Robert McConnell My Mixture Barking Road

I’m going to review BARKING ROAD for what it is, for its own merits. Unfortunately I never tried Dunhill’s My Mixture 221B Baker Street, so this is not a comparison. This is not a review of a match compared to the original. Just for what this blend properly is. Content: according to the tin description there is Virginia and there is Burley. According to the Kohlhase & Kopp website there is Virginia, Kentucky and Oriental. No flavoring. I confirm the website description. There is Bright Virginia and Red Virginia (ripened). There is Kentucky and you can taste it from the beginning to the end of the bowl. There is Oriental leaf but little. There is no casing and there is an extremely mild top dressing (imperceptible). Pure tobacco I would say. In my opinion this is a natural classic mixture (a top natural blend), because Kentucky is a main actor. You could also consider this blend a natural aromatic mixture, but in my humble opinion there is too little oriental leaf and too little ripened Virginia. So I think it is more of a classic natural blend and not a natural aromatic mixture (but the taste is strictly personal and for someone it could be). It is a blend between the natural classic and the natural aromatic. Strong enough to satisfy the most demanding palates. Not for beginners but for experienced pipe smokers only. Good, strong and natural. Like old times. In my personal rating system (from 1 to 10) my score is more than 9 and three stars.