Dan Tobacco Da Vinci

Disappointing! This is an ordinary flavored mixture. A classic flavored Black Cavendish with the addition of Tuscan red wine, but unfortunately wine does not make the difference. Essentially this blend does not stand out for its quality, since it is the result of a very risky compromise (flavored black cavendish with red wine). It doesn’t convince me at all. Banal, mediocre, only for aromatic taste’ lovers. In my personal rating system (from 1 to 10) my score is 7 and two stars.

An interesting blend, the tin-nose is great, akin to Potpourri, which I don't mind in the least although some might object.

The blend is surprisingly dry and somewhat natural. Not your typical N. American style goopy aromatics swimming in Propylene Glycol and sugar. Although there may be some limited PG in the base ingredients.

It packs like an English and combusts like one too, zero gurgle, no relights, combusts quickly but never overly hot on my palate and I was puffing along with cadence.

The flavours are not overly complex; decent but not amazing. Considerably, I do like the fact that it does taste like natural tobacco with a mild to medium Nicotine component. The Virginias are not the best quality and taste more like Burley to me, again decent but not great. However, something does have a very slight Oriental taste to it, perhaps the overlapping blend-ingredients.

The casing (or more likely topping) is not over the top. Tuscan Chianti, well maybe . . . it's there, but I could not tell you what it is in a totally blind tasting.

Overall, worth the price of admission although not something I would pack often maybe once or twice over the snowy winter. Therefore a tin ought to last me quite awhile.

Not cellarable for me.

As I'm not that much of a Aromatics fan, your best bet is to take this review with a grain of salt. I ordered a sample of this, when I started out smoking the pipe. Back then I mostly smoked and enjoyed aromatics, like many new pipe smokers. Intrigued by a "rum-flavored" aromatic, I figured out this could also be up my alley. Well...I was wrong.

I don't drink, nor like any alcohol, but ever now and then and if well blended I like some Rum or Whiskey in my pipe tobacco. But Da Vinci has a really intense, acidic and fermented and alcohol-ish scent of red-wine. It holds up to the description, yet the flavoring is rather strong. So when I packed a bowl I had mixed feelings.

On first light I was struck by a intense alcohol-ish flavor. The red-wine scent from the unburnt tobacco is also to be found in the taste. Sweet, but not overly with some fermented quality this blend is dominated by the red-wine flavoring. This will most certainly appeal to aromatic lovers and especially those, that like or love (red-)wine as the they managed to get a flavor of real wine into the smoke.

Yet it wasn't for me and I had to dump it after the first half of the bowl. It left me with a aftertaste of red-wine. Really as if I had been drinking a glass of red-wine (which for me is a negative, but a big plus for anyone who likes wine!).

I'll settle for a 2-star rating. Certainly rather a "speciality" for fans of alcoholish pipe tobaccos, and a must try for wine-lovers. Dan Pipes aromatics are either "hate it or love it" imho. Obviously I diddn't love this one, but I see there is a branch of pipe smokers who will like and even love this!

At the opening you are invested with the amazing casting and a semi perfect moisting but when the time pass by the flavour and the casting pass by and leaves a so and so tobacco that doesn't reflect the one you bought.

A rather expensive tobacco, with an interesting character. The box declares "A real pleasure for all spoilt smokers and tobacco connoisseurs who prefer a sweet mellow smoke and fragrant aroma". "made from golden virginia grades and soothingly sweet black cavendish" "matured under addition of fullbodied and fruity red chianti wines...".

Out of the tin, it is not too dry nor too wet. The fragrance is extremely pleasurable and reminds of Panettone (traditional christmas italian cake). Once lit, it burns relatively well. May bite the tongue a bit, and despite the claim on the cover, I don't consider this tobacco to be particularly sweet when smoked. It is certainly mellow, with occasional earthy notes, some rare bitter sips, and a relatively mild room note in the same Panettone flavor. These flavor themes tend to come back after the smoke, leaving a pleasant aftertaste which may tend to sweet.

I am torn on this tobacco. It is not my favorite but also a relatively valuable product. If you buy it with the hope of finding Chianti notes you will be disappointed, but it may surprise you anyway with a product that is an overall appreciable experience.

This Definitely has 2B the strangest-Tobacco I`ve ever Tried(out of a Tin)In a small pipe...this weed smokes like Hooka-Tobacco...the scenery Improves in a LARGE Pipe.My Grandfather smoked Old-Port(pouches)..which is a Cigar-Leaf-Style,cased with Port... DaVin;I find is just a High End-Old Port Mix...My Macarthur-Cob was the only pipe,that helped me finish up this Tobacco. Not My Cup of Tea 🙁

It took me practically the whole tin before I could put my finger on what I thought of this blend.

Pembroke is one of my favorite blends because of the way the cognac so beautifully suffuses the flavor. So when I learned that red wine was the casing in this blend I figured I had to give it a try.

It's not a bad smoke. It burns beautifully and nicely fills the mouth with smoke. The room note gets applause from everybody. But try as I might, I could not make out any wine taste unless I convinced myself it was there, and even then I knew I was deceiving myself.

There is a flavour there, but I couldn't put my finger on it until I came across a couple of reviews that helped me define it. I find myself agreeing with The German and Smokey45 that this tastes like nothing so much as flavoured coloured paper. But it is nicely flavoured colour paper.

I can see why it has its fans, but I won't be buying another tin.

Read some positive reviews so thought I'd give this one a try. The package: quality leaf looks with the proper moisture content (as far as my preferences go). Design of the 50g bag so,so, but then again I'll move it to a proper jar.

The experience: Opening the pack reveals a somewhat pleasant smell, but I kinda missed the really pipe-tobacco-straight-out-of-tin-smell; wine? Nope – not detected. I doesn't have the could-just-eat-it kinda smell. First few puffs and a bit of disappointment; yes it is an aromatic, and it does have something there, but it just ain't fully flavored. The aroma is somehow there, but I do get the sense of comparing coke light to coke regular – know what I mean? Burns well till the very last bit, no bite.

Audience verdict: “stinky, but you don't have to leave the room. yet”

The afterthoughts: not sure I would buy this again; it is kinda flat in the taste, kinda diet, low cal.

This is the first tinned aromatic I've tried. First impressions on opening the tin are of a very sweeeeet vanilla candy. I get nothing of the advertised wine beyond a vaguely fruity scent.

The aroma carries through well to the smoke. I was hoping it'd be a little more subdued. Very sweet, without much tobacco flavor. Too much flavoring, too little backbone to this one, and the room-note makes my girlfriend nauseous after a little while. Not completely without redeeming factors, I smoke this for a change of pace (out of a cob) but I won't be buying any more.