Cornell & Diehl Plantation Evening

I was pleasantly surprised with PE. In the tin, I smelled soury tangy flavours with an undertone of wood and/or earthiness. After lighting, I saw myself walking through a plantation. The wood / earthy / green / forest aromas was evident, layered in a nice Latakia smokiness. The only reason why I'm not giving it a 4 is because I'm biased - while doing this review, I'm also reviewing my Top 5 so far for 2015 and its not i the top 5. On a more "objective" day, could easily rate it 4. I'll come back to this review to confirm this (or not) 🙂

As the advertisement says...a middle of the road blend. Very nice when one wants a bit of latakia but not an overwhelming amount. Agree with all the reviews that it is well blended...no one leaf stands out. Starts out sweet. Very nice ribbon cut. I have been alternating between Yale... bought an English sampler and only have opened the two but both similar however YM has a bit more latakia and less perique. I like both for different occasions. This can be a good all day blend if one smokes all day. Nice...will let it age and try others in the sampler.

This blend performs just as described, mild and middle of the road. It is easy to pack and smoke; I had no relights after the initial charring and true light. I tasted the perique more from mid bowl on, the latikia was blended with a very light hand. I could use this as an all day smoke; there is nothing exceptional, but it is a tasty blend. The tin I smoked was 6 months old, I would be interested to see how this tastes after further aging.

Not bad, not excellent, neither strong nor light...This blend just seem to impersonate the "medium" in every aspect, and it's best described by the advertisement. No leaf is predominant here, the balance is outstanding and the smoothness is at the highest level. Cut and humidity are ok, they make packing and smoking very easy. Easy is the best way to describe this tobacco: perfect for beginners, perfect for everyday smoke. It lacks a little personality to be a top shelf blend, but if this blend had it, it would lose the easyness that makes it almost unique: it has its peculiar place in the tobacco world and I like it like that.

I prefer this to Yale. The latakia and perique build and compliment each other to make this a very full-tasting tobacco without the general tongue-rape of similarly-flavored blends.

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Very good for all day smoking. The nicotine content is adequate and the mouth feel satisfying. Achieves the kind of understated elegance which - say - Rattray's No. 7 has.

Another masterfully-blended keeper from C&D.

In the tin the range of colors from the light golden turkish to the dark latakia makes a compelling visual; the tin note itself is understated but promises something the blend actually delivers on when smoked; the construction and moisture is spot-on for perfect smoking out of the tin; and the smoke itself is nice and rounded, with the latakia and turkish actually helping to set the stage for an unusually well-joined note of perique and VA to linger, rather than just blotting it out.

Gorgeous to look at, fantastic to smoke.

I found this tobacco to be more than middle of the road owing to the liberal dose of Perique. I will update this review if warranted after finishing this container.

Later 10/19/04: This is a light colored ribbon cut tobacco with lesser amounts of light brown ribbon. It also contains various sizes of black more chunky tobacs so some care must be taken to ensure that an average amount of the black gets into your bowl. My sample was leaning to the moist side of the spectrum but smoked fine. This is a fine blend when you want something lighter than a 965. I thought it was about a 3 of 4 stars for me. My pouch is still very young and will probably improve with some aging.

Perique in a latakia mixture always makes me suspicious, but this is a good tobacco: medium strength, nice body without harshness, a creamy and not pungent taste. It is so smooth that you might be tempted to inhale!

If you enjoy the concept of GLPease Samarra but would like a tastier, richer version of it... you will be delighted by Plantation Evening!