I had been smoking Old Dark Fired for a few days, getting into it and it kicked my ass a few times with its heavy tone and nic, then switched to Maltese Falcon for a few days. MF has the sweet Virginia sans the burley wallop I was getting from ODF, with the burley replaced by latakia. I think of ODF as a Virginia backed by burley, and switching over to MF is like Virginia backed with latakia. I guess it's called an English, but it seems too sweet.....is there such a class of baccy as a VaLat? Perhaps this is the English for the Virginia lover. Very nice stuff.