McClelland No. M-27 Three Cherry Blend

(2.59)
Three deliciously different cherry flavors - refreshing duke, fermented maraschino and rich Kansas sweet - grace this balanced blend of lemon Virginia and black cavendish.

Details

Brand McClelland
Blended By McClelland Tobacco Company
Manufactured By McClelland Tobacco Company
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Virginia
Flavoring Cherry
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.59 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 12, 2014 Mild to Medium Medium to Strong Medium to Full Very Pleasant
With all the cherry blends on the market, and I’ve tried most of them in my exhaustive quest to find the perfect cherry, this is by far the superior blend. After smoking this tobacco it became clear to me that McClelland had developed the definitive formula of cherry casing that sets it apart from the rest. The room note is delightful and it burns evenly with virtually no relights. I cannot recommend this blend highly enough. Hooray, my search is finally over!
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes.com
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 15, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
The black cherry notes are faint, but the maraschino is nicely mild. The lemon Virginia is noticeable, though I don't get the usual citrus from it. I sense a minute grassiness. The black cavendish sports a slight hint of vanilla. Has little nicotine. Burns at a reasonable pace, though I would not puff it fast. It'll burn a bit warm, and you'll lose some of the flavor. Won't bite. Leaves some moisture in the bowl, and needs a few relights. Has a short lived after taste. The mildness makes it a decent starter cherry blend, and ought to please smokers who do not want a cherry bomb.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 28, 2008 Mild Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Let me start out by saying that I am predominantly a Virginia and Oriental kind of guy, but I like to smoke light aromatics from time to time in a pipe dedicated to flavored blends. I was looking for something that didn't overwhelm the senses, goop up my pipe and pulverize my tongue and in this blend, I've found a good balance between the casing and the tobacco.

At the top of the bowl, you can really taste the cherry flavor and, as you get more towards the bottom of the bowl, it opens up into a stronger tobacco flavor with the cherry delicately balanced on top. This produces thick clouds of smoke that everyone in the room will enjoy. To me, the triple cherry is broken up into the three sections of the bowl. The sweet cherry is at the top, the black cherry in the middle and the more sour cherry flavor at the bottom.

NOTE: This WILL bite if smoked quickly! Your best bet is to puff gently and let the tobacco dictate the pace. If you smoke this correctly, you'll not be disappointed or knocked out by overcasing. It burns to a clean ash with very little moisture in the bottom.

This is a good Friday smoke in a week otherwise dominated by Virginia and Oriental blends. Kudos to McClelland for giving us something better than the drugstore blend in cherry flavor!
7 people found this review helpful.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 26, 2011 Mild Mild to Medium Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant
Between being a lover of all things McClelland, and enjoying the occassional aromatic, I was completely surprised by how much I disliked this tobacco. Maybe my expectations were too high... I tried this tobacco in a number of different pipes, using a number of different packing methods, and smoking at different tempos. I tried, I really tried!

Ultimately, the tobacco smells nice in the pouch, packs easily, lights fairly well, burns really well, and tastes like steamy air passing across a cherry scented car air freshener.

I won't say that I never come across tobaccos that I won't finish, however, it certainly isn't a frequent occurence. In this case, there are 3oz of fresh three cherries blend looking for a new home.

I realize I am the only 1 star rating thus far. I hope that I just recieved a bad batch, but I won't be reordering to find out. I'll stick with Iwan Ries 3-Star China Black Fire Cured as my top aromatic tobacco for now.

Stogie rating of 1 terrible Te-Amo

Not recommended.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 26, 2008 Mild Mild Mild Very Pleasant
I have always wanted to find a cherry blend that I could tolerate, this might be it. The blend does not have the syrup taste that most have, but a real nutty cherry taste. There is a fair bit of real tobacco taste too!!! The tobacco is still wet like most aromatics, but not as wet as most. The tobacco can bite a bit if smoked to fast. The tin (bag) and room note are to die for. That is my only reason to smoke this stuff. The wife, family and friends will love this blend which makes up for most of its shortcomings.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 31, 2017 Very Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
I have only been smoking a pipe just now two years. I haven't tried a ton of blends but I have tried a fair amount for a "newer" smoker. I love Tobacco period and haven't restrained myself to a couple blends, I will literally try everything, I just have a very open mind when it comes to that.Have been enjoying a few Vapers,English's, and here lately a few more aromatics. I have tried about 10-12 different cherry aromatics and for me this is my absolute favorite.Great tin note,great room note,very nice cherry flavoring that isn't too sweet or overpowering and no chemical taste at all which I have experienced with a few other cherry aromatics. For me this is a good balance of light cherry flavor and light but good tasting tobacco. I would definitely recommend this to any beginner or person that enjoys the occasional aromatic.Didnt experience any tongue bite even when I pushed my cadence to far quicker than normal.Even if you don't care about my opinion then do yourself a favor and just order an ounce to try, I highly doubt you will be disappointed!
Pipe Used: Savinelli Roma
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes
Age When Smoked: Fresh (bulk buy)
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 01, 2013 Very Mild Medium to Strong Medium to Full Very Pleasant
Never thought I'd like an Aromatic blend that put off this much aroma in the Jar, you would expect it to be sticky and goopy, but it isn't, and it burns really well too, there is a good amount of cherry flavor while smoking but you can still taste the base of the Va
Pipe Used: Nording Rshodesian
PurchasedFrom: Allegheny Smoke Works
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 24, 2003 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Oh Boy, I get to be the first to review this product! Three Cherry Blend represents one of many steps I have taken along the road to finding the ideal cherry blend. Some are too flavored, and some, like Three Cherry Blend, are not enough. Somewhere out there is Baby Bear's blend- just right.

This is a typical offering from the McClelland's Bulk American Aromatics series. It purportedly consists of lemon virginias and black cavendish. If that is indeed the case then the virginias are on the brown side and so is the "black cavendish". Going from visual appearances, the virginia component dominates. The cut of this tobacco is a combination of ribbon with a sprinkling of well broken flake. My half pound arrived in beautiful condition, not sticky and not over-moist. (Note that a certain unnamed internet tobacco dealer sells 1/2 lbs for about 60% of the cost of a 1/4 lb. Is this intentional? If not, I hope they do not wise up!)

There was also a notable lack of cherry aroma, which was why I bought it in the first place. So, that was kind of a let down. I stuffed most of it into a quart jar and let it sit for about a month. Upon subsequently opening, I got a better cherry aroma, though still not quite what I was hoping for.

So... How does it smoke? Well, upon initial light, I would have to say that there is a hint of a cherry taste, just a tad underwhelming, but definitely there. There is a bit of added sweetness as well, but nothing like a drug-store cherry blend. The smoke retains a hint of cherry in the background throughout most of the bowl, and behaves well near the end, with just a bit of somewhat oily dottle. Gurgle has not been a problem.

The room aroma is less that of an aromatic cavendish than a virginia with a whiff of fruit. This is not one that pleases my wife, though admittedly she is picky.

The tobacco experience overall is quite satisfactory but not distinguishing. McC clearly did not overdo it on flavoring/sweetening this one. To someone looking for a virginia with a hint of aroma, this is probably just the ticket. I will continue to come back to this (heck, I have a 1/2 lb to smoke up) but shall continue my search for the ideal cherry aromatic.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 06, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild Mild Pleasant
Wow!!! What a nice change of pace in cherry aromatics! Opening the bag, I caught a nice whiff of cherry, not too heavy, riding on a base of good Virginia tobacco. A little sweet, but light and pleasant. The tobacco was ribbon cut and packed nicely. The texture was thick and moist, not flaky or oily. The tobacco lit easily and burned all the way down in one light. Glorious clouds of smoke on lighting. Immediate pleasant hit of sweet cherry flavor and golden Virginia. I was surprised that the flavor did change a bit as the bowl progressed and that I could detect all three cherry flavors: there were areas of pure sweetness contrasted with others like rich fermented maraschino and more rarely, tart black cherry. Nothing overpowering, just balanced and thoroughly enjoyable.

There was a light pleasant cherry smell over the Virginia, very true to the pouch aroma. I certainly recommend Three Cherry Blend. It's a complex, subtle and pleasing smoke for cherry aromatic lovers to have on hand.
Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum General Filtered
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked: 1-3 months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 27, 2013 Medium Medium to Strong Very Full Very Pleasant
I like Cherry tobaccos, and this is nota an exception. Natural Maraschino flavour and taste, sweet,moinsted in adequate ammount. Very good blend. High ammount of Flavour and taste,bu low Nicotine ammount, as i enjoy. For me, is one of the best cherries. Fully Recommended.
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