Cornell & Diehl Adagio

(3.00)
A slow burning smoke of cubed Burley, Latakia, VA flake, Perique and Turkish

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By Craig Tarler
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Burley, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Coarse Cut
Packaging 2oz. Tin, 8oz Tin
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.00 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 07, 2005 Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
I think Taste Buds may have stolen my own because our thoughts regarding Adagio are quite similar. This was a generous goody bag item at the recent Kansas City Pipe Show. The tin descriptive is, "A slow burning smoke of cubed Burley, Latakia, VA/flake, Perique and Turkish." The Perique came through too loud and too clear while the other leaf sat way at the back of the bus, (as in the very last row.)

If you love Perique in large doses, Adagio may be a good choice for you.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 18, 2016 Medium to Strong None Detected Full Very Strong
This is a full flavored smoke with some tang and pepper. The end of the smoke is clenched and smokes to white ash. The tin note is very smoky.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 20, 2013 Medium to Strong Medium Medium Tolerable to Strong
This is a pretty good blend. The burn characteristics are great. No dottle, no moisture, no bite, and minimal relights. This is by far the tobacco with the strongest scent I've ever experienced. It's not a bad smell, but in the words of a famous, mustachioed Dodge spokesman, "It stings the nostrils." I tasted no Perique, which I don't mind, but lots of Latakia and small amounts of Virginia. The taste is not great, but not foul, either. Maybe a bit ashy towards the end. The room note is not nearly as strong as the tobacco scent. I wouldn't recommend smoking this in the morning until you've had breakfast as the nicotine content is noticeable. But this is great to smoke at midday or in the early evening. This is quality stuff and I have no complaints about the tin I smoked, but I'm a bit disconcerted about the other reviews mentioning how it was flat in some places or it had too much Perique and not enough else. My experiences run contrary to those. It makes me think there might be some lack of consistency in the blending, curing, and/or packaging process. It means you have to be lucky to get a good tin. 🙁

EDIT on 12/9/13: I have to knock this one star down because it smokes a bit hot and gives some tongue bite when smoked a bit quickly. I had previously smoked it quite slowly, trying to really grasp the flavor. It started acting up when I tried to smoke it normally while doing other things. Conversly, smoking it in a meershaum brings out its best flavor.

EDIT on 1-6-14: More tongue bite and bad aftertaste. I just can't recommend this when the competition is much better.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 20, 2009 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable
Update 12-24-10

Knocked this one down a star. It just doesn't hold up when smoked alongside the others of it's kind. Tends to smoke thin at times. Still nice flavor..just not the four star blend my enthusiasm thought it was.

This is one of the better american english hybrids that I have had. Bow-Legged Bear is Adagios older and less refined brother. Adagio is BLB with all the rough edges shaved off.

Elegant and bold, this blend is what the doctor called for as an evening smoke. Good full flake va., latakia, and turkish are forward in the flavor. The perique is very present but not over the top. The burley plays a supporting role on core strength and body.

I still love BLB with all of it's rough edges, but this is really great. I will be stocking up on this one for the future.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 23, 2006 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Great tobacco, for the latakia and burley`s lovers. Slow burnning, the virginia and the burley provides the basis of the flavor, the latakia and the perique gives diferentes notes that made this blend unique... After several smokes, in briar and meerschaum, the first third of the smoke is more sweet and the burley shows his nutty taste, during the second and third part the syrian latakia makes his entry... and the perique appears during all the smoke in a very nice way... the room note don`t seem the usual for a latakia blend, is well accepted for the people around us. Great, great blend! Luis Barra
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 23, 2005 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This stuff is fantastic! This has a nutty,sweet,toasty and warm quality about it.This is truly masterful blending!No one taste dominates,they all work together to produce a magnificent round and spicy flavor! This is the sweet and sour of the pipe tobacco world.Burley is a big player though.This is not a Virginia lover's dream. The Perique and Turkish give this such an unusual quality that beckons you to smoke more.I really think if you like subtle -complex mixtures you should give this one a try! 4 of 4 stars!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 19, 2021 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
Cornell & Diehl - Adagio.

The coarse mixture's prominently brown pieces, my tin was immediately smokable, having perfect hydration. The unlit aroma's fairly 'busy'; slightly smoky, hay-like, tangy.

The way the tobaccos are commixed together works nicely; very nicely! Burley is the base component, acting as a 'stage'. The odiferous Turkish and smoky Lat are present from the start, the Perique doesn't come into play until after halfway. When it does the spicy, vinegar-like flavour is more than obvious. To me the Virginia sits in last place. I struggle to highlight any grassy, citrus notes, the volume is turned down really low on the Va! It burns efficaciously, not really needing anything more than a sporadic tamp. A mid-temperature, bite-free, smoke.

Nicotine: above medium. Room-note: not 'great'!

Adagio? I enjoy this, lots! Highly recommended:

Four stars.
Pipe Used: Tekin meerschaum
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: 07/20/20
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 28, 2012 Medium Extremely Mild Medium to Full Strong
I am somewhat surprised with the relatively positive reviews on this site. First of all, I generally enjoy most blends from C&D and think they are one of the very best tobacco blenders in the business. Adagio for me is the perfect example of a concoction of different tobacco leaves with no discernible character, other than a strong burley type blend with an overwhelmingly pungent spiciness from the Latakia & Perique. As a throw-away smoke, I consumed an entire tin of this stuff, trying my best to enjoy Adagio, but just can't seem to get the same smoking experience as the other reviewers on this site. Maybe it's "different strokes for different folks".. I don't know, but I surely won't buy this again. Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention that my tin was over three years old, obviously the aging didn't do me any favours.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 03, 2010 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
When I first tried this blend, I had yet to aquire the taste for latakia. I was a virginia flake and "vaper" smoker. Burleys rounded out my rotation. I had tried many of McClelland's English and Orientals not to my liking. Then I came across House of Winsor's "Barking Dog" and I didn't like that one, yet it was not because of the latakia. It was just low quality. I did, however, like the burley/latakia flavor. So, Junkyard Dog from C&D was the next logical choice; which is very good. This one is as good or better with its differences being the addition of perique and turkish leaf.
Adagio smokes with a rich nutty smokiness that has just a slight sweetness. The nicotine level is adequate for the addict, yet should be tolerable to the novice. Even with heavy puffing, I have no problems with tongue bit. One negitive is the last fourth of the bowl can go flat or bland.
After this and Junkyard Dog, I have returned to try full english blends and many are now to my liking. Taste buds change.
Now, just if I had a pipe tobacco that tasted just like Punch Gran Puro cigars..........
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 05, 2006 Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Tolerable
Adagio is a nicely varied smoke. It begins as a heavy Perique, drifts into a nice neutral Burley, and ends with lots of Turkish flavor. It is not at all sweet. Like other C&D premium tobaccos, it is of quality: good burn, no humectants, good ingredients, easy light, dry ash. I don't prefer it because I am not fond of the Perique hit at the start, but if you like Perique and Turkish, this blend should be right up your alley. As with Old Hollywood, there is no disputing the quality of the blend. It's just a matter of whether or not you like the taste(s). A worthy offering.

Update: This blend is just too spicy for me to enjoy on a regular basis. As the estimable Pipestud has mentioned, if you like LARGE doses of Perique, Adagio is right up your alley. I won't be ordering any more, though.
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