I think it has alot of potential. I haven't tried any fresh stuff yet and probably won't. I'm going to properly age these beauties for at LEAST 5 years. I'm very excited to try it after they are done!
That's too bad. That's the only one I missed, and the one I'd like to have had. I really really do have hope for this stuff. The stats of the leaf are in our favour
It'll be a good one, but not following McClelland's processing it will never be CC no more than CC will ever be CRF. Excluding Straight Orientals and aromatics, red Virginias are my favorite tobacco. It's a good blend on its own merits but I would avoid any tins of CRF from 2016 like the plague.
C&D had a red Virginia mold epidemic that year. Many of their blends were affected.
Every blenders worst nightmare I'm sure
That's a lucky find at this point. These are sold out pretty much everywhere you could think
Indeed. I guess I missed out on the drop or I would have gotten some then
I wonder if they used a secret topping or flavouring of some sort
Some will say vinegar, but some of the Virginias that cosmicfolklore was tinkering with had a very McClelland profile with no added flavoring.
Tried some 2007 CC vs. some 2019 CF for fun today. Obviously a lot more age on the CC so not claiming apples to apples. I really enjoyed both. Tin notes very different, the CC seemed "richer" in a way I can't describe in terms of flavor and different in flavor - both very high quality (to me) experiences. Tomorrow 2007 CC vs. some well aged Sixpence, which has a couple other elements - should make for an interesting comparison. Coming to appreciate Virginias more and more.
Considering it has gone the way of the dinosaur and most new pipe smokers have never smoked it--and never will--I wouldn't say it has much of a stature left at all. I'd call Christmas Cheer overrated, and certainly not worth the resale price (and I did, indeed, smoke it). I'd also throw in that the FM blends are also quite overrated; the last tin of Cellar I opened was outshined by Boswell's Northwoods in my pipe.
Many did when it was widely available as well as 40th Anniversary but since their discontinuation, it's hit that wanting but not having much like the mediocre Germain's/Esoterica blends. We're they available daily, their popularity and cost would decline. I've got enough McClelland tobacco to last until the end of my days but I find no tobacco worth paying more than retail.
I think it may have been some of that. But mostly, I think they sourced the sweetest, premium tobacco leaf, especially the Red. And I think they had a number of proprietary processes that added to their unique tin note and flavors.
