Rattray 7 Reserve

This is a classic English tobacco, full and smoky, yet smooth, with no harsh acidic aftertastes. If straight, unflavoured tobaccos are your thing, this could indeed be an all day smoke for you.

A civilized, understated Balkan/English. Comparable to Dunhill's Standard Mixture Mild (now Mellow, I believe). Denuded of any aggression, a pleasant smoke though in the latter part of the day one searches for something a little more assertive.

This polite English is an excellent introduction for the beginner seeking to cultivate a sense of understated elegance in this catagory of blends. It is also a good go-to blend for the more experienced smoker who wants something with a sense of heritage. Cool burning and sweet, it can be enjoyed anytime of day or nite. The blender's experience shows most notably in the treatment of the Virginia leaf and the restraint used in proportions of Cyprian and Oriental. Age brings an increased smoothness to the quality of this smoking experience. This blend has always been a great standby and comfort to me as I think it should for anyone.

Meerschaum Man Smoking an Altinol Smooth Canadian

7 Reserve is just too astringent on the palate. Quality is very unlike Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake or Hal O' the Wynd. Save your money this one is a real stinker.

To me this is a very good light to middle english. It is soft and round and just full of flavor. For some who are usualy into heavy english blends this may be to soft or mild. The tobacco in this blend is of very high quality and burn rate is very good. The latakia in this blend is present but not as assertive as some of the other english blends in this line. I love to smoke this when I am in the mood for a mild to medium english blend. Very good and highly recomended.

This is a very light and airy blend which I can barely detect any latakia in the blend although it does show up subtly now and then. The Virginias are present with the Orientals in the background offering their support of flavour. Straight away from the tin I got a nice light woody kind of aroma with a hint of spice. Upon lighting the tobacco it burns at a moderate pace but the bowl does get warm and some gurgling is definitely at play here with the moisture level of the leaf so maybe let it dry out at first. Slightly peppery and spicy to the taste buds but nothing brutal. This could be a good introduction to English blends and definitely qualifies as an all day smoke. Not a bad tobacco but I wouldn't put it in my top list.

Disappointed. I was trying to smoke in briar,meerschaum,corn cob. Tasteless, bland, flat....Needs relights, leaving moisture....nothing about to talk. Not recommended. Gentelmens, buy it something else and skip this.

Regards. Lazarus77

For me, this is another disappointing tobacco from Rattrays. Once again, like some of their other blends, it's got too much peppery Perique included. I've seen this tobacco described as a 'mild english'. Well, that's not the case for my taste buds. There might be a nice mild english somewhere in the tin, but that's been covered up by too much spice.

Imagine a customer who goes into a restaurant and orders a nice meal. When the meal is brought to the table the customer then picks up the pot of pepper and sprinkles it liberally all over the meal, so much so that all the talents of the chef are completely covered up by the excessive pepper. That's what this blend from Rattray is - a nice mild english that's been smothered with peppery Perique or some other oriental tobacco.

This tobacco will probably be great for someone who likes lots of pepper on their meals, or who thinks nothing of ordering a very hot Vindaloo with extra chillies. I like my food, and I like pepper. I don't want my food completely overwhelmed by pepper. That's what's happened in the blending of this tobacco.