Cornell & Diehl Maple Cavendish

Another delightful Maple aromatic from C&D. This one although it is very nice, I preferred their Black and Gold Maple since I like having some Black Cavendish in my aromatics to give that Marshmallow taste. Maple and pipe tobacco is a match made in heaven especially during the Autumn season. I really enjoy a Maple toped Burley in the summer when the heat here in Nevada (115* Fahrenheit, 46* Celsius) makes it impossible to smoke anything heavy. A solid three star Maple blend!

This tobacco I bought in preparation for fall as I was craving the taste of maple to watch the leaves change and the temperature drop. I picked up two others with this one (Sutliff rum and maple and C&D black gold maple) and I was so excited when they came in I had to jump right into them despite my other open tins.

I got this one in a bag since I ordered it in bulk and from the outside of that bag there wasn't a strong overwhelming scent but the maple was there. I knew this one was going to be a lightly flavored blend. I transferred it to a jar and gave it a sniff. This is a very complex aromatic and I get a lot of different notes going on here. Obviously, I get maple, fig, milk chocolate, orange, what seems like vanilla ice cream strangely enough (if you could smell the taste), and a subtle fermentation. After the maple I get a lot of orange and milk chocolate. It's a tasty smell!

Outside the tin, or jar, it has the perfect amount of moisture! It's ready to go once you open it. I don't think any one needs to dry this one out at all. Flavoring wise its light. I don't feel it on the leaf at all and it's soft and springy. It packed so easily into my pipe and lit with no trouble at all even in the windy conditions where I live. It caught the flame and started up immediately getting an ember fast and maturing (I guess thats what I'll call it) very fast. I didn't have to give it time it just started rolling right after lighting. It produces a fair amount of smoke, not much of a bite, and the room note is pretty enjoyable.

Right when I lit it up I got the maple flavoring but it changed on me after about 5 minutes. The maple turned into chocolate orange like from the tin and thats mostly all I tasted from that point on. It does have notes of grass and slight pecan in there as well but I had to really look for them. For a maple flavored tobacco I don't get a lot of it but it starts to shine though on the aftertaste after a while.

Final thoughts, it's good if you want a lightly flavored maple aromatic but I don't get much of it in the smoke. I want something a little more maple centered and all I can taste is chocolate orange, which is good but not what I was wanting or expecting. It's something I'll probably smoke closer to Christmas because it reminds me of the chocolate oranges that come out around that time. I recommend to all smokers but do warn that you may not taste the amount of maple you hope for, if you're like me. It reminds me of Autumn Evening from C&D but with less flavoring. If you're wanting something with a more pronounced maple flavoring go with the Sutliff rum and maple. Other than that it's a pretty fine tobacco.

If you like C&D's Autumn Evening than you owe it to your self to try 910: Maple Cavendish it is very similar to Autumn Evening with the difference being the burly helps to round out the flavor better in my honest opinion. Open the bag the aroma of maple is quite pleasant. This tobacco tends to be on the dry side as with most C&D tobaccos. For a tobacco that is considered an aromatic it isn't goopy or overly cased as other aromatics tend to be. It smokes dry, stays lit well, and is enjoyable anytime of the day. This tobacco has a very pleasant aroma in the bag and the room note remains pleasant too. All in all it's an aromatic tobacco that's lightly cased with good tobacco flavor throughout.

Maple Cavendish from Cornell & Diehl, a very nice aromatic blend with lots of maple flavor. At different to other maple-based aromatics, this one has a notorious maple smell, and the taste is very smooth and elegant. Some vanilla also is present, some kind of liquor but not invasive, and maple is the predominant aroma without abuse in the sweetness. It burns very well without biting the tongue. Recommended for a long and relaxed smoke.

This is a perfect autumn aromatic blend that provides true tobacco taste augmented by rum and maple, I didn’t much taste whiskey. Blonde and red ribbon are accented by chunks of black cavendish. There are some sugar crystals shimmering on the red ribbon. The pouch aroma is one of maple and whiskey. There was not much rum smell, but it was evident in the taste early on in the bowl. This gives way to citrusy Virginias and nutty earthy muddy burley. This burns super dry and has a more natural taste and presentation than either AE or BGM.

I enjoyed this as something super mild and straightforward to smoke while putzing around the yard. Great with coffee. I would recommend this to fans of aromatic tobaccos as well as those less inclined given the judicious nature with which the topping is applied.

I recently hit upon Autumn Evening and found it so nice I thought I would try all the Cornell & Diehl maple flavors. Surely they must all have the same wonderful maple flavoring right?

This tobacco is very nice indeed but a let down after Autumn evening, neither the maple notes nor the sweetened tobacco flavors are as pronounced to my palate. It is not overly moist or goopy, nor did it cause any tongue bite. With every puff, I just felt like I would be rather smoking Autumn Evening. Had I found this blend first this review may have been more positive.

Maple Syrup + Tobacco = Tasty Goodness

The Maple casing/topping is present in the tin note and carries on through the majority of the smoke. There is a hint of rum. Neither flavor overwhelm the tobacco.

The tobacco is made up mostly of cavendish and some burley and Virginia leaf—very similar to C&D’s other aromatic blends. There is no goop nor is drying time needed. The smoke is creamy, slightly nutty with some bright-grassy notes.

In all of the maple aromatic blends that I have tried, I would rank this blend below Cult Militia (my four star blend), slightly above Autumn Evening, and much better than Sutliff Maple Street.