Its not too complicated due to it being a straight Virginia, but it has a lot of depth of flavor. Its got a touch of caramel or brown sugar and natural sweetness. p.s. Performance: Burns exceptionally well. Notes: First retail launch: June 10, 2016. Interestingly fir a low note there is a hint of cocoa and for a mouthfeel an almost soapy astringency but very pleasant. The strength is a step short of the medium mark. 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? Pipe Used: MM Marcus, Little Devil Cutty, Little Devil Acorn. Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch Carolina Red Flake 2oz tin - Year 2019 $ 30.00 Per tobaccoreviews.com: "A blend of the finest North Carolina grown red Virginias, harvested in 2015, our Carolina Red Flake is a tribute to the Old Belt. reproduced in any manner without the expressed written consent of STC Holdings LLC. What others have said rings true, but I wanted to chime in on nic hit. I say fairly smooth only because the much appreciated earth and spice continually underscores the inherently tangy sweetness of the reds. Sold Out. The humidity is perfect for charging directly from the tin. Tamped the partially smoked bowl and drove into the mountains enjoying every puff for another half hour. I prefer it to 40th anniversary which is definitely saying something considering how good that blend is. I enjoy stocking up on this as with age it will only get better. Best Virginia yet in my opinion. When you open the tin, you can see an aroma of bread and hay with a vinegary touch (I have not detected the Korean red pepper (Gochugaru) that some user talks about, but I take my hat off to him (!?). The box had creases on it like an accordion and I told the driver I hope my contents arent damaged. As good as it gets ! I don't tend to smoke fast whatsoever so I was very surprised at that outcome. Flavors that came up included whispered memories of one of my old time faves: J.F. Tongue bite. 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. The nic-hit is a slot below the overall strength level. Only drawback is the availability. 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. Delightful, easy-smoking, good flavor and room notes. I bought 2 tins, 1 for now and one for 5 years later or so. I suggest you start cellaring this blend. (Update) This blend seems to have moments of greatness. I also use this Carolina Red & McConnell's Red VA, Samuel Gawith FVA, Wilke's Turkish Yenidje, Unsweetened Black Cavendish, Burley & a smidgeon of Lane's 1Q with a little Wellauer's Latakia or McConnells Cyprian, or both, to mix up a good Balkan Blend. I don't understand this blend. There is some tang, but not as tangy as some of the McClelland red VAs. Is it Small Batch? A solid slightly sour earth note is detected if smoked gently. It's exactly what I look for in VA flake and then some. Love me my heavy Lat-forward English blends (50%+ Latikia, thank you). I have always been a fan of C&D blends and so after acquiring some of my old favorites (Big N' Burley, Byzantium, Valle Crucis, Pasha's Dream) I came across a youtube video with Jeremy Reeves on this tobacco. Product Number: 003-016-0225 A blend of the finest North Carolina grown Red Virginias, Carolina Red Flake is Cornell & Diehl's tribute to the Old Belt. Some citrus is detectable but not grassy or haylike like brights. It does have some of the cranberry with sourdough bread , spice and vinegar . One medium or even a smaller bowl would be enough to satisfy the Vitamin N necessity of any piper. It came moist but dried to perfection quickly once the tin was opened. I couldnt ignore the fine tobacco flavor or coolness of the smoke. I found C & Ds Carolina Red Flake to be an excellent tobacco. That means that every tin available is out there in the wild for your hunting pleasure. Can be an all day smoke. I'm sorry I got a single tin to test it out, but I hope to get more when there is another release. This tin was a little moist, but not so much it needed airing. Once I am done with the tin, it will be a while until I get the distinct pleasure of cracking open another with some years on it. The first third of the bowl is impressive. I'm very familiar with the previous batches of CRF, and just now smoked my first bowl of the 2020 batch. Outstanding tobacco ! 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. 2018 - 8,000 tins produced. Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake (Small Batch). 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. The flavor changes slightly toward the bitterness, adding to tobacco woody notes and replacing the bitterness of chocolate by about half a pipe, after which from the chocolate is left only a slight note in the smell of smoke. I don't think you can go wrong with this one. Come to find the name of this blend is Carolina Red Flake, not Small Batch. One of my first thoughts was that doesnt sound like a small batch to me but I had already succumbed to the limited edition fever as I usually miss out on these and for the sake of my pocket book probably just as well. I will be ordering more in the future. This will be a fine smoke indeed with a bit of age on it! Hours of Operation: Our website is always open and you can place an order at any time. It burns nicely, is medium in temperature, and doesn't bite me. Cornell & Diehl pipe tobacco is available in tins or in bulk, and it ranges in flavor from mild to stout. Is it great ? No ketchup/vinegar aroma is also a bonus. last year's sun bear was good after aging and i wont smoke this year's till next year. "Carolina Red Flake," you appear again for a second go-round. Rare that I smoke straight through a tin, but I keep coming back as nothing else equals it for me right now. The tin note is subtle, virginia tobacco with light brown sugar sweetness on the nose. The smoke is light, with a woody, grassy smell and the already mentioned note of bitter chocolate. Like the fact that is made with Carolina tobacco. The sweetness is a great compliment to the tobacco. This stuff is great. CRF is it. It sometimes requires a couple of lights to get going but once it does, its an easy smoke. . Three stars: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake 2022- Sugary sweet and sour and grassy is what I get a lot of with this new release . 3 1/2 stars. I almost missed my chance to get a tin.#ytps #ytpc #cornell&diehl #ytpcIns. I do try to be objective and try as many as I can. Enjoy! Phone/office hours are 9am-7pm US/Eastern (GMT -5:00) Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm on Saturdays, and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. This is an instant classic and a blend to be revered for generations to come. Not a complex product, but theres enough variety going on to hold your interest as the flavor is fairly smooth and very consistent from start to finish. This was good before I returned it. In the end, this is a top-notch tobacco - definitely worthy of cellaring/hoarding. Right place at the right time, I guess. The easily torn apart flakes are mildly moist. 1 Option. Anyway, that's my review. I try to catch these, the very hour they go on sale! first light was typical. The appearance is fluffy strips of flake, easily diverging into individual fibers. Tangy sour notes of toasted bread, bright notes of citrus, and a sweet natural mellow toasted sugar flavor throughout if sipped slowly. Its even better than the tin of Christmas Cheer that I spent a stupid amount of money on, and is possibly a close second. Details. 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 will start off this review by stating that this is an excellent Virginia offering from Cornell and Diehl. 2016 - 2,400 tins produced. It wasn't awful though. I would recommend doing that to any that you might have in your cellar. Title of review says it all!! Similar Blends: Mcclelands 40th anniversaryonly better. I like it with morning coffee as I try to focus on writing. Bottom line: an interesting Virginia blend that is definitely worth a try. Cornell & Diehl Pipe Tobaccos include hundreds of blends made in the US with top-quality leaf from all over the world. It burns very uniform and slowly. Four stars. Tin Note - The traditional Virginia sweetness of hay hits you right away and does not end. This is a really good tobacco blend. 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. Nothing earth shattering, just a really fine tobac co smell, I took the edge of some of the medium cut flakes and stuffed the bowl without rubbing out. For such a straight forward flake, a bowl of Carolina Red Flake can mostly hold my interest throughout the smoke. No need for drying out imo. BTW, my dealings with the company have been excellent, but this is one thing I think you could do better. Join over 18k members to reviewexclusive content. Obviously, my favorite Red VA. Really gives it a boost & turns out a Balkan better than most others on the market. Use varying larger sized bowls to get the spice and dark fruit flavor towards the middle-end. The label on this tin is vexing, what, exactly, is the name of this blend? Amazing what a little aging can do! A royal virginia queen,its incredible the hints and depth that you can find in this pure Va.Astounding,and only four tins to touch the pipe heaven.Nothing to do with the bygone Mc Clelland for curious people,this is an another different but equally marvelous blend.Craving for the next Big Small Batch. I bought a lot of this to age. I really havent had too many Cornell & Diehl tobaccos. Slightly higher nicotine past the medium mark. Well two had massive creases in the tin so I chose to open the worst one and popped the dent out with my fingers and you could hardly tell the difference. 2022 Carolina Red Flake 2oz. Very good all the way around here. Fairly dry broken flakes, but still get a little drying time for my preferences. I was fortunate to snag several tins to cellar a few away and smoke a couple. I am no Virginia expert but this is a really good smoke. C&D I salute you! Not the same, but an A+ nonetheless. I've got several example's from all the most readily available blenders/brands of varying percentages of leaf. Been enjoying the blend in a number of varied pipes incl uding two Savinelli "Bing's Favorite" long-stemmed Billiards, a couple of Brighams and a couple of other pipes I pulled from the rack from rotation. Well, I suppose I'm no old timer with smoking, but in the 5 years or so I've smoked, I've plowed through and amassed quite a collection. Highly recommend you grab some of the 2019 vintage and put it in the cellar before its gone.. (according to Jeremy, this is the last run), Purchased From: Smitty's Cigars - Gainesville, GA. Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake 2022 (Small Batch). In the second half these nuances get deeper, darker and a bit earthier. This one will age terrifically given the time to do so. but remember the leaf is already two years old. A soft aroma of fruit and tobacco would best describe it. It's the pure red VA spice. On to the descriptionlike others have said it has a lovely sweetness with a slight tart undertone. I also use this or McConnell's Red VA & SGFVA with Yenidje & unsweetened Black Cavendish with a little Wellauer's Latakia or McConnells Cyprian, or both, to mix up a good Balkan Blend. Getting close to the end of this tin and I am now getting citrusy grassy earthy depth at times its a strange coming and going but when its there best taste of Virginia Ive ever had. Just as good, but different, than last year's batch. Still, it's a deliciously earthy, fresh red Virginia. The growers should get a blue ribbon for their efforts and Jeremy continues to be as good as they get with his work. It is not an overly complex smoke but it is not without nuance. Good job by C&D. McClelland - 40th Anniversary (Limited Edition), Cornell & Diehl - Opening Night (Simply Elegant Series). UPDATE: January 30th, 2020: Just purchased 16 tins (out of 10,000 tins) of the 2019 batch from Pay Less Cigars & Pipes for $204 (with express shipping). This is, simply put, one delicious, all day blend that meets or exceeds everything it's been advertised to be. That is high praise. When you light it up, it starts out fairly sweet and is bready while having hints of hay. Tastes are just over medium the way I smoke it. The fruitiness becomes bolder as each bowl progressed as did the spice level. Ive found that the flavor is so bright and fruity that one cant ignore it. Plenty of flavor and rich smoke, just not my cup of tea, I got a bitter taste. This was my favorite blend of the year! It has a little less sugar content and less tang .This version has a cinnamon spice flavor as apposed to the cranberry tang of the earlier one . The flavor and aroma becomes much more pronouncedthe Perique notes are more prominent and the Carolina Red Flake mellows the experience out. The only drawback is, because it is so easy to burn evenly, and comes in the tin ready to pack, it does burn a little fast for most flake users--and it is a little difficult to really get a rhythm with it that will reveal all the flavors. To summarize, this is a very good red Virginia tobacco and one that is worth cellaring for awhile. I cant wait for the other tins to get several years on them to come back to once I get more of a taste for Virginias. It was a very happy honeymoon indeed. Been smoking nothing but Virginia for close to 35 years and this one is at the top! Midway through bowl and strength increases considerably. Quire dark for Virginia flakes. It has a very, very nice aftertaste exhale. 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