Davidoff Flake Medallions

Call me uncouth, but of the few VaPer blends i have tried, this one stands out as my favorite, above Deluxe Navy roll and Elizabethan Mixture. Maybe because i am still new to the world of VaPers, but Flake Medalions gave me the most ''peculiar'' experience, it seemed a better representative of its type, fruity, figgy, spicy. From the tin, it smells like candies (okok candied figs maybe...). I always rub it out and it smokes well, especially outside. I cannot detect the Cavendish, i guess it just mellows the whole thing and gives it a fuller mouth feel, though i wouldnt call this a rich smoke. Rather, it is very tasty, very bright, fruity, in a bold, tasty way. It is not incredibly spicy, just pleasantly so.

I guess Deluxe Navy Roll is a superior baccy, more complex, closer to that neutral, natural tobacco taste, darker in taste, with Perique that is less petulant, but i keep having more fun smoking Flake Medalion... I may be completely wrong in thinking that it is the Perique that makes it differ from those other VaPers, it may be the VAs that are more playful and fruity... i dont care. This one takes me further from the ''core'' tobacco taste and i enjoy it very much.

(it has the added benefit of never making me sick as opposed to other VaPers, which i have to smoke extremely carefully...)

Most of the reviewers rate this tobacco better than C&D's Luxury Bullseye Flake. I do not agree.

DFM contains quality tobacco, make no mistake. But for the money spent on it, I was expecting something special which it ain't. I prefer Escudo or LBF

Correction! After the tins has been open for a couple of days, I tried it again. I must admit I made a mistake. The taste has improved dramatically and it's now sweet, smooth and soft with just the right amount of perique. I just LOVE it.

I resisted posting this review for a long time, but here it goes:

This is Luxury Bullseye Flake. Which is great. Just tinned, branded, and more expensive. Possibly benefits from some tin-aging. And the tin helps the presenation, coins stay more tightly rolled, etc. But it's the same blend, made at the same factory, on the same equipment, with the same tobaccos.

That said, a world-class blend. A must-try for both VaPer and straight Virginia smokers.

But it's still LBF.

(Flame suit on)

If your palate can't detect the beautiful nuances of this blend and you need a harsh blend to feel something in your mouth, don't bother reviewing this one and don't mark it as a beginner tobacco ,go smoke your Escudo. This blend is a masterpiece , it is pleasantly mild and tasty at the same time and with enough nicotine , making this possible is hard.

As opening the tin, I was impressed by its wonderful appearance, pure golden viriginas with a black bulls eye (Cavendish) in the middle - let it dry a little to experience it at its best.

Than simply fold the medaillons twice and put it in your pipe, one after another, depending of the size of the pipe, from one piece up to two and a half pieces, are possible in my different pipes.

Easy to light, smokes absolutely dry and very cool, therefore very very gentle to your tongue, leaves your palate clean and keeps you wanting more and more, since it offers such nices nuances which only top leave quality can offer.

A real round tabacco, all details (Virginias, Perique and a touch of Cavendish) harmonize wonderfully in this composition, and leave a nice long finish, just like drinking a ripe Bordeaux, only a little bit cheaper.

This is the best tabcco in my bar, worth more than every penny, you have to give it a try and you will see or taste.........

Yea man! This is my first try at the Davidoff's line of blends and, I must say, a very nice surprise!

Like Newman pointed out, the roll cakes are a beauty to the eye, which is greeted by a spiral of about 2 in of golden, light brown, brown and dark brown colours, with a core of dark brown/black of about, yea, 1/2 in.

The tin aroma is of good, matured VAs and a discreet, subtle sweetness generated by the core of black cavendish that will increase slightly after a couple days. The Périque is there, but definitely more in the background.

A roll and a half, fully rubbed, with the core fully broken, will fill a medium size bowl. The lighting is easy, the taste of smooth, cool VAs with a sweet occasional background of the black Cavendish. As the bowl progresses, the Périque will manifest itself, but as a nice counterpart, increasing the strenght and adding some kick to the whole experience.

The end is a bit more stronger, with a bit more regularity from Mr Louisiana, which will put the Black cavendish in the background, but still there.

For me, if the experience of the two other tins that I bought remain the same, this bakkie will be gloriously crowned to the status of the all- day smoke, which is to say a lot.

I love this tobacco, it's smooth, just a tiny sweet from the black cavendish and kicky from the Périque. A fascinating combination and certainly a never boring, about to become daily smoke. And a very high quality tobacco from Davidoff.

I highly recommend this tobacco and any pipe smoker reading this review should try it, it is well worth the try and cheaper in prize than the american blends like Cornell & Diehl or G.L Pease.

I must begin this review with the disclaimer that I canned the blend a few in mason jars. At first I did not like the blend, I found the perique too tangy and too... spontaneous, as if not blended in well enough. I read about those with similair experiences, and waited two months. Slightly less so, but too much the same still.

Now, a few years later I picked the blend up again, and I had a great experience. The perique, cavendish and virginia have blended in completely. The virginia is woody, bready, earthy. The perique is now always present but laid back. The black cavendish - I do not notice it too much. A blend that you can smoke all day (after the preservation process, that is) but that sneakily hits you up with nicotine afterwards, which I find to be a draw back.

I'm writing this review just after finishing my first bowl of Flake Medallions (if anything changes I'll update).

It was my first time smoking a VaPer AND a medallion flake.

No words are able to describe the pleasure provided upon opening the tin, smelling and smoking the first bowl of this....

The tin is beautiful along with the Davidoff logo this font is so classy... The contents are similiar in beauty... the flake medallions are almost mesmerazing and the gaze of the black cavendish spot in the middle is great.

First puffs gives me the spice perique on the tip of the tongue, followed by the nutty, sweet, black cavendish which seems to smooth and walk hand in hand with the virginias. Little more into the bowl you enjoy the high quality grassy virnigias and spicying perique with subtle hints of the sweet cavendish smoothing the blend making it almost perfect.

This is easily one of the best blends I've tasted. Burns cool, needed little relight (probably due to bad packing since first time trying medallions), does not bite and tastes wonderfull. Nic is mild to medium.

10/10 would recommend trying this one out. Nice balance of flavours and overall great experience. I just wish I could buy more tins of it.

This is currently my favorite tobacco. I prefer it over the Deluxe Navy Rolls. Man; it's deep, spicy, sweet, rich, smoky, ropy, tangy, chewy. I would smoke this through my nose if my mouth was sewn shut. It's also fun to twist, twirl and rub out in whatever way you like. Only downside is the price. So far I've only smoked this one coin at a time in fairly small bowls.