McClelland Vanilla Black Cavendish

This is my first review of 2019 and it was pretty close to being the last review of 2018. Many of the reviews below say it better than me but here I go. This is an excellent heavily-cased vanilla aromatic. As noted, this blend is pretty much the standard for an excellent vanilla cavendish. Top quality tabacky produces a smooth flavorful burn with absolutely ZERO tongue bite. Very nice burnt-nutty cavendish flavor and, of course, vanilla liquor throughout. When I want a "dessert" type aromatic to work into my rotation VNC is it. (My preferred blends are English w/latakia.) I will be smoking this again. Just shy of 4 stars for my subjective taste. Happy New Year!

Vanilla Black Cavendish is black cavendish flavored with vanilla (clever I know). The tobacco is kinda on the moist side so for easier lighting let it dry for a few minutes. Packs easy enough. You a get a slight natural sweetness from the cavendish with a hint of vanilla. Is it better than much cheaper drug store brands? No not really. If you want a bulk vanilla flavored tobacco go with Super Value, Admiral's Choice, or Smoker's Pride. Recommended only if your too prideful to smoke the previously mentioned brands.

Super sweet and tasty... will diminish towards bottom of bowl. But, 1st light until mid bowl it is sweet and tangy, especially when you get the temp just right. Smoke it real slow and cool and the taste is subtle and sweet. But push the temp up just a tad and you get a tangy sweetness that is sublime! It's a fine line though, because it will start to get moist in the bottom of the bowl with too much heat. Pack it real loose and use the biggest bowl you have to maximize flavor and guard against gurgle. My Rossi Lucca 8803 EX Lumberman is the biggest I have and gives me the best experience with McClelland aromatics.

This is very good Stuff. One of the best Vanilla Tobaccos. For me, it have not only Vanilla, but many notes of Black Chocolate also. very sweet, very slow burning, low Nicotine ammout. will be apreciated by the Expert, but also is suitable for the begginer. An aromatic of the stylle that i like: Rich flavour and taste, but with low Nicotine ammount. Remarkable. Destiny to be one of my favorites.

I bought a 10g sample of this one, and tried it out immediately after receiving it. Smell out of the baggie is very strong. Like a vanilla liqueur. The tobacco seems heavy and really coated with a casing. Might have been a little moist to start with.

It's an OK smoke. Not really anything special, but not really anything too negative about it either. Worth a try if you want a vanilla aromatic.

I'd probably limit myself to buying samples if I'm in the mood for it.

Room note is OK as well.

This blend is what i thought House of Windsor's Argosy Black and Classic Cavendish would be. This is an Aromatic smoker's holy grail. Good tobacco is used to make the cavendish (it is a Mclelland) and it tastes like toasted marshmellows and Butterscotch mixed in a German Chocolate Cake as mentioned above. I liked this blend alot and i bought a half pound from Knox Cigar, opening the bulk bag is like walking into a Bakery! Burns nicely without too much goo but also blends nicely with just about everything.

Gag! This stuff remindes me of why I hate aromatics. Tastes like the Yankee candle company smells. Sickening essence of vanilla and hazelnut. PG for days. I don't think its possible for this one to ever get dry. Gag me with a spoon. If I want something this sweet I'd rather have dessert.

This started off nice enough with a mild dark roasted coffee-like and vanilla flavor, a little milder than I like, but about half way a musty, stale flavor started creeping in. By the 3/4 mark it had taken over and I had to quit it. Don't know what the deal is with that, but it puts me completely off this tobacco. No thanks.

I ordered this as a sampler and received a very dry blend, I will update this review after adding a humidifier stone to the tin I put it in so I can try this blend at the moisture level at which I feel it should have arrived at.

As a dry tobacco it smokes hot, the fullness of flavour doesn't come through nor does the sweetness normally associated with black cavendish tobacco. It's a very one dimensional smoke that is bland, in fact I emptied my bowl half way through. Normally I would think it deserves 3 stars but cannot give it any more than 1 as a dried out tobacco.

EDIT: After moistening this tobacco with a pouch stone I tried this blend once again. To the point I loved it, nice taste of Vanilla, nice taste of B. Cav. A typical Vanilla Cavendish that won't dissapoint, very smooth smoke for the Aro lovers. This time it gets the 3 stars I think it deserves. Also mixes very nice with Stanwell Melange.