Cornell & Diehl Poplar Camp No. 458

This VaPer stands up well to heat. I tend to start a little fast on most Virginia’s, but I found this one very forgiving. I really like the addition of the unflavored cavendish. I think it bolsters the flavor of the bright while pointing you toward the toasty notes in the red. Room note is sweet/non existent. I really enjoyed this C&D blend.

I gave this blend a try because I am a perique lover and not a big virginia fan. (Bayout Night is my favorite perique blend.) I wanted to see how this blend came together. I have to say I am impressed. Very well balanced. No component overpowers the other. Smoked slowly I believe you will taste all the different tobaccos individually and together over the course of the bowl. Very well done!

This is another good blend with all the normal attributes you expect from C&D. The problem is there are so many good blends that it is very hard to rate one over another. I have as of late smoked Habana Daydreams but ran out so I switched to this and in no way suffered. It lights and burns well with a full and good taste w/o leaving a mess in your pipe or nasty aftertaste.

Great tobacco with a genuine sweet quality that comes from the leaf, not from toppings. The virginia is quality stuff, the natural cavendish just right, and the perique give it a nice rounded boost. I usually smoke Burleys and love OJK, but I've been smoking this almost as frequently and love the room note.

Poplar Camp No. 458 is another one of C&D's more 'Rustic' blends. The name is quite appropriate, I think. When I smoke this new blend I can imagine loggers in a mountain logging camp smoking this. It came quite dry like others in what I call C&D's "Rustic Series", just like Yorktown. Lights easily with one match. Smoked down fast but not hot and no tongue bite for me. I put it in a jar and sprayed a few squirts of distilled water in it and shook it up good and let sit for a day. This really helped rehydrate and slow down the burn rate. The red Virginias give it a mellow dry taste with just the right amount of Perique added for a spicy kick. I'm really liking this new blend. I will for sure order more of it.

Title says it. Briar fox is my main all day blend. It's still my favorite but getting difficult to find in stock. This is different, almost English like, but fits my bill.

This was my first experience with C&D blends. Very high quality tobacco; good, complex, rich flavor. I don't have an extensive enough vocabulary to adequately describe this blend. I simply know I like it. This blend is true tobacco flavor straight through, and rather stout, too. It burned quickly, as it arrived much drier than I prefer. As for the room note, my wife thought it smelled somewhere between an English blend and a good cigar. Dedicated aro smokers need to avoid this blend. I will be reordering this one on occasion.

Very good tobacco. Excellent taste. Will buy again.