Dunhill - Three Year Matured pipe tobacco reviews

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JimInks	10/07/2012	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
This one never did much for me. I detected more casing than expected, and though that doesn't put me off when I know it's there, I didn't buy it for that. I thought it burned a little hot, though not to the point where it bit much. Still, I needed a drink handy. It was rather sweet and not unpleasant, but if the Virginias really were aged three years, I sure couldn't tell it. The orientals were light, which was okay with me, because I wanted it in the background. I don't believe they make this any more, and I'll not miss it or try it again if it ever comes back.
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SteelCowboy	07/11/2011	Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I am a lover of Dunhill blends and this is one that I had been putting off because of some of the poor reviews. When I opened the tin, my first thought was that the bad reviews were most likely right as the tin had a very strong berry scent. However, upon smoking this blend, the Virginia's came to the front leaving a nice mild berry flavor in the background. Like so many of the Murray's Dunhill offerings, the tobacco quality was high, it had a good kick of Lady N and it smoked cleanly to a nice ash. I was lucky enough to score a few of these old tins and while they won't be part of any rotation, Three Year Matured is a nice change of pace, especially in a cob. Recommended.
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History Nut	10/09/2010	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
A good friend recently purchased a tin of Three Year Mature from the Lane era for me. I was excited to dig into this blend, as it is my first Dunhill blend I've ever smoked. I was also apprehensive upon reading the reviews of this tobacco. I enjoyed this tobacco and would purchase it if available. It reminded me of Peterson's Sherlock Holmes, except the Dunhill was a much more refined and quality product. Although there is a berry flavor to the smoke, I found it enhanced the wonderful flavor of the underlying Virginia. This is truly a quality product when compared to other blends of its genre. I understand that this tobacco may not be enjoyed by everyone, but I was pleased with the smoking experience. The quality of the tobacco is apparent, and as a new comer to Dunhill, I guess that explains the hype surrounding the brand. Overall, a great experience. I'm looking forward to digging into some newly ordered 965 and EMP when my shipment arrives.
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Claudius Stradivarius	07/24/2010	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
A strange cookie. The Murray produced tin displayed a strong casing aroma. Beautiful dark broken flakes. The taste was rather overwhelming, in a negative sense. Too much casing and not enough tobacco taste, I would suppose.
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WmZiggy	02/23/2010	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
The tin that I am reviewing is a 1994 vintage. Not sure if this will help, given it's age and manufacture (Murry) no longer produces Dunhill blends. However, it might offer some comparison of newer tins. Needless to say, this 100 gram tin with 16 years age was opened with anticipation reminiscent of opening a rare wine or old scotch. The tobacco was very dark to black in a riff or cigarette cut. It had a nice plum nose of well aged Virginia. It packed well and lit easily, producing a nice volume of sweet and mellow smoke. It did not bite nor was it ever harsh from top to bottom, producing a white ash. The flavors were only a little more subtle in the middle third of the smoke; otherwise it was very consistent from beginning to end. I could not detect any oriental leaf, just nicely aged Virginia leaf. A rare one I will reserve for special occasions
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piper965	02/18/2010	Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable
With so many great choices out there, this one just falls flat for me. I really don't get any flavor. Once I got to the bottom of the bowl i detected a slight fruityness with a hint of butter, but it wasn't easy to get that out of it. This is just a bland tobacco especially when there are so many other choices out there like Petersons Sherlock Holmes that have the virginias and oriental with a nice flavor to boot. Just not my cup of tea, might be good for a cigarette smoker that just swapped to pipes?
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seasonalpipesmoker	12/01/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I don't understand why this gets bashed. It's a nice, aromatic Virgina that smokes cool, doesn't bite and smells wonderful.
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Kilmarnock Piper	10/04/2009	Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Berry good! Not what I think of when I hear the words "matured Virginia." This has a very nice scent in the tin, but does not cloy when smoked. My kind of aromatic. Pipestud wanted to eat it with a spoon, and the smell does remind me of some kind of berry sauce used to top ice cream or pancakes. This becomes only a hint of topping as the tobacco is smoked, however. I would buy it again for this, though there are many other tobaccos I would buy in larger amounts.
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newmission	06/08/2009	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Full	Pleasant
Found an old tin a few months ago in a strip mall tobacco shop. It was amazing and full of flavor. Due to my excitment I did smoke the first couple bowls a little too quick. Had to set it down for a couple days to give my mouth a rest. The rest of the tin was wonderful and full of flavor. I compare it too fusion Jazz, Tribal Tech to be exact. The base is there but there are hints of Rock and Blues. This blend has the straight Virginia power but has overtones of nutty and oak'y flavor. Since then I purchased the last two "OLD" tins, dust and all and am going to sit on them for a couple years. Some days I have the urge to pop one of the seals. But, for now, I will keep them aging for a special occasion.
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Papillon6	07/13/2008	Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable
This blend starts out as a rather harsh basically virginia blend that is then aged about three years. It's not an unpleasant blend but it takes some getting used to. It's better then Dunhill's royal yaht by far. It's somewhat strong but mild's out with time like most Dunhill blends, a fresh opened tin bite knock the socks off your tastebuds in a bad way but one that's been opened a few times and allowed to air out will provide a nice long satisfying smoke. This is one the first Dunhill blends I ever tried, and after having a bad experience with Royal Yaht this was definately a move upwards. It has a nutty almost smoky flavour that comes through noticable the whole way down. I do recommend it but take your time deciding if it's for you or not...
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Big bad Jon	06/28/2008	Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Tolerable to Strong
I am usually a big fan of Dunhill tobacco. I have tried quite a few of their blends and have usually came away glad to have tried it. With Three Year Manured nothing could be further from the truth. It was easy enough to back and light, but almost intolerable. The taste reminded me of a cross between burned popcorn, and the perfume of a cheap French whore!!! The tobacco did not burn badly, but it was all I could do to smoke a half of a bowl. All I have to day, is this blend is in a category reserved for "if this was all that was available I'd QUIT"
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geenhauer	06/21/2008	Strong	Very Mild	Full	Tolerable
i would avoid this one. I feel cheated. Yuk.
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Russell	11/03/2007	Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Strong
Fermented, and/or rotten fruit and mildew flavor. The fruit this was flavored with must have been picked up in the late fall or early winter, out of the mud beneath apricot and mulberry trees in a rank swamp, thrown in a cheap vodka that didn't pass inspection as the potatoes were of such a low grade, and sprayed on by someone who hasn't taken a bath for many years. Yes, I smelled something very similar to sweat in this foul mix. I have never tasted sweat, so I cannot tell you if it tasted like it. Maybe the fruit was tread barefoot to juice it? Blech. I don't think this is "aged" virginia at all. I think it's old backwoods leaky barn stuff that no company would buy, which was experiment on to to jazz it up with the flavoring. This is even worse than royal yacht. The strands of tobacco actually have tiny black dots on them, and it isn't from burning smoke particles marking latakia. Dunhill's wonderful Latakia mixtures and their delicious Light Flake are the way to go with this company. Not their aromatics, if they can be called that. I've tried this stuff from older tins, newer tins, and bulk, and I've never managed to smoke past the first few puffs before dumping it out, then spitting every few seconds for ten minutes to get the taste out. This stuff even ruins cobs. Whomever heard of flavoring an oriental mixture?
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Jumbo	10/31/2007	Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant
This is the only tobacco I have ever smoked that made me vomit. No joke. After just one bowl!
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imago	02/02/2007	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable
Not very fond of this one at all. I've had far worse, but thankfully, I have had far better.
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A. Morley Jaques	01/28/2007	Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable
Even I, the defender of bizarre and maligned tobaccos, cannot salvage the reputation of Dunhill's Three Year Matured. Mind ye', this is a weird idea for a blend: take sweet, stoved Virginia and bitter, pungent Orientals and then douse it all with--fruit sauce? It's just not a good idea. This becomes apparent soon after you light the stuff. All of that kooky fruit essence burns right away or sometimes settles near the bottom of the bowl. One is left with some generic dark Virginia and low-end Oriental leaf that do not go together well at all. The overall taste is like that of bad office coffee; uncomfortably warm and bitter in a way that is neither bracing nor pleasing. If your really lucky, that fruit stuff will rear its head again, now all funky and wet tasting, making latter half of the bowl almost nauseating. I kept smoking this stuff for a month, either because I am stubborn, poor, or stupid, but I could only manage to smoke a bowl of it about one day out of the week. By the end, it was tinder-dry. Surprisingly, this was not an improvement.
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Maimonides	10/26/2006	Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
A very generic VA. Much like cigarette tobacco. BETTER PICK: MCCLELLAND CHRISTMAS CHEER 05' OR 06 LIGHT FLAKE, DUNHILL- OR GOLDEN SLICES ORLIK
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Captain Pete	10/15/2006	Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant
I think Philo pretty much nailed it. Nicely cased with a rather pleasant tin aroma (once it's aired off a little), but just not enough going for it in the flavor department to make it a worthwhile smoke for me. And I was really hoping for the taste of Frankenberries.
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Philo Beddoe	10/14/2006	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
After reading the previous reviews I was expecting casings or even an awful stench, but I was not expecting plain and boring. This Virginia was boring in every way, I cannot say it was unpleasant to smoke, just one-dimensional. I opened the tin and smelled rich figs and some berry as well, I was thinking the worst, but as I started puffing I tasted no casings at all, but it was clear, that this was a very middle-of the road tobacco. There are too many other Virginias out there to ever visit this again.
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EAL	06/18/2006	Medium to Strong	Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
I enjoy all genres of tobacco blends. I especially like when I find a blend like this one that adds a nice hint of flavoring to some quality tobacco, especially when they work so well together as they do with this product. You get a nice taste of Virginias with no real bite, accompanied by a whisp of blueberry or raspberry. 3YMV falls under the love it or hate it category I guess, like its sibling Royal Yacht. I don't really understand why either draw so much criticism - especially this blend. Its not the holy grail, but its definately something I'd recomend to anyone lacking predjudices toward flavored tobacco. 3.5 stars.
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