(Update) This blend seems to have moments of greatness. I'm very familiar with the previous batches of CRF, and just now smoked my first bowl of the 2020 batch. Prep: Typical C&D flake that easily breaks apart. I'll add more as time passes. Pipe Used: Ropp Etudiant Sandblasted (J05), C & D, Carolina Red Flake: The best red Virginia flake currently on the market. It is definitely an all day smoke type of blend. Nic level is solid middle to me. I try and try. Moisture is perfect. If I see it come up again at S.P., I will add to the stack. Edit: It didn't seem out of the ordinary at first, but 12 hours after I smoked this bowl I am hanging my tongue out of my mouth to deal with the bite. It lights and stays lit wonderfully as you smoke it. This is a great Virginia flake I wish I had more of but if you never got the chance to try it Cornell & Diehls regularly available Red Virginia Ribbon is another great smoke. Get the Facts: Customers who bought this item also bought G.L. This is a really great smooth, no bite tobacco which I also learned that Red Virginia usually has a low sugar content and I am sure that is why it is bite free. All rights reserved. Its easy to keep lit, has no bite and is, in my opinion, the best Virginia Ive ever smoked. It's a sad time we're in when people buy so much that a person can't even buy one ffs. This is a great red Virginia with a smooth taste and no bite. The tobacco is pretty uniform in colorarranged in thick cut flakes in the normal C&D fashion. if you have some enjoy it. The cigar taste and aroma is not necessarily bad but not what I expected from this tobacco. I also discovered that there was a release in 2018 of 8000 tins and I wish they would update this information pertaining to this blend on this website. whaaa!? This year's edition of Carolina Red Flake features matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade as in last year's Carolina Red Flake with Perique), boasting a substantial natural sugar content of 13.53%, and all sourced from a single family farm in North Carolina. The 2022 edition of Carolina Red Flake features matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade as in 2021's Carolina Red Flake with Perique), boasting a substantial natural sugar content of 13.53%, and all sourced from a single family farm in North Carolina. I normally love Virginias but this one didn't do it for me. Similar Blends: Cornell & Diehl - Opening Night (Simply Elegant Series). And what about poor old Andy B.? The retrohale magnifies the pepper and the plum comes a bit more forward. This is a great Red Virginia. Taste is medium as well. I found this flake to be an exceptional tobacco. $14.25. Sold Out. This tobacco stays lit with little effort yet didn't get too hot and no issues with smoking it. The other is being smoked only in cobs because I'm a cob guy and this is special stuff. One of THE best flake tobacco you can ever smoke and worthy of storing long term in your humidor for those special occasions. The bottom line: this blend has catapulted itself into one my top 5 blends. This tangy, somewhat sweet, which their description of "dried cranberry" perfectly describes. Not as fruity either . Makes for a really enjoyable smoke. It doesn't bite & offers up a fairly sweet flavor. A rock solid 4 star blend with the highest recommendation from me. $14.99 Save 25%. How do you get a tobacco to become a loved, best selling, cult followed tobacco? not this one. If you like straight Virginias and you enjoy your pipe as a background for doing something else, you will probably enjoy this tobacco more than I did. Germain Brown Flake (the most sublime hints of the VA in that blend; sweet caramel and coco, oak and pine and sweet hay. I suppose this is not monopol tobacco, all from one plot, rather I think its two or more similar but not the same red VAs, because there is a wonderful, very sophisticated complexity available for the seeker of this sort of thing, even as these tobaccos meld very well. I just wish that it didn't have so much nicotine. Not as sour as the others. Either you love them or you don't. Theres no chance bite or harshness. The wife didn't jump up and leave the room. Categories: Tobaccos. 2016 - 2019 : "L2DH-0-15" 100% USA FCV from 2015. That is high praise. Created as head blender Jeremy Reeves' ideal impression of a Virginia/Perique mixture, Cornell & Diehl's Carolina Red Flake with Perique begins with a blend of stoved and unstoved, top-grade, single-crop North Carolina Red-Orange Virginia tips. The taste is medium. It lights easily and smokes down slowly like a dream. As you work your way through the bowl, it builds in both sweetness and spiciness and mellows considerably. I have been smoking the blend with less than a year of age on it and tried a couple bowls with 2 years of age and that was even smoother and sweeter. as with most straight Virgina leaf sipping is best, or it can get harsh and charred tasting. I dont have any C&D blends in my regular rotation. The label on this tin is vexing, what, exactly, is the name of this blend? CRF is it. Tasty, sweet, fragrant and light. I was able to buy some of this tobacco when it went up for sale and should have bought more. Tin aroma is that of hay, earth & grass with no preservative aroma. Mild taste, little to no bite, pleasant room note. I was lucky and snagged 4 tins. If I did that I'd be ashamed. reproduced in any manner without the expressed written consent of STC Holdings LLC. Perfect moisture and ready to go from the tin. at first, I was thinking raisin bran cereal. Burns cool and clean with no harshness or tongue bite. I am pretty sure it will continue to age very nicely. I find it has slightly less of a nic hit than the most, already mildish VA flakes (a positive for me) and a slightly deeper flavour. It's similar to the original but right now seems a little less "full" but I'm guessing as it ages it will join it's older cousins at the top of my list. I love Peterson Billiards and have examples of all the common sizes, including another X105. CRF burns cool with no acidity or bite. until now. The tobacco is smoked cool enough, does not overheat the pipe, burns slowly, leaving a light gray fine ash. TobaccoPipes.com Leaves a light dampness in the bowl. Their . 2 oz tin. Sweet enough to be noticeable, smooth, and creamy. Temporarily out of stock. Sold Out. Revising down to one star. I also felt there was a slight Burley component ( like Orliks Golden Red). As we witnessed in the original release the lack of preservatives or vinegar led to the growth of mold but was quickly fixed by C&D. Even with the lower sugar content, for the average shmuck like me, it would be hard to discern a real difference. Our Little River, SC showroom, Low Country Pipe & Cigar, is open 10am-7pm US/Eastern Monday - Saturday at 2 Hwy 90 East, Little River SC, 29566. The flavor is earthy and mildly spicy, this is the dominant profile that I get from first light to last puff. It definitely needs to be smoked slowly, and tends towards a bitter aftertaste towards the bottom of the b (2022 version) This is a tangy, medium-bodied blend of red Virginias that lives up to the billing. Whether your tastes run to Virginia, Latakia, Burley, or Aromatic blends, you will find something to please you among the broad range of tobaccos they make. Purchased From: Cigar Merchant Lafayette, La. I like to handle the chunky, broken flake ribbons carefully and get a bundle of them stood up on end in the bowl of a dedicated VA pipe. If the y can reissue more of this, I will definitely buy much more. Gentlemen zombie nailed it with the fruit punch flavor ! Through the stoving process, this select flue-cured leaf maintains its naturally bright, citrusy, and . This is probably not an all day smoke for many but can certainly be enjoyed on a daily basis, being much closer to the strong side in the medium to strong classification, especially toward the last third. Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake 2022 (Small Batch). Can burn hot if you push it but not bite whatsoever. About half way through the bowl it picks up in spice and dark fruit sweetness combined to make for a more and more added perique-like peppery plum as you continue down the bowl. The taste is right at the medium level. Hopefully 15 tins, along with the C&D Interlude, Burley Flake #2, and Low Country Santee that I also smoke, will be enough to last me until it comes out again next year. There are also dark fruits and a bready/toasty and mildly nutty flavor on the finish/aftertaste. There is a dark sweet fruit presence and no hay hint. I found C & Ds Carolina Red Flake to be an excellent tobacco. Boy Howdy, did I ever get lucky, or what? They're not wrong when they say it has undertones of dried cranberries. Cornell & Diehl don't disappoint anyone with their Carolina Red Flake. Please check back with us in a few days. Red Virginia is just about the only pure strain that can be absolutely perfect on its own. It is much stronger & tastier than the wimpy, McCrannie's Red Ribbon which didn't impress me in the least but it did possess a good flavor but this one is richer & tangier with a more earthy flavor. Very straightforward flavor profile and comes just as the description says it is. More of the dark fruity characteristics than the hay that you can find in other Virginia blends. The tobacco leaves have an interesting texture and seem to be a little bit thicker than other Virginia varietals I have tried. Ive found that the flavor is so bright and fruity that one cant ignore it. Decent looking broken flake with tin notes of hay, earth. There's a clarity and smooth, natural flavor that I absolutely love. Can be an all day smoke if you wish. Last year's batch was great, that's why I bought 15 tins of it this time; this year's batch, in my opinion, is just as good, but in a different way. The other attributes I mentioned quickly show themselves, and remain all throughout the proceedings. I prefer it to 40th anniversary which is definitely saying something considering how good that blend is. Some people don't give into the hype, and understandable. Where to Buy Unfortunately the room note did not pass the wife test. This is about a fresh tin, produced in September 2021. Been enjoying the blend in a number of varied pipes incl uding two Savinelli "Bing's Favorite" long-stemmed Billiards, a couple of Brighams and a couple of other pipes I pulled from the rack from rotation. The mouthfeel can be tart, like Ive eaten a bunch of dried cranberries. It truly is some wonderful leaf. It comes across in the nose, a bready, earthy, simple dried plant essence, but instead of dominating the tobacco, it's a top note to a composed, gentle, and fresh red Virginia. Similar Blends: McClelland - 40th Anniversary (Limited Edition). It would likely make a good blending tobacco, but that's missing the point of a small batch limited edition, isn't it? Not sure why that fact isn't prominently displayed on this site. To clarify, I ordered two tins of the 2022 batch and am hoping for more. My next visit to the pipe club I am going to bring in the other dented tin and pass it around. 2019 - 10,000 tins produced. My only regret is that I should've bought MORE! I also use this Carolina Red & McConnell's Red VA, Samuel Gawith FVA, Wilke's Turkish Yenidje, Unsweetened Black Cavendish, Burley & a smidgeon of Lane's 1Q with a little Wellauer's Latakia or McConnells Cyprian, or both, to mix up a good Balkan Blend. Carolina Red Flake, Sun Bear, and Anthology. The appearance is fluffy strips of flake, easily diverging into individual fibers. This tobacco is best when sipped, the retro was fantastic! I'm a lightweight with nicotine and each time I've smoked this I've gotten super buzzed. They have little pieces of yellow scattered across them, but the prominent colour's a darker brown. Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake 2oz. Anyone got a spare tin? SmokingPipes.com. It smokes dry and as such slightly fast burning. 1 Option. Strangely, but wonderfully, it's a "fill it and forget it" type of blend from a maintenence perspective which is rare for a straight Virginia blend. 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