Wilke Pipe Tobacco Wilke No. 10
(3.69)
An exotic range of Orientals, including Smyrna, Davalla, Xanthi, and Shiraz are blended in perfect harmony with lemon Virginia and Latakia. A mild to medium English blend that can be smoked all day.
Notes: This and other blends by this company continue to be blended and produced by hand, in relatively small batches.
Details
| Brand | Wilke Pipe Tobacco |
| Blended By | John Brandt |
| Manufactured By | Wilke Pipe Tobacco |
| Blend Type | Balkan |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Shag |
| Packaging | 2 oz. bag, 4 oz. bag, 8 oz. bag 16 oz. bag |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.69 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 35 of 35 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 30, 2004 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I fully concur with the characterization given by Pipper, above.
I can only add that this makes a good companion to Dunhill's EMP, this being more subtle and fragrant with less punch. Aromatic in the original sense. Orientals can be wonderful when you seek them.
My staple fare tends to be burleys and virginias. This blend is my change of pace, an alternative to sweet. Mr. Pease has company!
Update 11/10 I found a long neglected sealed canning jar of this from 2004. I can no longer compare this to EMP; it's now much better. I would give it 4 stars, but that is unfair for people considering this due to the benefit of aging. Moisture is perfect now. Latakia (Syrian?) is in balance and the sweet spot lasts most of the bowl. (Go large.) Try a sample from Carole, come back for a pound. Stick it in a sealed container and wait a while, you'll be glad you did.
I can only add that this makes a good companion to Dunhill's EMP, this being more subtle and fragrant with less punch. Aromatic in the original sense. Orientals can be wonderful when you seek them.
My staple fare tends to be burleys and virginias. This blend is my change of pace, an alternative to sweet. Mr. Pease has company!
Update 11/10 I found a long neglected sealed canning jar of this from 2004. I can no longer compare this to EMP; it's now much better. I would give it 4 stars, but that is unfair for people considering this due to the benefit of aging. Moisture is perfect now. Latakia (Syrian?) is in balance and the sweet spot lasts most of the bowl. (Go large.) Try a sample from Carole, come back for a pound. Stick it in a sealed container and wait a while, you'll be glad you did.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 05, 2017 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
This is a very nice, high quality, medium English balkan. It is a little strong for me but is otherwise an excellent smoke. The flavors are well balanced.
I think you won't be disappointed if you try this.
I think you won't be disappointed if you try this.
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2016 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable |
There's nothing bad about this. But there's nothing remarkable also. Don't get me wrong, the leaf is excellent, there's a "classical" feeling to this, but it's just too mild, too light, too balanced, to stand out for my tastes. It's like a very, very toned down 965. But there's also nothing wrong with it, so I'll smoke all #10 I have - thinking about wich will be the next tobacco to be smoked.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 15, 2015 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
#10 was given to me as a sample when I ordered more of my custom blend Carole blends for me (Half RumCake and Half her mild Burley with a smidge of Turkish, all topped with her RumCake Rum topping). #10 is a very mild and very flavorful Oriental blend. It surprised me like Blackhouse from Hearth & Home did, I was expecting the usual Dunhill type English flavor but just like Blackhouse the Yendije adds that little something and sets it far apart from most Englishes. Anyone who has smoked an English with an exotic Oriental in it knows what I mean... Cool burning, elegant and clean burning, a turn of the century blend that would be right at home on the end table next to the wingback chair in the study which is located in the West Wing of my English Manor of course. I uauallyt do not have a vivid imagination or conjured images when smoking but #10 really transports me into another time. Really really delicious and unique, a must try for anyone that enjoys the genre, Her prices are really getting up there (nowhere near Rich's of House of Calabash) but double from when I started ordering from her back in 2003. That said her tobacco's are top shelf and hand blended, the care and love put into the blends reflects the price. You want Lane taste, you pay Lane price, you want a Rolls Royce in your bowl, you pay extra for the privilege. Try some before she retires and your regretting never having tried a Pipeworks & Wilke blend...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 19, 2008 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
First things first. I love P&W, but it's always WAY too wet and I need to dry it out. Then again, I prefer my pipe tobacco almost bone dry (as opposed to my cigars, which I prefer very moist- whatever). The lemon virginias are OVERWHELMING and I didn't like this tobacco at all at first. So, what to do with 4 oz bag? Mix it! So I added my favorite mixer tobacco, GLP's Falcon, a tobacco I found a little hard for me by itself. The result? A gorgeous balance where the orientals popped out, the reds and dark VA's balanced out the lemons, and the extra latakia just added a nice bottom.
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