When I was a youngster, this was readily available in Woolworth's, Walgreens, etc. It was along the same lines as Middleton's Cherry Blend: A decent Burley/Virginia, lightly cased with peach brandy with the tobacco taste coming through. It smelled nice, but not nearly as sweet as the current herd of black Cavendish aromatics.

The last time I saw it was on JR's website, just before it went to the retirement home for old OTC blends, where it joins Bestoval, Edgeworth Ready Rubbed, Brindley's Mixture, and many others. Still, you never know when you might come across an unopened tin on e-bay eh? I wouldn't break the bank for this stuff though if I were you!

Altadis is producing a "match" blend. I will probably pick some up to see if it is anything like the original (as I remember it anyway). The Edgeworth copy is very enjoyable, so I have reason to hope.

What's incredible is just how much these blends morph as they change blenders over the years. Rum & Maple in its original form fairly bragged how it contained Syrian Latakia(!) So, sometimes the only thing left of a blend is just its name...

Recommend this one with a cob and then you get double sweetness. I admit Im stuck on aromatics with sweet casing. This one is an appropriate tribute to the man, John Rolfe, one of the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia colony who according to Wikipedia was the first successful cultivator of tobacco as an export quality crop to old England. And what a classy guy because Rolfe married Pocahontis, fathered her son and introduced her to British Royalty. This is one sweet smoke. Happy Hunting!

It may be in some change in the blend because I notice that those who have gone before me purchased it quite awhile ago. But I have tried JR from 2 different blenders and it seems to be the same in every way from both of them.

The pouch note is pleasant with a decided aroma of peaches which is the only thing that I can find that lets it be called an aromatic. The aroma does NOT show up in the room note.

With whatever moisture content I have tried it with, the baccy packs easily and well, lights well and stays lit fairly well. The problem I find is in the taste. All I get while smoking this is strength and harshness. It never actually bites but I feel the ever presence of the threat. It smokes somewhat hot which is why I probably don't get bit because of controlled sips in an attempt to keep the heat down but this results in not much smoke ever being produced. Strength builds and about mid bowl, I have lost any thoughts of pleasure and within minutes have to empty the pipe. Maybe I'm a wimp, but I just can't smoke this any more.

I know that there are those who enjoy much more strength than I can tolerate but I can't honestly go higher than 1 star.

As with most burleys I've come across you need to smoke this slowly or else it will become bitter. However, smoke it properly and you'll be rewarded with the nutiness you smoke burleys for.