Cornell & Diehl Purple Cow

The earthy, nutty Burley holds a slight lead over the smoky Lat. The Virginias lend a touch of sweet hay. The Cigar Leaf adds an earthy spice that stays mostly in the background, but steps toward the front on occasion. A pretty nice smoke that benefits from sipping to bring out the best flavor. Has enough strength to easily satisfy. Burns cool and steady.

Medium in body. Medium to full in taste. No added flavorings. Burn is excellent.

This has a strong maduro cigar leaf body to it. It is not full of plums and raisins like Three Nuns, nor a Christmas mass censer like Sasieni (meaning that the latakia isn't the main note), nor is it a MacBaren mouth mousetrap of tongue bite. It's a fairly slow smoke, unlike Carter Hall which disappears like magician's paper. For about 2/3 of the orchestra, I'd have to say, "Cigar."

A good smoke for the burley lover, of which I am one. Hell, I love it all, but on with the notes. Predominantly good nutty burley with Virginia, Latakia and Muduro leaf playing lesser roles and in the order afore mentioned. Takes to the match well and smokes clean from top to bottom. No bite for me but I smoked at a moderate cadence. The Virginia helps to take some of the edge off of the burley with its grassy quality. The Latakia played a minor role for me with undertones of smiley camp fire and the dark oily Maduro becomes more obvious as the smoke proceeds. Overall a smoke worth trying. Less pronounced and not quite as strong as BillyBudd, but an overall solid 3 here for me. One note, if you are looking for this to taste like a Maduro wrapped stoggie, that ain't happening. The only true way to get that in a pipe is to smoke a cigar in the pipe. Pairs well with strong black coffee and good tea. Not my everyday smoke but one I will keep on hand for a change of pace.

Bought a 2oz. tin. Been smoking this about a week now. I wish I got an older tin to try. I dumped this into a mason jar to age awhile. I think I will enjoy it even more then. I prefer to buy in bulk. This is a good blend with burley the main player and cigar note and latakia rounding it out in the background. I am a fan of C&D 412 Billy Budd, and if you like that, you would probally like this one too.

First and foremost, this blend is heavy on the latakia. The cigar leaf and Va, in fact, don't seem to add much in the way of distinct flavors (which is surprising). Instead, they provide a LOT of sweetness -- so much so, in fact, that at times I had to remind myself that I wasn't smoking some kind of aromatic. The burley is hardly noticeable at all, as it seems to be used in this blend mainly as a base. Purple Cow (gotta love the name and tin art!) burns well,seems to have no bite at all, and won't goop up your pipe. The room note is considerably more friendly than that of most latakia-heavy blends. A word of caution, however: when you reach the bottom, the flavor shifts abrubtly to a sooty, ashy mess (probably due the cigar leaf), so I suggest dumping it about 3/4 of the way down.

Basically, this blend makes me think of a souped-up, slightly musty version of Frog Morton, which isn't a bad thing. It's not that they taste alike (the flavor profiles are different), but they both feature lots of latakia, lots of sweetness, and are exceptionally easy on the tongue. I think that fans of the Frog Morton line might like this one a lot, but folks who primarily smoke full-bodied English blends might want to give it a pass.

This one is like the bigger brother of habana daydream.. It is a rough and tough burley driven smoke.. Dry in character as I find cornell and diehl burley to be.. it also offers a nice cigar component that certainly is the second most important ingredient of the smoke.. robust, earthy and spicy. A touch of latakia and just a hint of virginia play in the smoke but are definitely not as significant..The results are interesting.. Maybe a little harsh and dry for my tastes.. I prefer a little tempering with my cigar and burley.. a little oriental or cavendish may have been a nice touch.. but then it would be a completely different smoke.. I think fans of burley have a great option here.. if you aren't a big burley person this one is good to try but maybe won't become a staple so much as a departure.. for me it is a 2.5 which I will round up to 3.. A satisfying cigar blend.. Not my first choice by far.

Cornell & Diehl did well with this blend. It's got some deep, cigar leaf after-flavor, but not stepping on the burley and Perique. Packed easy and stayed lit as well. I can see this one staying in regular rotation.

Being a fan of Tobacco in all forms, this blend jumped at me with its Latakia and Maduro partnership. And it is a great pairing, however there is something that keeps this from being a four star great. I don't think there is enough Lat and Mad. I feel as if the burley blend gets in the way. Don't get me wrong, this is very good smoke, I enjoy it. Most Definately give it a shot.

Bought it because of the tin and name right before my osn's graduation from Williams...home of the purple cow. The robacco was delivered on my birthday with two nice Tsuge Briars that I ordered. As a cigar smoker, wanted to try a good cigar leaf blend.

Nice robbon cut that was a bit dry when I opened the can. Packs nicely but does burn quickly...probably because of the dry nature of the tobacco.

Was a very nice smoke with the burleys and Vriginan mixing nicely with the latakia. The maduo leaf gives it a spicy touch. I didn't think I was going to like the same leaf I like smoking in a cigar out of a briar. Pleasantly surpirsed. Never overwhelms the smoke though. Since I broke in one of the new pipes with the blend, will try it in a nicely broken pipe to get a cushioned smoke.