Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia

In typical Dunhill style you can taste the Turkish in the background which some will describe as cigarettish, which i like, but it's the Virginia's that dominate this blend. An easy smoke which is fairly mild and pleasant. Downgraded to two stars as this gets dull quickly and the quality of the Va's are average.

I wouldnt have noticed any flavouring without reading reviews here. Tobacco is - like all dunhills - perfectly ready to be smoked, and doesnt make any moisture. Some orientals, and yes the virginias here are superb. Mild to mild-medium strength. Good taste, good in the nose as well. Maybe too mild and the orientals are not giving a real character to the smoke. It is worth giving it a try.

As much as I have enjoyed all of the recent re-issues of Dunhill - BB1938, Aperitif, Dubar - this one is quite disappointing. To me this one has no personality. Just a rather rough-edged and sharpish tobacco, that I will not buy again. For the good, pure and full-filling Virginia experience, I will still look towards Rattray's Old Gowrie and HOW - but maybe a re-introduction of Dunhill's Ye Olde Signe could somewhat change my mind. This one i a no-go.

I have been looking for this one for a while after it popped up on a pipe smoking forum So when it finally appeared over here I took the opportunity to snag a tin just to see what the fuss was about.

The tin aroma, for me, smelled of honey, not strongly but enough to lure me in. The tobacco itself is dark brown with flecks of lighter colours. It packs and lights very easily. The flavour itself is hard to pin down, there are hints of fruit in there, someone mentioned apricot and I would go with that. There was no citrus that I could pick up there. It is certainly not sweet or overpowering. Although it seems to smoke quite quickly it does not burn hot, probably one of the coolest smokes I have ever had.

for me, this is not a wildly exciting tobacco, but then it doesn't pretend to be. What it is is a cool, relaxing smoke that provides a nice uncomplicated treat to the taste buds. My only real complaint is that it smokes too quick. Nonetheless I think I will be treating myself to another tin.

This is for the relaunch version, smoked right out of the tin in a Missouri Meerschaum Wasp, this stuff bit like a rabid dog, it smoked hot, harsh and largely flavorless. The tin note was nice, not much of a top dressing noticeable, it wasn't too moist or dry, it was just about perfect. I'm not going to write it off yet, I may revisit in a week or 2 (when my mouth heals 😀)

I enjoy all genres of tobacco blends. I especially like when I find a blend like this one that adds a nice hint of flavoring to some quality tobacco, especially when they work so well together as they do with this product. You get a nice taste of Virginias with no real bite, accompanied by a whisp of blueberry or raspberry.

3YMV falls under the love it or hate it category I guess, like its sibling Royal Yacht. I don't really understand why either draw so much criticism - especially this blend. Its not the holy grail, but its definately something I'd recomend to anyone lacking predjudices toward flavored tobacco. 3.5 stars.

This is something I had wanted to try for a while, just from the name and the maker. I'd never tried Dunhill virginias so I didn't know what to expect. I read the reviews here, but didn't let them bother me too much. My father bought 6 ounces of this at Tinderbox in Sacramento. (citrus heights, actually) He bought it for himself, tried it, and promptly shipped it off to me. That should have been fair warning.

So, moisture content in the bag was o.k. Pouch aroma was uninviting; just a vague tobacco smell, without the berries or pineapple I'd read about. It did smell like tobacco. Like cigarette tobacco, except a little sweet. Fair warning. I smoked it anyway. It tastes like a bad non-filter cigarette, and I've had some bad ones from Poland and Romania.

This is the only tobacco I've ever smoked that makes me sick. It makes me wretch. I know it's not the nicotine. I have smoked Nightcap as my all day smoke when I was out of everything else and had a big stash of it. My sample of Three Year does have a fair amount of nic., but something else about this tobacco really turns the screws on me. Maybe the tobaccanist dug this out of a secret bunker somewhere, but i'm not going to buy it ever.

Even worse than smoking it was my attempt at DGT with Three Year Matured Virginia.(Insert vile descriptive here) Never again. I've tried smoking it a couple times since, just for a nic fix, but got a twisted stomache.

Oh yeah, this isn't meant as a shot at Tinderbox, just this tobacco in particular. My parents taught me not to say anything if it's not going to be positive, but I just had to give something back to this weed. It was not very nice to me;-}I expected much more from Dunhill.

As with Royal Yacht, I think that this tobacco has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved. Sure, it ain't the greatest thing in the world, and it has a couple of characteristics that can easily drive some smokers pissed, but I seem to enjoy it once in a while. The appearance is of a fine cut dark brown/reddish Virginia, finer than Dunhill's English blends: this accounts for great packing and even burning. What shocks most reviewers seems to be the berry flavoring, an addition that seems to have been added only in recent years. Say what you wish, but I think it's one of the better touches of this blend, and I usually don't like aromatics! This is another kind of aromatic, not the usual lousy ultra-cased cavendish with no tobacco taste: here the Virginias are clearly perceivable, and the topping perfectly complement their naturally sweet taste. The berry flavor comes and goes, just a bit more than slightly perceivable, never intrusive and always very natural. No soapy impression, too, which is a bonus in comparison with stuff like Dunhill Ready Rubbed and, in a minor way, Royal Yacht. Some of the sweetish tones remind of Royal Yacht, but it's less nauseating: also the nicotine content, while rather high, is lower than that of the dreaded Yacht. The taste is not always perfect (a bit sharp at times), but I found out that using a little slightly bent pipe and a light packing helps. Very critical for appreciating this tobacco is keeping it slow burning and cool. If you feel the exterior of the bowl is hot (not scorching hot, just plain average hot) you are spoiling this blend. I personally think it's slightly better than Royal Yacht, but I still prefer Rattray's flakes when I want a nice Virginia as this one is rather boring. Anyway, sometimes a bowl of this is nice, with its berry flavoring which hits the spot (and is rather pleasant to non smokers around) and its absolute lack of bite. It leaves an unpleasant smell in the bowl, though, but it's not a problem for me since I don't smoke it too often, so it is quickly cancelled out by other tobaccos.

Please just let me echo the sentiments of the first 6 reviews. I tried this tobak in about 3 pipes, and it took a while to get the nasty taste out of each of them. YUK!!!

I like Virginias...I like them a lot. But this is a waste of good weed and a HUGE waste of $$$.