McClelland Tudor Castle
(3.80)
Tudor Castle uses a very high sugar content bright Virginia with a good amount of rare No.1 grade Yenidje, red Virginia both dark stoved and raw red plus a full amount of barrel aged Louisiana perique.
This is a rare and expensive blend. It is designed to age due to the very high grade bright very high sugar content Virginia leaf. Pressed flake produced in the same vein as Beacon.
Notes: A very special mixture in very limited numbers as only 340 tins were produced for 2007. Reintroduced in 2009.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Series | Collector Series |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.80 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 40 of 60 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 17, 2010 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Another winner in the PCCA redux series. Gentle and sweet, a real classy Va/Per, McClelland style. A little monochromatic for me, but a no-brainer if a guy just wants a pleasant smoke and nothing too challenging. Not really a contemplative tobacco for me, but just straightforward and tasty.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 25, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
I have only tried a couple of bowls of this stuff. I wish I had a few tins stashed away. It is an outstanding blend of excellent tobaccos. Very tasty all the way through the bowl! Highly recommended... If you are lucky enough to find any.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 27, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Unnoticeable |
This one I was able to sample a few weeks ago at the pipe club I attend. It smoked well but really can’t do a review justice. Just marking this one down since McClelland closed shop. The tin was dated 2015.
Age When Smoked:
3 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 23, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
How we all going to miss McClellend. What a shame. I only had one of this gem. Tudor Castle was a high quality Va/Per with a twist. I just loved the way McClelland came up with these blends. Using only the very best of leaves aged to perfection and blended by the masters.
Age When Smoked:
9 yrs
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 17, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Lovely and now extinct. A great Mclelland VaPer. Will savour the last and only couple tins in my cellar. It’s not irreplaceable though. There are others as good, but none with this unique leaf and vintage.
Pipe Used:
Seville
Age When Smoked:
5 +
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 14, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is an amazing “sleeper” hit from McClelland. The tin art is nothing fancy and is easy to pass by in your local tobacco house. Very tangy and naturally sweet Virginia, a constant backbone trickle of Yenidje oriental flavors, and the constantly prevalent spicy & peppery plum goodness from the perique. This is a top of the line favorite tobacco of mine for the past three and a half years. I've noticed from bowl to bowl that sometimes I will get more forward Yenidje Oriental flavor throughout, sometimes more Red or Bright Yellow VA, and sometimes Perique can come and go through bowls. It can be a chameleon blend and that makes even better. And excellent VaPer with the addition of Yenidje.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 24, 2017 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
McClelland - Tudor Castle (Collectors Series).
It's a part-broken flake, dark brown with yellow flecks, arrived at a good hydration and the standard McClelland ketchup smell is forcible in the tin-note. The flakes only take a quick final rub to bring them to fruition.
What a smoke. The Perique has lots of dark fruit, a little vinegar, but only a jot of pepper/spice. The bright Virginia creates a sweetness reminiscent of a mild casing, and the fruity note from the red Virginia couldn't work any better with the Perique. The Virginias also have a breadiness. The Yenidje, although easily identifiable in the smoke, has a mellow flavour. For the inaugurate part of a bowl the Perique has a touch more vigour, but this soon abates to give way to a well balanced, beautifully rounded, tasty smoke. Tudor' burns without a glitch, at a cool temperature.
Nicotine: medium. Room-note: not as good as the taste!
Tudor Castle? A definite four star blend:
Highly recommended.
Merry Christmas everyone.
It's a part-broken flake, dark brown with yellow flecks, arrived at a good hydration and the standard McClelland ketchup smell is forcible in the tin-note. The flakes only take a quick final rub to bring them to fruition.
What a smoke. The Perique has lots of dark fruit, a little vinegar, but only a jot of pepper/spice. The bright Virginia creates a sweetness reminiscent of a mild casing, and the fruity note from the red Virginia couldn't work any better with the Perique. The Virginias also have a breadiness. The Yenidje, although easily identifiable in the smoke, has a mellow flavour. For the inaugurate part of a bowl the Perique has a touch more vigour, but this soon abates to give way to a well balanced, beautifully rounded, tasty smoke. Tudor' burns without a glitch, at a cool temperature.
Nicotine: medium. Room-note: not as good as the taste!
Tudor Castle? A definite four star blend:
Highly recommended.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Pipe Used:
Altinok Meerschaum
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
6 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2013 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I wasn't sure what to expect from this, and with one bowl left in the tin, I'm still figuring this blend out. The VA components gives this a good structure, the Perique gives it strength (and a bit of roughness), and the Yenidje complexity. An interesting blend that I wish I had let age more (the tin was just over a year old).
On the other hand, the flakes themselves (more like large broken flakes in my tin)were tough to bend or rub out, and a tad flame-resistant. Once it catches, however, it burns nicely without much tending. If I manage to let a tin of this age, I wouldn't be surprised to see me up the rating.
On the other hand, the flakes themselves (more like large broken flakes in my tin)were tough to bend or rub out, and a tad flame-resistant. Once it catches, however, it burns nicely without much tending. If I manage to let a tin of this age, I wouldn't be surprised to see me up the rating.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 26, 2013 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Great change of pace or special treat tobacco very unique
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 31, 2011 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This mixture is definitely spicier than any other VAPER I've yet smoked, because this is harsher than Escudo. It is smokes wonderfully when rubbed out, which is how I smoke my flake tobaccos. This is not a gurgle smoke either, which is always a bonus. I did get a tin which was tinned in 2009 according to my can and the McClelland's smell was very strong! That doesn't deter me, however, because I have smoked numerous blends by this manufacturer and the smell never affects the flavor or room note of the tobacco. The vinegar must be used as a preservative or anti-mold agent. Moreover, The flavor is like nothing else I have ever smoked. The subtle buttered pop corn flavor is present, which comes from the perique, but the yenidje is doing something I can't quite put my finger on. Oh well, I agree with a previous reviewer: this will be a classic generating myriad spin-offs. One can be sure of that!
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