Sutliff Tobacco Company Stoved Virginia #507-S

I am a HUGE fan of all McClelland blends and was devastated when they closed their doors. Since, I have been on the hunt to find any blends that can either replicate or at least come close to some of these blends. I haven't found any direct replacements.

However, I have yet to find any the directly correlate, though I will share on this forum if I find any for those interested.

With all that being said, this blend doesn't directly correlate to a single McClelland blend, but it DOES provide the sweet, toasty, slightly bready, experience I have enjoyed within McClelland Virginia blends as well as their Virginias in any of their blends. If this was mixed with some more lighter and fruitier Virginias, I could see this being a great replacement for McClellands Virginia #25. I was so happy to find the sweet and toasty, almost toasted marshmallow, flavors in this blend. I'm going to experiment with adding this tobacco to a few others to see how close I can get to some McClelland blends.

It's a rough cut, not quite shag as there are some larger chunks, of dark black and dark brown tobacco. It smells of raisins and plums from the bag with a bit of earth and a slight tang. Loads easy and is a bit difficult to keep lit. Stays lit with firm tamping and slow but steady sipping. It produces a small amount of smoke that is not quite creamy, but soft. It tastes slightly sweet (more of the smell), toasty, bready, marshmallow hints, a bit of earth, balanced by slightly sour notes, but just a hair. It has some deeper notes as well, but are not overpowering. It's fairly simple and straight forward and some would probably call it 'one-noted', but I think this is what the 'blend' was intended for, 'blending'. Good stuff!