Peter Stokkebye Luxury Curly Cut

The golden Virginias have dull grass/hay and citrus, with a touch of honey and spice. The unsweetened black cavendish offers a little brown sugar, but doesn't do enough to tame the bite potential, which it will do if puffed beyond a moderate pace. Will give you a warm tongue no matter what you do. Has a mild nic-hit. Burns a little slow with an inconsistent flavor mainly due to how this curly cut is presented to the smoker. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl, and needs some relights. The after taste is mediocre. A dull all day smoke. One and a half stars.

-JimInks

Based on a 4 bowl sample. Mine came pretty well rubbed out. Bag aroma was non-descript virginia. As for taste, in a blind test I would have guessed this was a Mac Baren blend. Plenty of tongue sizzle unless I puffed much slower than most blends demand. Kind of a sugared honey flavor under the lemon virginia. I found this one devoid of much character and I can certainly understand why it was discontinued. I don't find Luxury Bullseye Flake to be a world beater, either, but it was definitely preferable to this.

I rehydated a bowls-worth and it didn't sizzle as much but the flavor kind of went south, and there wasn't enough to begin with. Very slow sipping where the bowl threatens to extinguish made this an ok blend for me, but it simply wasn't flavorful enough for me to mourn its passing. I have a lot of respect for Stokkebye blends, but this one just didn't work for me. But this is certainly not a bad tobacco and if you can score some, by all means jump on it. You may find it more to your taste than I did.

Very similar to Mac Baren's DARK TWIST (cf my review.) Pleasant, but too light for me.

I have smoked a few ounces of this now, from a jar dated 2006.

Sweet smelling Va's with that distinct tanginess. Visually appealing, these coins appear very dark for what they consist of. Almost appear to be Dark Kentucky, with a wisp of light colored Va leaf here and there.

This blend is and has always been at the right smoking moisture. Rubs out very easily, but the remainder of the few ounces I have are almost completely ready rubbed. Lights easily, initial taste is sweet, with the Perique mustiness in the front. As one who has a sensitive tongue, I am not getting any reaction from this blend. Smokes very consistent, only a few relights in the beginning. Stays dry to the bottom of the bowl. Towards the end it does get a bit ashy tasting, but nothing that would stop me from smoking to the bottom of the bowl.

Am I upset this is discontinued? Not really. This doesn't really stand out one way or the other. There are so many high quality VaPer's on the market today, no sense pining over this middle of the road blend.

A fellow member of www.tobaccoreviews.com recently sent me a large sample of this Stokkebye Curly Cut and I have now smoked several bowls.

Reader's Digest condensed version: this tobacco rubbed out easily. It packed easily. It stayed lit easily. It was very mild and semi-sweet. It had little nicotine kick. It did not bite. It is too mild for me.

If you can't get your hands on Mac Baren Dark Twist and love the appearance of Escudo or Dunhill Navy Deluxe Rolls but find them too strong, this may be your solution.

The round, spun discs have a 'nugget' of dark Cavendish in the middle, surrounded by a Va. blend. They pack well, light well, burn well and give an enjoyable experience. However, the Va. lacks some of that 'leafy' character and the blend overall doesn't give the same experience as Mac Baren's does as it is more subdued and mild in flavour and aroma intensity.

It is, however, a good outdoors smoke and has no real negatives against it. If you like a spun product and don't want something too 'exuberant' as Dark Twist, this is your thing.

I recently discovered one of my local b&m's still has a ton of this. I had never heard of it but, being a Stokkebye fan, had to try it out. It was a bit dry but rehydrated quite nicely. After putting some moisture back into the coins I placed into a mason jar and let it sit up for about 6 months. Let me tell you, I love this stuff!

This is a dark Virginia curly cut with sweet Cavendish in the middle, sweet, tasty and mild, this Virginia is indeed very good with natural taste and flavor, the sweetness of the black Cavendish is somehow similar to Marlin Flake, this Virginia is just enough mild to please me, and ?mild? means good for me, however I did not find it that mild.

Good Virginia with good price. nothing exceptional

Luxury Curly Cut is a fairly traditional, aged blend of Virginias and Black Cavendish. Although it presents a pretty mild smoke, it is often just what I want. On a warm summer night, when I don't want anything too heavy, this is a nice clean light smoke with just the right amount of flavor.

If I were pairing this with an after-dinner Scotch whisky, I'd choose something equally light - a lowland malt like Auchentoshan.

To date, seventeen reviewers are about evenly split between 4-, 3- and 2-stars, for an average score of 2.71 stars. Those giving it two stars all seem to complain that it is too mild. Too mild for what?, I'd ask. Too mild for when you want something heavier? Well, alright. Sometimes I DO want something stronger. But at other times, mild is just what I'm looking for.

I believe this blend may have been discontinued by PS (not sure), but if you can find it and want a very, very mild VA smoke I would recommend purchasing some. The Cavendish gives it a very subtle vanilla flavor that I like. VERY little nicotine BTW. Also, the flavor, burning quality and slight tendency to bite can be improved by apply DGT (Delayed Gratification Technique).