I like it a lot. It reminds me of the original Frog Morton which was the first pipe tobacco I ever lit up.
I think a lot of people under rate it because it's a crossover blend and they think of that genre as something that you're supposed to mature out of. And maybe that's true for them. But I've tried a lot of lat blends... probably 50 or more, including old Balkan Sobranie, Bohemian Scandal, and Penzance, and I still like Northwoods about as much as any of them. To be honest, I don't smoke it all that often, but when I have the craving, absolutely nothing else will do.