D & R Tobacco Windsail Original Blend
(3.00)
A medium bodied blend composed of 100% flue-cured Gold Leaf tobacco. You'll notice the lighter leaf color, savor the pleasant aroma, and enjoy the smooth taste. No chemical flavorings or casings added.
Details
| Brand | D & R Tobacco |
| Series | Windsail |
| Blended By | Mark Ryan |
| Manufactured By | Daughters & Ryan |
| Blend Type | Straight Virginia |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 40 grams tin, 3.5 ounce tub, 16 ounce bag |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 01, 2011 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Just about the highest quality plain golden flue cured virginia ribbon I have ever smoked. I'm not primarily a straight virginia smoker but this was a simpler and pleasant change of pace that I enjoy occasionally. It's flu cured virgina so, there is some strength and heat but it's character overall is so pleasant. No grassy notes with light character and high notes of sweet hay and honey almost verging on spice. Of coarse this can be an excellent mixer but it's nature being so delicate that condimental leaf would tend to supercede it. I like smoking this type of tobacco with a cup of black coffee that reminds me of reading about an anecdote of secret rendevous and temporary truce between Union and Confederate soldiers to exchange northern coffee for southern bright tobacco. Highly recommended.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Nov 21, 2023 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I agree with Darth 69 that this is “Just about the highest quality plain golden flue cured Virginia ribbon I have ever smoked.”
It does produce a lot of smoke. There is a tart, almost char-like quality, with tangy citrus right there. It’s not a complicated blend and I would tend to trust their descriptions that suggest no hidden casings or toppings.
I think this is being under appreciated! This is an excellent straight or pure Virginia and available inexpensive by bulk.
It does produce a lot of smoke. There is a tart, almost char-like quality, with tangy citrus right there. It’s not a complicated blend and I would tend to trust their descriptions that suggest no hidden casings or toppings.
I think this is being under appreciated! This is an excellent straight or pure Virginia and available inexpensive by bulk.
Pipe Used:
Stanwell
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jun 08, 2023 | Mild | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Recently received the D&R bag of this blend instead of the bulk offerings I had purchased in the past - the difference is palatable. Bulk tobacco of this sort is only good for sampling. Now I'm mostly positive I was wrong - Windsail Regular is probably the second component of Ramback Gold, surely; the floral sent and taste here is the same. I suppose I had not really tried this tobacco before after all. Silver and Platinum work, but this is my favorite blending component.
This is what I wished Low Country Nat. Virginia would have been all those years I smoked it straight - the same sweet musk of hay and grass that gets rosy with age, yet is WAY smoother (and way lighter.) The flavor of the darker Red and Brown Virginia leaf is terrific. A straight Bright blend is not as strong flavor- or nicotine-wise, but I don't need it to be. If this was all I had to smoke I could easily enjoy life with the hole Two Timer left. Even now, D&R still has the best raw pipe-cut blending tobacco on the market, the "tobacconist's tobacconist" indeed.
This is what I wished Low Country Nat. Virginia would have been all those years I smoked it straight - the same sweet musk of hay and grass that gets rosy with age, yet is WAY smoother (and way lighter.) The flavor of the darker Red and Brown Virginia leaf is terrific. A straight Bright blend is not as strong flavor- or nicotine-wise, but I don't need it to be. If this was all I had to smoke I could easily enjoy life with the hole Two Timer left. Even now, D&R still has the best raw pipe-cut blending tobacco on the market, the "tobacconist's tobacconist" indeed.
Pipe Used:
All of Them
PurchasedFrom:
windycitycigars.com
Age When Smoked:
New
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