McClelland Yenidje Supreme
(3.08)
Taste these blends (Supreme without Latakia, Highlander with Latakia) and discover why this particular classic Xanthi (the Yenidje of old) with its refreshing sweetness is known as "The Queen of Tobaccos".
Notes: From McClelland: Oriental tobacco cultivation began in the 1600s around the villages of Yenidje and Kirdzhali after Venetian and Genoese traders introduced tobacco smoking to the area in the 1500s. The classic Basma seed introduced there over 300 years ago is believed by some to derive from an ancient Venezuelan variety of Nicotiana Tabacum named Barinas. The very finest Xanthi still comes from the original Yenidje (Genesaia) area of Western Thrace just north of the modern town of Xanthi. It is the Xanthi-Yaka-Basma and the Xanthi-Djebel-Basma that comprise the legendary Yenidje leaf which is thin, full-bodied, flexible, with fine veins. Full of oils, the best leaves are quite small, yellow to brown in color, with a pleasant, delicate aroma and sweet, mild, fresh flavor.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Series | Grand Orientals |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Oriental |
| Contents | Maryland, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
|
3.08 / 4
|
Reviews
Please login to post a review.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Oct 19, 2007 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
I was deeply disappointed with this entire series. I heard they were coming out with Oriental blends not Virginia blends with dashes of Oriental. I was all a twitter in anticipation waiting for them to debut, then when I got hold of the tins and ripped them open and sniffed it was felt like the time I took a facemask to the groin in junior high football. Virginias? faint smells of sugary top dressing? My heart sank as I loaded my first bowl. I tried to offset my initial disappointment by reminding myself that it was flavor and aroma that mattered. It is, and the blend (all of them) failed to deliver. The oriental is there and it teases, but the virginia base tobaccos overwhelm them most of the time. These are not the scrumptuos blends showcasing exotic and rare tobaccos that I hoped for. They are virginia blends that have been laced with precious oriental. McClellands has disappointed me, and I have been a big fan for awhile. They are behaving like a tease. The oriental shines through occasionally, but the blends tend to be too moist, smoke hot and taste predominately like rather boring virginia blends. What a waste of Orientals.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2008 | Mild | Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
I think the McClellandization of this blend destroys whatever fine subtleties and character of this oriental leaf may have. This blend was absolutely flat and bland along with McC's characteristic acetic acid bouquet from the tin. It's an absolute shame and failure to treat, process oriental leaf this way but since it's so bland I suspect this oriental variety or quality may not have whole lot of intrinsic funky aromatic character that oriental leaf is usually thought of. Yenidje!Of coarse I'm thinking of Balkan Sobranie but there is nothing of character in this McClelland blend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Jun 13, 2008 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable |
What in the world do so many favorable reviewers see in this stuff? I find it to be a thin, shallow smoke with, in the worst sense, a bitter and raw green note that's way too prominent. The exotic tastes that do come through (cf. OleFattGuy's astute identification of cardamom, cumin, clove, etc.) I neither expect nor appreciate in a smoke. With so many good tobaccos out there why would anyone endorse this?
"Yenidje" is probably the Greek word for dandelion; and somewhere in Greece there is a farmer having a good laugh.
I just don't get it; must be a personal chemistry thing, or this is the wrong tobacco genre for me.
"Yenidje" is probably the Greek word for dandelion; and somewhere in Greece there is a farmer having a good laugh.
I just don't get it; must be a personal chemistry thing, or this is the wrong tobacco genre for me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Jan 06, 2009 | Mild | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
This one was a real dissapointment for me. It was a little over a year ago that I read all of the great reviews for this blend and I, "had to get some". It was a little pricey but you know how it goes, this is 4 star stuff and I, "had to get some". Well, here I am about 15 months later, I've consumed about ten pipe fulls, they've produced about eight headaches, and every pipefull has left me with the feeling that I smoked a pack of Camels and got lucky with an ashtray. The truth is IMHO of coarse, the first half of the pipe is not bad, slight Virginia sweetness, nice little aroma, but then instead of improving it all just goes to hell. My pipe turns sour and I feel like I'm licking an ashtray, and as an added bonus, that taste stays with me for hours. Oh yippie!
Am I stubborn, stupid or what ? When would you have stopped ? Lots of people like this weed,... but me,... I'm done.
Confessions of a tobacco junkie.
Am I stubborn, stupid or what ? When would you have stopped ? Lots of people like this weed,... but me,... I'm done.
Confessions of a tobacco junkie.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| May 18, 2008 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
Where I'm sure it has its place, Yenidje Supreme is not in my rotation...as a matter of fact I will just go ahead and state that I have been totally unimpressed by any McClelland tobaccos. Generic and boring (generally as all McClellands are) I can't see this one being on the shelves very long. Nothing special at all grabs my senses with this. Although tangy and lemony I cannot-for the life of me-detect any Oriental spice that should define this pathetic, lifeless, mass of ribbon cut boredom. As stated in my previous review of Blackwoods Flake (also by McClelland), this reinforces my dislike and intolerance of an inferior product supplied by a juggernaut whose goal is to produce superior profit with inferior quality.
target="_blank"
