind rather than bottled carbonated kind. 

Just above medium

 

 

Awesome smoke 👌

 

 

 

 

 

[El Presidente]

Great to hear you enjoyed it 

[SCgarman]

14 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Great to hear you enjoyed it 

Care to elaborate on the difference in blend?

[MagicalBikeRide]

18 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Great to hear you enjoyed it 

Yeah, was super. I have been hoovering their robusto recently. This, my second of the VI size, feels like it opens sweeter or slower and builds with smoother / slower transitions. The robusto gets to the deeper flavours / medium body quicker I think. 

[El Presidente]

9 hours ago, SCgarman said:

Care to elaborate on the difference in blend?

Very close. Same DNA. half leaf 

[MagicalBikeRide]

4 minutes ago, SCgarman said:

Care to elaborate on the difference in blend?

Zero insight into the actual difference in blend, but I have tied both - albeit not sure how much the JJF had been rested.

My broad observations are two - (1) the JJF feels sweeter, both on the open and throughout and (2) the Nudie’s I’ve smoked have built up much closer to full by the final third. 

Small sample size to be honest, but might be of interest regardless.