Snus Review 5; N&J Black

NICK AND JOHHNY ~ BLACK PORTION:

Another that comes in the eye pleasing rosette presentation when ye open the tub. It's black too, like General ~ Onyx. But, it's no where near so powerful and particular a taste. Nicely moist, warm flavour though. Kind of wine like. Ruby wine with Pepper and Spice.

Onxy, I suspect, ye'd love or hate. Be hard to hate this one though!









Adm Says:

Appearance: Cool looking can, pretty "modern" design with the standard "ashtray" lid design for portions. On opening it up, the portions are arranged in the "star" patterns that Swedish Match seems to use for its' premium portion snus brands. The portions themselves are wedge shaped (thin at one end, fat at the other), but if you don't like that (I do) then a quick roll around between your fingers evens the snus out into the typical "pillow" shape. The portions are of course black. Which looks cool, but makes absolutely no difference to taste. This is a "white" type portion (despite being black), so is more dry at first.

Aroma: This snus has a pretty smokey aroma at first. It's actually very similar to General Onyx, with a strong bergamot (bergamot is a citrus fruit kind of a cross between a grapefruit and a lemon) and pepper smell.

Taste: Again - it's bergamot, pepper and smoke with some liquorice going on as well - but the Swedish salty kind, not the UK sweet type. This is a nice complex snus with the typical General taste, but with an added twist.

Longevity: Lasts a good long time. I've just had one of these in my mouth for about two hours and it was still giving…plenty of taste left. Good solid performance here!

Feel: The portion material is kind of velvety in texture. It's harder at first than a typical moist "regular" portion and can feel a bit solid in your mouth to start with, but it soon moistens up and gets comfortable.

All in all, a really nice snus. Good flavour, pretty intense and long lasting. I like it. Probably not one you'd want to use all the time as you'd get used to the difference which is probably its' best feature.