Update from https://blog.acefour.org/red-ribbon-experiment/ article. Smoking a bowl in the Talbert now and it is an absolute joy.
You can see the top of the whole leaf perique that is fished through the jar like a Zippo wick in cotton. The perique leaf is quite dry now as it seems the rest of the ribbon has sucked the moisture out of the leaf.
The jar aroma is getting that vinegar twang to it and I will probably remove the perique leaf at this point.
The burn is cool, no harsh notes at all. Great red Virginia flavor. Mild vitamin N hit.