Conclusion, like a fine old wine Cut Blended Plug needs to breath to come into its own. Patience will be largely rewarded!

Rubbs out easily and burns with one match, ineresting start, not quite sure what I'm tasting, it's almost a if several flavours are trying to make themselves known all at once.

Quickly though, the tobacco settles down, and a fine virginia experience is on the way which lasts to the end of the bowl, just pure sweet virginia, if there are any toppings, they seem to dissipate quickly and I am left with an excellent quality tobacco with a very pleasant taste.

In time, I may or may not cellar some of this, but for the moment, I will keep a couple of tins on hand with a third one open. For pure virginia lovers......... well worth a try.

This one is a two match light and burns very well. After 3 bowls of this stuff, I have had to relight my pipe once. The moisture content is perfect with leaving a flake out for about 10 minutes in the open air. The flavor is delightful, a mixture of citrus, cream, and flavor of oats weaving in and out. As the bowl progresses, it becomes a bit darker and stronger. I taste cinnamon and licorice in between the traditional Virginia flavors. I believe that there is some kind of mild casing on this, but it is almost non-existent and the flavor does not interfere with the tobacco. The room note is pleasant, sweet, and musty.

This, along with Cut VA Plug and Blackjack, represents the standard of what Virginia plugs and flakes should be to me. A wonderful tobacco, not monochromatic, highly recommended.

didn't get any late-bowl gurgle but had to fiddle a bit with clearing the shank of that dastardly nuisance, stray flow-hindering dottle bit.

This blend was purchased at Davidoff and I think had been sitting there for a couple of years, and then stored in my home for for about 3 or 4 more years. It seems to have mellowed to perfection. Also, I enjoy the old-style, the wax paper moisture guard and the minimal size of the tin. Great stuff, middle-of-the-road; if you want something that will bowl you over, skip this one. but if you want a straight ahed smo

Lighter Virginias are typically a little 'tangier' to start with. Coupled with the slight raisin-type flavor of a stoved VA component. Thus the confusion.

IMO, there's no Perique in this formulation.

European labeling laws are demanding. I remember a pouch of Mac Baren Scottish Mixture which declared it to be 79 percent tobacco and the rest `agents de saveur et de texture` - whatever those agents may have been. My palate is not very good at detecting perique, so I cannot on my own say whether CBP contains perique or not. However, one of the German websites asserts that CBP contains perique. Since the blend is manufactured in Germany now, that statement is more likely than not correct.

Whatever be the fact of the matter, anyone who likes Marlin Flake will very possibly find comparable virtues in CBP. Highly recommended.

The tobacco is easy to break up fully or partially, loads easily and lights without much trouble. A bit of drying out tends to help the lighting process and produces less heat during the smoke.

I found this to have nice, but unremarkable flavor and it was way too feathery in the nicotine department to make my body tingle. It did captivate my palate for a few minutes near the bottom of the bowl.

CORRECTION: this is hardly a regular va-per as i stated in my original review below, as the perique is used so sparingly as to be only just discernable. it may contain a bit of kentucky, too. END CORRECTION

a quite pleasant va-per. no bite to mention, a delicate virginia sweetness, a slight perique fruitiness, and in the background, the typical german-danish sugar casing. it is in no way a casing taste that will make me see this tobacco as an aromatic, but it is unmistakingly of k&k origin. as always with those, it is well crafted, easy to light, and comes in a pocket-friendly tin. one of the best of the present day fribourg & treyers.

not an absolutely first rate tobacco, but one which will, i feel, improve greatly with a a few years of cellaring. my present tin has been cellared for half a year, and is already a lot better than straight from the tobacconist. it may even develop into a four star tobacco in a few years.

reccommended as a nice summer smoke.

Not a complex tobacco, but genuine good tobacco taste and flavor. A reasonable all-day smoke for me and one I keep in regular rotation with my other Virginia plugs and flakes.

This tobacco smokes well in almost any pipe and I tend to smoke it in a number of my Castello's and Dunhill group 5 size straight billiards.

A great all-day smoke for Virginia flake cut smokers or for the beginning Virginia flake smoker seeking a mild, good tasting tobacco with a wonderful aroma.

Regards, Peter

.....a pipe is to be savored

A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored.

I rate this tobacco 9.95 out of 10.

I love this in the morning, or afternoon with a cup of hot tea. It is a bit pricey, but I think it is worth it. It is fine stuff indeed.

It's supposed to be a flavored tobacco, but all I smell from the tin is the smell of tobacco. If this is topped, it's done in such a way as to just enhance the natural flavor of the tobacco.

I've dedicated my group 3 Dunhill prince to this blend and after smoking most of a tin it's become one of my favorite smokes, possibly my "desert island" smoke.

Highly recommended!

Within, a perfectly tooled, copper-coloured red Virginia plug, neatly sliced and un-topped.

Remarkably, it fires more easily than any flake I have ever smoked, and stays lit longer. No bite at all: I smoke it greedily, and suffer no consequences.

The taste is of the mildest?too light, in fact, for me; but it has a refined finish and smooth smokability that I enjoy.

The lightest-tasting, least bite-prone, most refined Virginia flake I have ever encountered.

The point here seems to be the use of red and dark Virginias, giving it a slightly sour-sweet touch, yet presevring all the natural qualities of a straigh Virgnina. It kind of reminds me of the polite elusiveness of the bygone B&H Original Virginia Flake (or, if you prefer, a lighter form of Astley's No. 44 Dark Virginia).

Mild, without a bite, this indeed is one of the best Virginias I have tried. It is easy to smoke, though it is a trifle moister than its two brothers. It has a rich, dark undertone that soothes and enlivens the spirit and satisfies the palate. In short: it belongs to that same linage of straight Virginias like Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake and Astleys' . Kudos.