Dan Tobacco The Mellow Mallard
(3.26)
The rich aromatic pipe tobacco - Sweet golden and brown Virginia leaf matured for extra smoothness.
Notes: Description from the German website: This tobacco is free from added flavours, and excites smokers whom prefer pure tobacco, as well as lovers of aromatics tobaccos. Here we carefully fermented and matured very tasty and flavourful sweet Virginias from Zambia
The Mellow Mallard. Popular with old and young smokers, we couldn't wish for an attribute more suitable for this tobacco. The term describes this brown-flecked ready rubbed flake the best.
Look forward to a wonderfully full and mellow taste, that's free from any harshness. Experience the rich, sweet Virginia aromas.
Due to EU regulations, this is renamed and sold in those countries as "The Mallard".
Details
| Brand | Dan Tobacco |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Dan Tobacco |
| Blend Type | Straight Virginia |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.26 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 35 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2009 | Mild | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
UPDATE 02/08/2010: Coincidence! I just read the review by Taki and today I just opened my second tin always purchased at the same tobacconist who confirmed that my first tin was a remnant of an order in April 2008. This fresh tobacco is similar to the first, just a little wet and just a little less smooth and flavorful. I confirm that a few months of seasoning enhances all its qualities, not at all a bad thing! TMM is growing on me, I up rate it to 4 stars.
UPDATE 11/30/2009: I found this additional informations on the web site of a retailer: "... Ready rubbed flake composed of bright and brown Virginias from Zambia. Natural aromatic without flavoring"
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I bought this tobacco by chance: I came from a tobacco store to look for other tobacco products that were not available at this dealer, so looking at the various tobacco exposed in one corner of the shelf I noticed a single tin of this blend. Instinctively, I thought it was a remaining balance and I remember reading a good review here I bought The Mellow Mallard. At home, my intuition has proved well founded: opening the tin the tobacco was almost dry (IMHO I think that this tin is more than two years old ...) with a very soft and gentle aroma of figs, and hay, no doubt: classic Virginia absolutely natural. The cut is a thin ready rubbed probably made from a soft pressed cake, at the touch has an elasticity slightly woody almost looks like a Cavendish but this is due to dryness, luckily the scent and color tell another story: anything chocolate / hazel nor faded-washed color, only pure and REAL tobacco. TMM promises little but keeps everything: easy and stable ignition, strength mild, no gurgle, no bite to the tongue, no surprises about taste only good Virginia and nothing else completely unflavored and one-dimensional with the classic tanginess and a bit sharpy,sweet but not too sweet, it can somewhat remember Rattray's Brown Clunee but much more mature, refined and sincere, never sour nor bitter. Personally I could give four stars to this product but this affects my personal taste, objectively not a masterpiece but an enjoyable all-day, very solid three stars. My congratulations and my thanks to Gunnar for his review without which I would have lost this tobacco that I think (IMHO) is really underestimated, what a pity! ..... I went with TMM with a glass of sumptuous Sciacchetrà Cinqueterre, nothing less for give a little justice to this tobacco.
UPDATE 11/30/2009: I found this additional informations on the web site of a retailer: "... Ready rubbed flake composed of bright and brown Virginias from Zambia. Natural aromatic without flavoring"
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I bought this tobacco by chance: I came from a tobacco store to look for other tobacco products that were not available at this dealer, so looking at the various tobacco exposed in one corner of the shelf I noticed a single tin of this blend. Instinctively, I thought it was a remaining balance and I remember reading a good review here I bought The Mellow Mallard. At home, my intuition has proved well founded: opening the tin the tobacco was almost dry (IMHO I think that this tin is more than two years old ...) with a very soft and gentle aroma of figs, and hay, no doubt: classic Virginia absolutely natural. The cut is a thin ready rubbed probably made from a soft pressed cake, at the touch has an elasticity slightly woody almost looks like a Cavendish but this is due to dryness, luckily the scent and color tell another story: anything chocolate / hazel nor faded-washed color, only pure and REAL tobacco. TMM promises little but keeps everything: easy and stable ignition, strength mild, no gurgle, no bite to the tongue, no surprises about taste only good Virginia and nothing else completely unflavored and one-dimensional with the classic tanginess and a bit sharpy,sweet but not too sweet, it can somewhat remember Rattray's Brown Clunee but much more mature, refined and sincere, never sour nor bitter. Personally I could give four stars to this product but this affects my personal taste, objectively not a masterpiece but an enjoyable all-day, very solid three stars. My congratulations and my thanks to Gunnar for his review without which I would have lost this tobacco that I think (IMHO) is really underestimated, what a pity! ..... I went with TMM with a glass of sumptuous Sciacchetrà Cinqueterre, nothing less for give a little justice to this tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 20, 2022 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Age at smoking: one month to seven months.
*In Ropp Etudiant*:
First 10 mins:Citrusy - lemon and cream as you would get from having a mild lemon tart, grassy, mildly sweet
Retrohale: Zesty and very mildly tangy but very smooth.
10-20 mins: slightly spicy, citrusy, slight combination of hay, wood & earth. A slight after-taste of cigarette on the palate but not obstrusive. Retrohale: slightly more spicy with citrus notes
20+ mins: cirtusy, sweet, woody, creamy
Retrohale: zesty and peperry Left little moisture and small dottle
*In MM Rob Roy*:
First 10 mins: Citrusy- orange rind, some hay Retrohale: Zesty with some spicyness
10-20 mins: citrusy, zesty and tangy, subtle hay notes, mild sweetness Retrohale: spicy and peperry with some citrusy notes
20+ mins: same as 10-20 mins
Retrohale: packs a fair bit of pepper with citrusy notes
This baccy did not bite or had any harshness. I enjoyed this blend more in the cob than the briar. I believe this blend will only get better with age. Overall 3.5/4
*In Ropp Etudiant*:
First 10 mins:Citrusy - lemon and cream as you would get from having a mild lemon tart, grassy, mildly sweet
Retrohale: Zesty and very mildly tangy but very smooth.
10-20 mins: slightly spicy, citrusy, slight combination of hay, wood & earth. A slight after-taste of cigarette on the palate but not obstrusive. Retrohale: slightly more spicy with citrus notes
20+ mins: cirtusy, sweet, woody, creamy
Retrohale: zesty and peperry Left little moisture and small dottle
*In MM Rob Roy*:
First 10 mins: Citrusy- orange rind, some hay Retrohale: Zesty with some spicyness
10-20 mins: citrusy, zesty and tangy, subtle hay notes, mild sweetness Retrohale: spicy and peperry with some citrusy notes
20+ mins: same as 10-20 mins
Retrohale: packs a fair bit of pepper with citrusy notes
This baccy did not bite or had any harshness. I enjoyed this blend more in the cob than the briar. I believe this blend will only get better with age. Overall 3.5/4
Pipe Used:
Ropp Etudiant, MM Rob Roy
Age When Smoked:
3-6 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 13, 2020 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I think life is small to smoke dull tobaccos. To be honest, it seems like a quality tobacco, but there are so many straight virginia blends that offer a lot more. Maybe if it is aged, it will turn into an interesting smoke? Surely. It seems to me, this is a tobacco used by blenders in order to make good quality mixtures. And this is why I always buy mellow mallard. Very rarely I smoke it by itself. I find it is useful as a nice ingredient to a quality home blend, or to add it to a very strong blend, or with a blend I don't like to smooth it out. Bottom line, I find it boring by itself. This is not bad tobacco though, but I can't imagine that someone would refer to it as his/her favourite tobacco.
And as always coming from the cigar world, I would compare this tobacco to the cheap Dominican cigars. They are good, but you expect nothing fancy or spectacular and you smoke them when you there is nothing better around. but they have their place in the tobacco world, as Mellow Mallard has in the pipe world.
And as always coming from the cigar world, I would compare this tobacco to the cheap Dominican cigars. They are good, but you expect nothing fancy or spectacular and you smoke them when you there is nothing better around. but they have their place in the tobacco world, as Mellow Mallard has in the pipe world.
Pipe Used:
various group 3 briar pipes
PurchasedFrom:
hacico, germany
Age When Smoked:
fresh from tin and 250gr. bag
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 24, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Aged virginias blends are tempting for virginia lovers as they offer the other side of taste and pleasure.once the tin breaks an aroma consisted of citruses,grass,dark fruits and sour notes comes out.the bright and brown broken flakes need no further rubbing and the moisture is perfect to light at once with several relights needed afterwards.while burning you instantly realize the complexity of this blend.citruses,dark fruits,grasses lots of sweet earthy notes and some tea notes.the flavours combine well each other though some harsh and very sour spots are detected with no tongue bite.burns slow and hot to total ash with sour aftertaste.the room note is bareable and the nicotine level medium.creates a worthy amount of moisture at the end of the bowl and the filter.not an all day smoke.generally this is a worthy blend with some weak spots.
Age When Smoked:
When opened
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 26, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
A darker brown virginia ready-rubbed flake much cooler on the palate than a typical virginia. Somewhat similar to the Hamboger Veermaster with a common underlying sweet flavor possibly tonka/coumarin but less so. The tin aroma is reminiscent of oolong tea, figs, brown sugar, malt, oxidized bruised apple and honey. Along with the milder dark sweet flavors a bit of toast can present itself. All in all, just fantastic stuff of the highest recommendation; An all time favorite.
Update: Despite being described as no added flavor, I have come to find out it is cased among other things with fig. It seems obvious in retrospect. Not so natural but who cares. Many if not most European matured virginia blends are cased/flavored that I have come across. The older thicker tin version was superior but the current normal size 50 gram tin is still a really good tobacco.
Update: Despite being described as no added flavor, I have come to find out it is cased among other things with fig. It seems obvious in retrospect. Not so natural but who cares. Many if not most European matured virginia blends are cased/flavored that I have come across. The older thicker tin version was superior but the current normal size 50 gram tin is still a really good tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 03, 2011 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
Let's set the record straight. This is a mix of Virginias without toppings and casings. It possesses a natural sweetness which interplays with some tanginess during the smoke. It will make the pipe hotter if one puffs too aggressively and I imagine it could bite one's tongue if smoked in a steamer's pace. That said, it is a great VA that can be smoked all day long without much attention and give VA lovers a lot of pleasure. It is complex in a subtle way, you see the complexity when you pay attention. Not a big nicotine hit, but this is not the purpose of smoking this. The room note is on the positive side for non smokers. Reminds me a lot of Larsen's Old Belt and I have smoked quite some of both. Needs a little drying out of the box and DGTs very well. Dr. Heiko Behrens of Dan Tobacco once told me that if you buy the 250g pack you shouldn't let it age too much because it has a tendency to make quite some "dust". For the right profile of pipe smoker this is a tremendous choice.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 14, 2021 | Mild | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
I just finished up my first tin of this and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is definitely a top tier Virginia blend. It touches all the flavors you would expect from a Virginia except maybe the heavy earthy tones. This blend is abundant with citrus, hay and sugar.
It benefitted from some dry time, but also smoked fine fresh out of the tin. It was easy to pack and smoke. I really have nothing bad to say about this. Four stars all the way.
It benefitted from some dry time, but also smoked fine fresh out of the tin. It was easy to pack and smoke. I really have nothing bad to say about this. Four stars all the way.
Age When Smoked:
4 yrs 3 mths
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 08, 2021 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
For me, it's a broken flake, not ribbon. And a beautiful broken flake!
Also, not an "aromatic" in the sense of having artificial flavors added, but in being a tobacco full of delicious, natural aromas.
Is a very good virginia, that burns perfectly and had a great taste, and delicious after taste. And as a gift a very nice tin art, how can someone not like that sympathetic mallard?
Still, although everything is nice, there's nothing outstanding, so "recommended" fits the bill. Try it if you can, but if you can't, there's others so good like this out there.
Also, not an "aromatic" in the sense of having artificial flavors added, but in being a tobacco full of delicious, natural aromas.
Is a very good virginia, that burns perfectly and had a great taste, and delicious after taste. And as a gift a very nice tin art, how can someone not like that sympathetic mallard?
Still, although everything is nice, there's nothing outstanding, so "recommended" fits the bill. Try it if you can, but if you can't, there's others so good like this out there.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 22, 2020 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
As a Burleyphile, I'm never too quick to purchase a straight Virginia. That being said, I've always been intrigued by the name of this tobacco and its tin art so I decided to try it. There was no aromatic labeling on my tin as seen in the photo. Upon opening the tin, a nice mix of medium brown broken flakes, reminiscent of Mac Baren's Virginia no 1, greeted me. The tin note has the faint smell of tobacco, subtle in its sweetness, and nothing more. Not too moist and I loaded straight from a fresh tin. Lighting and keeping lit was quite easy. The overall smoking experience was a good one. There were no hay-like qualites to speak of with this, nor was there any detectable flavoring. The smoking experience was one of a mildly sweet tasting Virginia with a sweet and pleasant room - no cigarette notes to my nose. A fair dose of nicotine does creep up on you by mid bowl. Overall I would compare this to Mac's Virginia no 1 but without the tongue bite. This can be smoked more vigorously than Mac's no 1, but while doing so I experienced a slight (emphasis on slight) soft palate irritation. A nice, pleasant smoke and a good starter for those venturing into Virginias. For what it set out to be...a solid 4 stars.
Pipe Used:
Stanwell featherweight Dublin
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
fresh from tin
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 29, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Wonderful cool and dry Virginia. The taste is wondrous and the bite is inexistent. I taste citrus notes and some sweetness. There's bread notes and, halfway through the bowl, it becomes very creamy.. like silk in the tongue.
Ages very well. Room note is a light tobacco smell, almost cigaretty..
Ages very well. Room note is a light tobacco smell, almost cigaretty..
Pipe Used:
Peterson 314; Dunhill
PurchasedFrom:
Estervals Pipe House Online Store (GER)
Age When Smoked:
Fresh and 1 Year Aged
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