Rattray Royal Albert

(2.40)
Royal Albert is an evenly balanced pipe tobacco with a smooth exquisite blend of three different Virginias, sweet black cavendish and fragrant burley. It has been perfectly crafted with a lovely aroma of orange, honey and vanilla.

Details

Brand Rattray
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Honey, Orange, Vanilla
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.40 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 21, 2016 Medium Strong Medium Pleasant
Rattray Royal Albert.

Oh my, the tin smells aromatic! On the plus side though, it's an aromatic where the majority of the blend isn't jet black: actually, it looks like there's less Black Cavendish than Burley and Virginia. Another difference for an aromatic is the water content: yes, it's a bit too damp, but I literally mean A BIT. The ribbons are fairly course, not like a few blends where it could qualify as a being shag cut! And igniting's easy, so that leaves the actual smoke:

My inaugurate thoughts were good, it seemed to have just the right quantity of aromatic ingredients to gain applause without masking the tobacco's entirely. That lasted roughly ten puffs, and then I noticed the heat of it. It's not that the flavour's bad, it's actually quite good: mainly citrus zest, but with a touch of sweetness, and a bit of vanilla cream. The burn however, takes heat to a new level, and it can bite a little too! Regarding the Citrus Zest, at first light it is indeed a kind of nebulous fruity taste, but after about ten minutes it's easily defined as being an orange flavour. The honey and vanilla aren't anywhere near as heavy, but add the finishing touch to the smoke.

The nicotine's about medium and the room-note isn't too full: it has a fruitiness, but it doesn't plume the room with smoke.

If it weren't for the heat of it and slight bite I'd maybe consider highly recommending it to aromatic lovers, but it's too damn hot:

Three stars for taste, yet one star for mechanics: that would make two stars about fair.

Somewhat recommended.
Pipe Used: Peterson Baskerville
PurchasedFrom: My Smoking Shop
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 18, 2022 Mild to Medium Strong Overwhelming Strong
I'm just gonna cut straight to the chase here: It burns like a volcano, it bites, and it tastes like pure acid in some kind of citrusy form. It heats my pipes too much, it bites too hard, and it's too strong on the citrus side. I can't enjoy this. Absolutely horrible, which is a shame, cause Rattray's got plenty of amazing baccys...this simply fell short. I cannot recommend this to anyone, unless you love having your mouth filled with acid and heat. It smells delicious out of the tin, honey, fruits...sweetness, but it just...no, it burns too damn hot, despite attempting to dry it! I couldn't even finish the bowls I loaded up, just emptied the pipes, cleaned them, and picked up a soothing tin of Old Gowrie instead.
Pipe Used: EA carey, corn cob, and large unnamed pipe.
PurchasedFrom: Local shop
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 24, 2015 Very Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
Did not like the orange taste of this one. Could not detect the vanilla or honey at all. Can be due to my not so big love of the orange taste. But it was easy to smoke. Would recommend it if you like oranges and a quite mild flavored aromatic.
Pipe Used: Falcon Coolway 6mm Bent Dublin
PurchasedFrom: Brobergs
Age When Smoked: Direct from opening.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 24, 2021 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Described as an aromatic, i think it nearly goes english with its virginia tastes, gives some pleasant sweetness on the exhale, a teeny bit of vanilla, retrohale gave a hint of orange notes, a rather stable blend, a sort of lunch break smoke
Pipe Used: My friend bent billiard
PurchasedFrom: Brobergs
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 19, 2020 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Very Pleasant
Smells great, a honey led scent with hues of toasted vanilla, almost missing citrus & a fine natural tobacco. Looks quality, almost like an English blend but the black tobacco is Cavendish not Latakia. Ribbons of different Virginia tobaccos. Larger rough cut pieces of Burley. Small ribbons of black Cavendish. Slightly sticky but doesn’t want to clump if pressed between the fingers. The taste is predominantly fine tobacco with subtle sublime overtones of nutty honey. Not like other aromatics I’ve tried, it satisfied the natural tobacco craving also. No orange flavour I can detect.

Pipe Used: Rossi Capitol 673
PurchasedFrom: GQ
Age When Smoked: New
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