There is more complexity in this blend than others in this genre too. Lighting up provides you with a nice straight red VA flavor. Posted by Mark Foster on 13th Dec 2020 Just one of the Best Virginia Flakes on the Market! So, on Monday night I sat here at my computer like I am doing now and refreshed the web at exactly 2101 and ordered 7 tins of a tobacco I have never had. A bowlful of tongue burn. Pease Six Pence Tin $12.11 $14.25 Add to Cart Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake Tin $14.75 $16.18 Add to Cart Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture Tin $14.75 $16.18 Add to Cart BTW, my dealings with the company have been excellent, but this is one thing I think you could do better. I don't want to wait a year for more, and I'm probably not alone. this red with some age should be top tier. It is amazingly sweet for red VA, but it is also fairly pungent (like the tin note), and these contrasting qualities balance this blend beautifully. if you have some enjoy it. Unfortunately the room note did not pass the wife test. And what about poor old Andy B.? There's never a big mystery why this sells out so fast. I've been enjoying pipes for the past 35 years. My clear expectation is that it will age like a champ. TL:DR - Great medium, sweet smoke with a little spice and dark fruit flavors. I would recommend doing that to any that you might have in your cellar. Did the one hour drive to my favorite BBQ place, let the pipe go out and had some excellent hickory smoked wings before my return trip. 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. 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. It is best sipped early in the morning otherwise its linear appeal will escape your distracted senses. And now it seems it's gone for good. 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. 2016 - 2019 : "L2DH-0-15" 100% USA FCV from 2015. Smoky and burns well for me with few to zero re-lights. This batch is new from 2018 crop . After the charring light, I tamped it again and lit up for real. If I see it come up again at S.P., I will add to the stack. Perfect moisture and ready to go from the tin. . Wait for it and buy it up.Save it all and smoke all year long. Like the description states, lots of sweet, tang, citrus, grass, and some bread going on here. C&D flakes are my favorite in terms of consistency and breaking apart. the sweetness is well balanced with the tartness. 4 stars for 2020 production . Boy Howdy, did I ever get lucky, or what? It will however not replace the flavor profile or quality of CC. Hydration was very good. Sold Out. The typical Virginia rough notes are very light. Taken straight from Carolina soil, these top-tiered Virginias are all grown, threshed, blended, and then lovingly pressed and carefully sliced right here in the heart of old tobacco country. Tastes are just over medium the way I smoke it. Sold Out. Cornell & Diehl's flagship Small Batch blend, Carolina Red Flake is among the most celebrated and sought-after boutique pipe tobaccos on the market and is a delicious tribute to the traditional harvesting and processing of Carolina tobacco straight from Carolina soil. The tobacco's in this blend are mildly sweet, verge on being full flavored (but not strong), and very tasty indeed! I also ordered a couple of other tins and got the free shipping. 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. But I don't see myself loading up another full pipe of this straight. Burns at a moderate pace and needs 2-3 relights. 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. As far as the smoke itself is concerned. It would likely make a good blending tobacco, but that's missing the point of a small batch limited edition, isn't it? 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. Presentation: Typical C&D flakes. This tobacco stays lit with little effort yet didn't get too hot and no issues with smoking it. View All (60) Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake 2oz Reviews. Certainly glad I bought two tins. Carolina Red, the third blend in the Small Batch series from C&D greets the nose with a little bit of hay and fruit. Include "small batch" in the title. The X105 isnt a huge pipe but it took over an hour to get through this trial bowl and I must say that there was nothing bad about it at all. This is a sublime smoke. I picked up mostly earthy notes with some dried fruit and grass. This is the best red Virginia i believe I have ever had. From first light to last puff it's very consistent. Ive found that the flavor is so bright and fruity that one cant ignore it. Why the confusion? Published review content of this website is considered the I really like the subtle date/dried fruit flavors along with a hint of old hay and other rich flavors. This year's edition showcases matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade featured 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 noticed no bite. They have little pieces of yellow scattered across them, but the prominent colour's a darker brown. Satisfaction is full. I tried this fresh out of the tin in 2017 and really thought it was a little bit "boring" but pulling it back out of the cellar I found it has really aged well and now has a combination of sweetness and depth that would make we swear there was something else in there. The appearance is fluffy strips of flake, easily diverging into individual fibers. I'll add more as time passes. last year's sun bear was good after aging and i wont smoke this year's till next year. Because of this blend, I'll have to seek out more Red VA's. If this sounds like you, I implore you to try to get your hands on some of this; it's a deep, sophisticated Virginia that ranks right up there with some of the best I have ever tried, but even moreclean? I have had to take this one to filtered pipes to cut some of the overwhelming nic out. Tried one bowl and promptly ordered three more. I am reviewing the Nov 2018 release, tin 1175/8000 from a 2015 harvest. We currently track red light cameras, speed camera, toll road cameras, traffic cameras & automatic license plate reader cameras (ALPR). Published review content of this website is considered the A good mulberry rush on a fresh light, with that raisin, oak and almost roasted pumpking back notes after the first light. IMO it would make a great everyday smoke, and my stash is doomed, for sure. Rich and complex, sweet and full bodied with a lovely creaminess to it! The tobacco smells deceptively sweet. This is a broken flake tobacco can be smoked as is or rubbed out into its course cut condition & has a long burn rate. It is earthier and even less cased it seems . Pipe Used: Ropp Etudiant Sandblasted (J05), C & D, Carolina Red Flake: The best red Virginia flake currently on the market. Tamped the partially smoked bowl and drove into the mountains enjoying every puff for another half hour. Combining a hay-like grassiness with subtly sweet, tangy notes, it's a minimalist blend with a complex flavor: rich, deep, and earthy with hints of dried fruits and citrus. Smooth and reliable smoke. When I initially opened the tin, I thought the moisture content was slightly high but very smokable . Said It smelled a bit like cigarettes. my first bowel today. Get the Facts: Customers who bought this item also bought G.L. It's well rounded with the highs, mids and lows nicely covered. A few days prior to the date I called an online store to get more information and found out that they could not reserve me any, etc but that it would be on sale at 1201 EST with a lot of 10,000 tins. Ron Swanson. It was not overpowering and lingured on the tongue between draws. Don't worry, you'll sell oit with a 5 tin limit, it will just give so me more of yout customers a chance. $19.99. It is much stronger than a mild, 2000 batch of aged McCrannie's Red Ribbon which didn't impress me all that much due to it's mild nature & lack of strength almost like plain air but it did possess a good flavor. A soft aroma of fruit and tobacco would best describe it. I'm smoking it with some Papa's Pilar #24 tonight. Easily burns to ash, and requires a few relights. I can totally see this being a Thanksgiving/Christmas blend. The quality of the red Virginia in this blend rivals the McClelland Virginias in their 40th Anniversary and Christmas Cheer offerings, but does not possess nearly the vinegar/ ketchup smell and taste that they (particularly Christmas Cheer and some of their other blends) do. I was ve ry happy I did I was able to get the grassy, earthy, sweet flavor much better though I still yet to taste much citrusy notes as I move through the tin this gets better and better. Aftertaste is a lingering, sweet, sweet trailing off of the smoke, which is terrific, top to bottom. The fruitiness is more reminiscent of lush plums than citrus; any ''zest'' is a good pace behind. Additional information. Carolina Red Flake is one of those tobaccos that has a cult following. I just don't like them. It did require a fair number of relights, but I think that may have had more to do with my inexperience with flake tobacco. Enjoy! When it is cool to the touch, relight. I hope C&D unloads the small batch label and releases it as a standard blend. Room note is pleasant. I blame C&D for gradually changing my taste as nearly ever other blend has red VA in it, usually as a base. Smooth, non-bitter, good long smooth burn if you pack it with care into your bowl. The flavor is richer and deeper than many newly tinned red Virginias out there. This is a broken flake that comes on the dry side (just the way I like it) and is pure red VA. Yeah the dried fruits are there along with the citrus and hay, the traditional red VA flavors. 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. Carolina Red Flake is quite simply the finest Virginia flake that Cornell and Diehl has ever produced. Still a good flake , but quite grassy and sour . - Single (1) Out of stock. I am cellaring a few tins and will try again in a few months but for now, I'd say stay away, which is a totally different opinion from most others that try this blend. Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake 2oz. This stuff is great. But what about when it runs out? Perfection! The aroma of the tobacco is wheat bread on freshly dried hay, tinged with the smell of sweet strong white wine and figs. This is, simply put, one delicious, all day blend that meets or exceeds everything it's been advertised to be. Pease Union Square. Here is as fine an example of an All American, aged VA flake as I have ever smoked, for whatever thats worth. Very good all the way around here. Can burn hot if you push it but not bite whatsoever. '22, Fine, Sweet Tang Of The Carolina Old Belt, V3.03.03.5V This is a superb red Virginia flake. It is so smooth with really no harshness or roughness and no bite whatsoever. 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. It's the pure red VA spice. Personally Id rather risk mold than add vinegar to a tobacco. The tobacco is smoked cool enough, does not overheat the pipe, burns slowly, leaving a light gray fine ash. The taste is mild and predominantly sweet, but not as much as the 8.33% sugar content advertised in 2020 tin seems to suggest. I'm from the Burley camp and love Burley, Balkan's and Oriental blends. The bottom two-thirds of the bowl was more reminiscent of McClelland's 40th Anniversary (closer to a straight VA as opposed to something called "Red Flake" -- not to engage in unnecessary criticism). I'd recommend puffing this delicious stuff after dinner on a full stomach - I've made the mistake of having a bowl on the way home from work and arriving a touch nauseous lol. Not as fruity either . For example, it is an 'honest' tobacco, inasmuch as it is simple. It lights and stays lit wonderfully as you smoke it. In short, I kind of like the stuff. I've smoked the 2020 crop and I'm almost done my first tin. What others have said rings true, but I wanted to chime in on nic hit. With McClelland defunct, it replaces the nostalgia of Christmas Cheer in terms of being released at a certain time every year. After that some Virginia sweetness here and there shines through and some earthy tones are more noticable. Due to the consistency there's no need for too conscientious a rub, just pinch some and stuff it in! On the way home I decided Id better order another three more tins as I could see that it will get smoked. I typically don't care for the light, pure virginias like Capstan, Navy Flake, etc., there just doesn't seem to be a lot going on behind the hay and grass taste. Slightly higher nicotine past the medium mark. Details. Cornell and Diehl | Carolina Red Flake| A Review | - YouTube Just might be my favorite.it's a little longer than usual but this flake is a delicious tin and I hope you find this review. Love it and will keep it with my specialslike the Savinelli 125th Anniversary Blend and several other limited editions. Sweet, tangy, and spicy, Carolina Red Flake is both surprisingly straightforward and pleasantly complex: you'll find it's rich, deep, and earthy, with undertones of dried cranberries, orchard grass, and citrus. I wonder how much Carolina Red Flake tins would have sold if they'd given out free samples first. Mine came as a mostly broken flake due to the rigors of handling. The flavor is earthy and mildly spicy, this is the dominant profile that I get from first light to last puff. As I was putting it away, I noticed some other tins of Carolina Red Flake and pulled out the oldest to try. Gentlemen zombie nailed it with the fruit punch flavor ! truly wish everyone could try this one. If you see this tin on a shelf in your local tobacconist PICK IT UP! Don't want ppl thinking this was some mythically good blend or anything. Just a very faint typical red virginia aroma. Now if I could apply that attitude to the rest of my life well until next time. The tin note is very subtle. Prep: Typical C&D flake that easily breaks apart. Flavors are more focused on the peppery part. Congrats to C&D on another winner! If you pack your bowl right, you'll get an enjoyment no other tobacconists can provide! I got some spice from it in the back of my throat. 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. This tin was a little moist, but not so much it needed airing. Into the cellar you go mr. 2020. This is a special crop and from what I've heard outside of the 2019 offering will not come about again. I could smoke this all day long as it's right around the medium mark in strength. It arrived, I opened it up, popped it into the pipe I had also purchased and it was love at first char. I was fortunate to snag several tins to cellar a few away and smoke a couple. The moisture content is perfect, given the low density of my packing method, I packed it pretty tightly, smoothed the top and fired it up. I will set the tobacco aside and try it in a year again. There was a previous review featuring another C&D Small Batch offering, "The Beast," that I really enjoyed. That aforementioned name is prominent on the label. It comes in the form of broken flake which I prefer, it just makes things easier when time comes to rub it out. It looks like this is out again (April 2020) as I was able to get a tin that is labeled from September 2019 at my local tobacconist. C&D I salute you! Dried for 10-15 minutes and wow. Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake 2022 (Small Batch). Rounding out the taste profile is a subtle spiciness, but not VaPeresque. Next time Ill buy more. A really great straight shooter tobacco and it's easy to see why many revel in it. The best pipe tobacco I've ever smoked, bar none. This was tin 03004. Smoked thoughtfully/kept cool it is very fragrant, adding savory wood resins and something like fragrant, almost floral meadow grasses to tastes that otherwise follow the tin note. The flavor is reminiscent of McClellands red VA blends, Christmas Cheer immediately comes to mind as soon as the smoke hits my tongue. Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake Pipe Tobacco *** Product will be available for Purchase on September 7th 2022 at 6 pm EST*** Brand: Cornell & Diehl Series: Small Batch Blended By: Cornell & Diehl Model: Carolina Red Flake Tobacco Type: Virginia Cut: Flake Blend Type:. Into the second half of the bowl, the pepper and earth mellow out a bit and I can detect hints of orange peel. It is much better in a deeper bowl & provides you with a long, cool burning smoke session like the Energizer Bunny, it just keeps going & going, getting stronger and tastier as the smoke wafts over the lower portion of the tobacco in your bowl. But this one does not fit that description, and offers more depth and complexity. Either you love them or you don't. 1 Option. Description. I just returned to the pipe after a 12+ year hiatus. Only issue is that I did not buy enough! Add to it an advert from smokingpipes on this and I bought a tin. If you are lucky enough to buy in bulk, it would be luxurious every day smoke. I bought 2 tins, 1 for now and one for 5 years later or so. 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. Significantly better, THIS is the year. It is definitely an all day smoke type of blend. reproduced in any manner without the expressed written consent of STC Holdings LLC. It is a fine blend. I was very sad that Anthology replaced the CRFwP this year but CRF2022 had more than made up for it. Its not too complicated due to it being a straight Virginia, but it has a lot of depth of flavor. + -. Not surprising as it's a limited edition offering. For new and established smokers a good smoke to enjoy. There is plenty of smoke, and it gets better and better, right down to nubs. I ordered all I was brave enough to buy! Purchased From: Crown City Cigars and Fine Tobacco, Coronado Island, CA. 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. I was wrong. It's exactly what I look for in VA flake and then some. Post Script: Well, I guess the people that didn't get any of this are the lucky ones. This tin was a little moist, but not so much it needed airing. As good as it gets ! Sugar Content: 8.33%. I prefer this over McClelland Red Cake. It sometimes requires a couple of lights to get going but once it does, its an easy smoke. Dried properly, it burns down to a fine grey ash with very little moisture to contend with, depending on the quality of your pipe which has a lot to do with gurgle & moisture content. the description of dried cranberry is spot on for the tin note. It is a sweet smoke and satisfying. Taken straight from Carolina soil, these top-tiered Virginias are all grown, threshed, blended, and then lovingly pressed and carefully sliced right here in the heart of old tobacco country. You should try it if you can get one of the 2400 tins. I find it to be very, very satisfying. Smoked, there is a heavy fruit with some tart when puffed. This looks like a great VA and should age well. This is more on the higher end of mild were Marble Kake is on the lower end of medium is flavor. My tin has the number 06716 out of a total of 10,000. Notes: First retail launch: June 10, 2016. It seems to be a very good quality grade of red virginia. I was surprised & appreciated its strength it may roll your eyeballs as it might possibly be the strongest & best tasting Red VA in the world? Not even a hint. some of the small batch/limited editions are a lot of hype. This tobacco is best when sipped, the retro was fantastic! The smoke is light, with a woody, grassy smell and the already mentioned note of bitter chocolate. SKU: 10055761|16877 Categories: Cornell & Diehl, Pipe Tobacco. 164 were here. I am pretty sure it will continue to age very nicely. The tobacco has the same consistency as Opening Night, just made for being puffed and smoked. This one will age terrifically given the time to do so. In the second half these nuances get deeper, darker and a bit earthier. The tin was slightly swollen but that proved to be of no concern. The tobacco has quite a characteristic caramel-malt aftertaste - as if you tasted a glass of red ale with your tongue - and this is markedly different from Opening Night. The aroma is mild and the taste is of best quality Red Virginia; smooth, no bite and deliciousand this is out of a brand new pipe. I also received in no particular order, 09986, 09987, 03017, 09989, 03008 and 03009. I am left feeling like I just snorted an ashtray. IMHO this stuff is on par with esoterica Virginias. Its got the earthy body and cranberry tartness. The tobacco is ready to smoke as far as moisture is concerned. The nic-hit is a slot below the overall strength level. Very satisfied with the flavor & satisfied with the extra strength & one bowl was plenty for a good while. If you find mold you can get your dough back. don't think of sugar sweet but more than your average in a good leaf. Some are saying use a small pipe. I would recommen Carolina Red Flake. Smoke - Medium smoke with a pleasent room note. Pipe Used: 6mm Savinellis and a Chacom Billiard. They produce an abundance of mildly tart and very tangy ripe citrus, sugar, bread, grass, some tangy ripe dark fruit, earth, wood, floralness, vegetation, mild sour lemon, light spice, and small touches of vinegar and acidity. The smoke is light on the tongue and if my supply was not constrained by this C&D offering likely not becoming part of their "stable" of blends, it would be one of my go-to tobaccos. I prefer tobacco on the drier side so I did dry it for a few short minutes. The room note reminded me of my grandfather's moldy old tobacc maybe my expectations were a bit high? Can be an all day smoke. This is the blend of Gold. 2001-2023 STC Holdings LLC, a division of Mac Baren USA. The retrohale is full, round, and smooth, but spicy, and present. As is my usual custom, I did not dry them nor did I see a need to do so. And if more of the 2022 becomes available, Ill add a couple more tins and wonder how its gonna taste in 2024. When smoking, the tobacco is moist - the moisture remains not only in the cup, but also in the mouthpiece. ;-). Cornell & Diehl Adagio Premium Pipe Tobacco $10.99 1 Option Cornell & Diehl After Hours Flake Premium Pipe Tobacco $10.99 1 Option but remember the leaf is already two years old. I opened the tin I had put in the cellar and found no mold, jarred it and put it back to age. I kept thinking of a dry Cranberry Tart. I wasn't too impressed with this blend, what can I say? Highly recommended if you like straight Virginia. TobaccoPipes.com Carolina Red Flake didn't have the tang or sweetness that I was expecting (I certainly didn't get the sweetness, dark fruit and tanginess that other reviews from 2016 were raving about). whaaa!? To clarify, I ordered two tins of the 2022 batch and am hoping for more. Nic is also around medium. On to the descriptionlike others have said it has a lovely sweetness with a slight tart undertone. Similar Blends: McClelland - Christmas Cheer 2015. Seems a little, shall we say, immature. The taste is right at the medium level. 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