Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening
(2.86)
Our proprietary red Virginia cavendish is lightly cased with a delicate maple flavor resulting in our best selling aromatic blend. The smoker will appreciate the taste of Virginias while those around will flock to the warm, inviting fragrance.
Notes: Jeremy Reeves and Chris Tarler mentioned this to be the best selling C&D blend!
Details
Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
Blended By | Craig Tarler |
Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
Blend Type | Aromatic |
Contents | Cavendish, Virginia |
Flavoring | Fruit / Citrus, Maple, Rum, Sweet / Sugar, Vanilla, Whisky |
Cut | Coarse Cut |
Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 and 16 ounce tin, bulk |
Country | United States |
Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
2.86 / 4
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Reviews
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 03, 2012 | Mild | Extra Strong | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This was my first venture into Cornell & Diehl tobaccos and probably the last one.
JESUS CHRIST! Could you flavor tobacco any more than this?!? You are literally smoking maple syrup! Ghosted my pipe, ghosted my mouth - for days after I was tasting maple syrup.
The flavoring is waaaay over the top. If they were to use 1/10th of the topping - it would've been a very pleasant smoke. Until then - you are better off just drinking some maple syrup instead.
I really wanted to try some of the other C&D tobaccos, but I am way to gun-shy now.
JESUS CHRIST! Could you flavor tobacco any more than this?!? You are literally smoking maple syrup! Ghosted my pipe, ghosted my mouth - for days after I was tasting maple syrup.
The flavoring is waaaay over the top. If they were to use 1/10th of the topping - it would've been a very pleasant smoke. Until then - you are better off just drinking some maple syrup instead.
I really wanted to try some of the other C&D tobaccos, but I am way to gun-shy now.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 15, 2011 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Very Pleasant |
I love this stuff, sometimes I just like to open the jar and smell it and then smoke something else. I think it is one of the better aromatics out there. I have to exhale through my nose in order to taste it at times, but it is spectacular when I haven't been smoking much, this way I can really catch the flavor. This blend for me will always bring back memories of smoking in my college apartment during the fall with the sliding glass door open! It intermingles so well with those fall smells of leaves, smoke coming from peoples chimneys in the air, and of coarse pumpkin spice candles that some girl brought into the bachelor pad, haha! It is quite the mild blend and the toping is not to wet which I like, unfortunately it doesn't smoke quite as good as it smells, but it is tasty none the less!
Had to change my rating because, C&D has significantly altered the quality of the product, it is no longer worth smoking IMO, tastes like cigarettes.
Had to change my rating because, C&D has significantly altered the quality of the product, it is no longer worth smoking IMO, tastes like cigarettes.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 03, 2020 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
The initial smell of the tin is almost intoxicating. The smell of maple syrup overtakes all others, including the tobacco smell. However the aroma doesn't do well to translate into flavor. The tobacco itself has a tendency to burn hot and only slightly uneven. It's great to smoke around others though.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 14, 2020 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I wanted to like this one so badly. The idea of a tasty Virginia that pleases the crowd is a win/win, right? There are so many positive qualities that I have discovered in this blend, and very few negative ones. The Red Virginia cavendish is the same base for Kajun Kake, but it behaves much differently and is milder in strength here. There are some nice bread like toasty notes that are pleasing. This blend is neither sticky to the touch nor goopy in the heel. It smokes surprisingly dry for the number of toppings applied. Certainly no PG here though. Given that a singular leaf is used, the depth of the tobacco flavor is not there. It is fairly one dimensional. The toppings and casing do not overwhelm the tobacco and is a nice balanced enhancement. Mild nuances of vanilla and maple are evident in the sidestream and room note. At the end of the day this is not for me, but given it’s status as C&Ds number one seller, all should give this a chance. Again, I reiterate, there was nothing objectionable about this tobacco at all, it just won’t find its way into my rotation.
Pipe Used:
Numerous
PurchasedFrom:
P&C
Age When Smoked:
1 year
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 30, 2018 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
With all the hype, my expectations were high. I’ve been disappointed with most of Cornell & Diehl’s products lately, and this unfortunately continues the theme.
It smells fantastic when you open the tin, but that’s the best thing I can say about this. I don’t know if I got a dud tin, but I thought I was looking at the contents of a can of dip it was so finely cut and chopped. I’m not talking about just a fine shag, the cut is extremely fine and short. The entire contents of the tin are this way. Perhaps this is intentional, but it conveys a “what do we do with all these scraps?”-style presentation. In any case, I think this type of cut, any kind of shag cut when it comes to pipe tobacco, provides for a hot, fast and muddled smoking experience.
That delicious tin note does not translate to the smoke. It’s just a mildly sweet and mostly bland flavor.
More and more, I’m beginning to view Cornell & Diehl as the OTC blender of the premium tobacco realm. I’m glad they have as many fans as they do, and there are still a few Pease blends that I think they’re getting right, but the switch to the finer ribbon cut for many of their blends in the last couple years has been detrimental to their quality.
As it stands, I tried a few bowls of this over the course of a few days and threw it in the trash.
Oh, and the above picture of the tin and the accompanying tobacco is clearly from the pre-2016 era, before C&D switched to the ultra fine shag cut. I’m now of the opinion that most reviews of C&D produced blends pre-2016 have been rendered essentially useless, as most of their blends now feature a shag cut, and seemingly different leaf in many cases, and therefore bear little resemblance to what they once were.
It smells fantastic when you open the tin, but that’s the best thing I can say about this. I don’t know if I got a dud tin, but I thought I was looking at the contents of a can of dip it was so finely cut and chopped. I’m not talking about just a fine shag, the cut is extremely fine and short. The entire contents of the tin are this way. Perhaps this is intentional, but it conveys a “what do we do with all these scraps?”-style presentation. In any case, I think this type of cut, any kind of shag cut when it comes to pipe tobacco, provides for a hot, fast and muddled smoking experience.
That delicious tin note does not translate to the smoke. It’s just a mildly sweet and mostly bland flavor.
More and more, I’m beginning to view Cornell & Diehl as the OTC blender of the premium tobacco realm. I’m glad they have as many fans as they do, and there are still a few Pease blends that I think they’re getting right, but the switch to the finer ribbon cut for many of their blends in the last couple years has been detrimental to their quality.
As it stands, I tried a few bowls of this over the course of a few days and threw it in the trash.
Oh, and the above picture of the tin and the accompanying tobacco is clearly from the pre-2016 era, before C&D switched to the ultra fine shag cut. I’m now of the opinion that most reviews of C&D produced blends pre-2016 have been rendered essentially useless, as most of their blends now feature a shag cut, and seemingly different leaf in many cases, and therefore bear little resemblance to what they once were.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 08, 2018 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
When I first started piping,over forty years ago,tobacco offerings were somewhat frugal in England,which led me to Condor,St.Bruno or Clan.The first two left me dizzy,for want of a better description.Therefore,for many a year,it was the Clan that saw me through my early pipe years. Having tried it again last year,I cannot,for the love of Mike,comprehend how I survived.Take it or leave it,better the devil etc. So to Autumn evening,yes ,like Clan,an aromatic,but served up with a maple syrup pie,Alas not much like Dundee cake or Highland shortbread,yum....much more akin to Old Spice than Armani on the nose. Having purchased a large tin ...Why,God,Why! from the States and got clobbered with the tax..Grrrr! I gradually discovered that most,but not all,mass produced American blends are reminiscent of that unholy Clan offering.The maple casing is a bit like Raspberry Vodka.Who needs it.Not me taken in by it any more.Give me solid unpretentious fare like Germain , Gawith or Perretti any time,especially if you want a smoke lasting longer than it takes for the match to extinguish .Whoosh,If you get my drift,C and D. Aromatics,do have their place for those of a frail constitution,nagging wife or those who cannot source Penzance,but for me,Alas a no no.....Just tried some Peretti blends,cor blimey,that’s more like it .I-even got away with the tax...address withheld 😀
Pipe Used:
Manz
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking pipes
Age When Smoked:
New
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 05, 2017 | Mild | Very Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant |
Based on the reviews, I'm wondering if I got a bad batch.
Aroma in the tin is delicious. Warm, rich, maple tones with maybe a splash of chocolate.
Not sure how this is classified as a "coarse cut." It was cut so fine, it was reminiscent of opening a can of Copenhagen. The tobacco felt great between the fingers--light and silky.
That's where the good ends.
Stuff lights easy. Burns like paper in a brush fire. A bowl lasted like 10-15 minutes. Taste is sort of like maple at first, but then burns so fast, it tasted like a generic cigarette. Room notes are ok.
Not sure if there's better batches out there, but based on this one, I was very disappointed.
Aroma in the tin is delicious. Warm, rich, maple tones with maybe a splash of chocolate.
Not sure how this is classified as a "coarse cut." It was cut so fine, it was reminiscent of opening a can of Copenhagen. The tobacco felt great between the fingers--light and silky.
That's where the good ends.
Stuff lights easy. Burns like paper in a brush fire. A bowl lasted like 10-15 minutes. Taste is sort of like maple at first, but then burns so fast, it tasted like a generic cigarette. Room notes are ok.
Not sure if there's better batches out there, but based on this one, I was very disappointed.
Pipe Used:
Peterson system, Viking 301, Calabash meerschaum
PurchasedFrom:
P&C
Age When Smoked:
Fresh out of 8oz can.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 25, 2017 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
One of the best flavored mixture. This blend is rich in aromas and fruity flavors both, from the side of the taste and from the side of the room note. It is really sweet and pleasant to the palate. Medium strength, with a good level of nicotine. I recommend this blend to the flavored mixtures’ lovers. In my personal system rating (from 1 to 10) my score is 9 and 3 stars.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 21, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
Maple and vanilla is what I get from this blend. I like it, I couldn't tell you what the underlying flavors are because it is a very sweet smoke-all aromatic with very little tobacco. But sometimes that is exactly what I want. A nice change of pace from vanilla Cavendish and perfect on an autumn evening on the porch. I bought 8 oz and popped it in a mason jar to save until next fall, hopefully it ages well!
Pipe Used:
Missouri meerschaum
PurchasedFrom:
pipes and cigars
Age When Smoked:
new from bulk
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 03, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
This is one of my favorite aromatics out there the true maple is amazing. I was introduced to this blend 8 years ago and still remains top of the list. A simple red virginia cavendish infused with maple. The initial light is nice and the smoke is a crowd pleased for sure. If people are into aros this is one that should be available for you.
Pipe Used:
Gbd churchwarden
PurchasedFrom:
Allegheny smokeworks blawnox pa
Age When Smoked:
Fresh as well as 8 years