Robert McConnell Folded Flake

McConnell's Folded Flake comes as 2" wide flakes stacked and folded. A tad too moist for me upon opening so I tore off a portion of 2-3 flakes and let it dry a bit. I then rolled it into a Nording Beaver that loves Va's. The smoke starts out like a middle weight brown Va. Shortly thereafter the burley shows up. It both mellows and flattens the flavors. Said flavors are sweet , ripe va's with a bit of earthiness from the burley. It seems to contain more burley than Orlick's Golden Sliced or G/H's Brown Flake u/s. More along the lines of Esoterica's Stonehaven, without the stoved Va's. If it's topped or cased {I'd guess not] it's with a light neutral agent. The perique shows up just after the burley and is reticent until the second half of the bowl. It adds a certain spice that counteracts the flatness of the burley. The smoke builds slightly in strength and flavor in the second half. I find it less sweet than McConnell's Scottish Cake ,less exotic than their Scottish Flake and more balanced than their Red Virginia [which also contains perique]. I found it enough different from it's siblings to make it worth buying and I've added a couple of tins to my larder. Worth a try.