Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake

This is just great tobacco. Calm, unhurried and flavor-full. I highly recommend anyone to give this a try. You will probably order more.

Drew Estate may be better known for their cigar line, but Gatsby Luxury Flake is a pipe smoker's tobacco through and through. I really liked this flake. First of all, this is some top notch Virginia I'd easily put on par with Orlik Golden Slices or Luxury Twist Flake, but it's got something about it that actually pleases the VA/Per side of my desires. It claims it is a Virginia and Burley (Cavendish) blend, but if I had to describe Gatsby in one word it would be "peppery", as in a nice Perique blend, especially in the retro-hale. No Perique? Huh? That's funny. Seriously, you're telling me there's no Perique in here?!? Anyway, I don't detect any fruity top note in the tin or the bowl at all, so don't let that warn you off trying this. What I smell in the tin is delicious sweet Virginia and the taste I get is like a spiced-up Escudo or Luxury Navy Flake. I can't give it five stars, I know there are better flakes out there, but at pipesandcigars.com's price it's a damn fine tobacco, one that should NOT be overlooked and one that could easily be enjoyed anytime by Virginia fans. And, if you're a VA/Per lover, you'll not only probably enjoy this too, it'll leave you scratching your head over how Drew Estate got such a great flavor without any Perique. One thing I'd warn you about, this flake is a bit different in presentation - it's actually a stack of long flakes folded over itself in the tin rather than the normal clean-cut flakes you're probably used to. I should have weighed it...it looked like a lot more than 1.75 oz. crammed in there. No bother really, it comes only slightly on the moist side and is easily broken up and smoke-able right out of the tin. Peppery, but bite-free and smooth as they come (probably thanks to the Burley). Great smoke.

5 stars for this delightful flake. I'm smoking it as I write. I highly recommend this to those of you who enjoy a flavorful rich and mellow Virginia/Cavendish blend.

Interesting in that it has a really complex and pleasing taste, but unfortunately, the room note and the residual smell that it leaves on clothes and mustache is just gross.

I spent couple years hunting down my favorite tobacco. I bought a tin of this and at first smoke I thought it had a interesting taste but wasn’t a bad smoke. My second smoke it blew my mind I could taste a nice sweet berry taste the taste just made me want to keep smoking and not stop. It is now my favorite pipe tobacco and will always have it in my rotation and will always keep it in stock. I highly recommend it. Has nice sweet berry taste only has a bite when smoking to fast it’s a slow smoking tobacco and that’s where the flavors go crazy.