After 2 bowls of C & D Sansepolcro in an Ali bent billiard meer, I can say this blend has definitely piqued my interest. It's good fresh out of the tin, but I'm going to put my other tins away and let them sit a while (at least 6 months). There's a small but persistent harshness to the mixture, that really seemed to become predominant halfway through each bowl, and I bet some age would settle that down. As far as plain old piping matters go, it burns very well in the bowl - I usually false light, tamp, and then second light, and that procedure was entirely sufficient for the tobacco to burn nicely down to the chamber bottom without any more intervention than an occasional light use of the tamper. I'm looking forward to another session with it this evening!