Cornell & Diehl Yorktown
(3.04)
For Yorktown, the folks at Cornell & Diehl combine stoved red Virginia with bright Virginia and restoved it. Straight red Virginia is then added to this remarkable base for sweetness. The acme of mixtures for the Virginia purist!
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Straight Virginia |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| 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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3.04 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2024 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
The bag arrived with a ribbon, almost shag (broken up ribbon) of yellow, light brown and orange leaf. It smells like a delicious typical VA blend with some honey, bread, hay, but there was a slight difference, a smoky scent as if someone had puffed on a pipe and exhaled into the bag.
Very easy to load in the pipe and lit after the normal charring light and then final light. Stayed lit with no relights with firm but occasional tamping with a medium sipping cadence.
I finally found an extremely pleasing and enjoyable, but perhaps sleeper, straight Virginia blend that rivals the McClelland Virginia’s. This is going to be a staple for me for the foreseeable future!!
A nice pipe in the backyard with 50-60 temps… sweet Virginia smoke, both dark fruit and higher notes of citrus and lots of bread and toasty flavors… all while an owl hoots in the background. Heaven! This is the 'long-bottom leaf' I imagine the two hobbits were smoking at the ruins of Isengard in LoTR!!
The smoke was sweet dark fruits, with some citrus notes, mixed with a lot of bread, yeast, toast, and some sweetness, but more sweet in the nose and less on the mouth like sutliff matured red va. There wasn\'t the vinegar/tartness, but there was a slight tang mixed with a bit of spice here and there. Didn\'t get harsh at all, but puffing at a more sipping speed allows for more of the sweetness to come forward and more nuances. The flavors were incredible, like someone had taken all the best flavors of the Virginia leaf and mixed them all together in a consistent, easy to smoke blend. Incredible stuff!
Very easy to load in the pipe and lit after the normal charring light and then final light. Stayed lit with no relights with firm but occasional tamping with a medium sipping cadence.
I finally found an extremely pleasing and enjoyable, but perhaps sleeper, straight Virginia blend that rivals the McClelland Virginia’s. This is going to be a staple for me for the foreseeable future!!
A nice pipe in the backyard with 50-60 temps… sweet Virginia smoke, both dark fruit and higher notes of citrus and lots of bread and toasty flavors… all while an owl hoots in the background. Heaven! This is the 'long-bottom leaf' I imagine the two hobbits were smoking at the ruins of Isengard in LoTR!!
The smoke was sweet dark fruits, with some citrus notes, mixed with a lot of bread, yeast, toast, and some sweetness, but more sweet in the nose and less on the mouth like sutliff matured red va. There wasn\'t the vinegar/tartness, but there was a slight tang mixed with a bit of spice here and there. Didn\'t get harsh at all, but puffing at a more sipping speed allows for more of the sweetness to come forward and more nuances. The flavors were incredible, like someone had taken all the best flavors of the Virginia leaf and mixed them all together in a consistent, easy to smoke blend. Incredible stuff!
Pipe Used:
Bones Rhodisian
PurchasedFrom:
SmokingPipes.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from store
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 09, 2018 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
Bright, grassy and lemony/citrusy, this was my first impression after lighting up C&Ds "Yorktown." I loaded two bowls the night before and one light was sufficient the next day. They both burned to a fine ash with one tamp each. I got a wonderful taste of summer grass with lemon and a hint of spice. The flavor stayed steady and strong all the way through the bowl. This is something I can see puffing away as I meander the streets of Colonial Williamsburg. It would just "fit," despite its "Yorktown" name. It would also be a great "all day" smoke while mowing the lawn or working in the garden. I highly recommend it and shall be adding this winner to may rotation.
Pipe Used:
Little Devil Acorn Corn Cob Pipe, Sav 626
PurchasedFrom:
gift
Age When Smoked:
3 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2016 | Mild | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
This straight Virginia is a very old blend. The Virginia were simple and too toasted for my taste. While a one time delight, there are a number of other blends that overpass this one
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 18, 2023 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I rather enjoy smoking a nice pipe full of tobacco. This is a nice tobacco to fill a pipe with. There are notes, the sweet scent of hay and fruit, but the overall note is tobacco and tobacco often has notes of hay and fruit.
Much like walking into the moisture controlled room a fine tobacconist keeps cigars in, this has that warm rich feel of tobacco. Seems redundant to have a review of tobacco mention the aroma and feel of tobacco, but all artifice aside, this gives me a delightful experience smoking. Smoking this reminded me of hiking in Virginia in the seventies and seeing the fog drift over steep green fields planted with tobacco. I still don't know how they cultivated such steep fields. As my mind wandered I went back to considering how to describe the experience of smoking Cornell & Diehl's Yorktown. I kept coming back to the deep warm comforting note of tobacco. I will be keeping this one around.
Much like walking into the moisture controlled room a fine tobacconist keeps cigars in, this has that warm rich feel of tobacco. Seems redundant to have a review of tobacco mention the aroma and feel of tobacco, but all artifice aside, this gives me a delightful experience smoking. Smoking this reminded me of hiking in Virginia in the seventies and seeing the fog drift over steep green fields planted with tobacco. I still don't know how they cultivated such steep fields. As my mind wandered I went back to considering how to describe the experience of smoking Cornell & Diehl's Yorktown. I kept coming back to the deep warm comforting note of tobacco. I will be keeping this one around.
Pipe Used:
Mesquite pipe, inexpensive white clay pipe
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jan 19, 2023 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Yorktown is a straight Virginia blend. I was concerned at first that it would lack any depth and quickly become uninteresting. Boy, was I wrong.
The Virginias marry perfectly with each other. Almost reminds me of 5100 RedKake. No tongue bite. Very close to Cornell and Diehls Tuggle Hall. Minus the Latakia.
Yorktown is my new go-to. It deserves four stars.
The Virginias marry perfectly with each other. Almost reminds me of 5100 RedKake. No tongue bite. Very close to Cornell and Diehls Tuggle Hall. Minus the Latakia.
Yorktown is my new go-to. It deserves four stars.
Pipe Used:
Peterson
PurchasedFrom:
online
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2021 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable |
Fantastic virginia blend. Should be talked about more often. Especially since it is available in bulk. Can't wait to try this after it has some age on it. This is a perfect mix of bright and red Virginia's. Plenty of grass and hay and just a touch of that ketchupy red virginia flavor you get from Mcclelland but not nearly as strong. Definitely worth a try for any virginia smoker. Quickly found a spot in my rotation.
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