Cornell & Diehl Golden Days of Yore

Yuk....this blend was unpleasant from the first puff! The tin had a pleasant enough Christmasy smell when I popped the lid, but it was all downhill from there. I got a very nasty taste from the topping almost instantly, I really wanted to like this blend, as I like a nice aromatic this time of year, but no. The only tobacco flavor I got was from the Oriental component, it completely overpowered the Va. and Burley base to an overwhelming degree. So what I tasted was essentially one variety of Oriental tobacco that was overtopped with a nasty sauce.

Great tin art. Tin note is mild. Somewhat pleasant. I can’t make out any specifics, maybe the ginger and liquor. Tobacco is quite dry and smokable right out of the tin with a few min dry time. The black canvendish is pretty hard and dry, and there’s some large chunks of it mixed in. The first 1/3 of the bowl is quite enjoyable. The topping is flavorful enough to keep me interested, but not overpowering. Again, I can’t pick out specific flavors except possibly an orange liquor and a soft pine note. Maybe some ginger. At the half way point the topping has gone flat. I just get a mild burley taste that reminds me of a OTC blend, with the topping way in the background. Almost undetectable at this point. I was hoping that the true tobacco flavors would take over near the end of the bowl. No such luck. I love C&D Kentucky tobaccos. I didn’t get any of that in this blend unfortunately. The smoke ended very mild with that pine and orange ginger note only on the retro now. The room note and aftertaste was nice. Overall, just a very mild blend. Not offensive, but not impressive. 1.5 stars.

Typically a C&D fan, but this one left me unimpressed. The casing was evident in the tin, rum, vanilla, spices...but not in the smoke. The flavor was mainly just the tobaccos used. Not what I was expecting. I love the Christmas blends, but this one won't come back to my holidays.

I really wanted to like this, but it didn't do it for me. I love Christmas blends, but this one was not at all like what I was hoping for. The tin note was amazing!!! Smelled like incredible Egg-Nog and Spiced Cider. I was excited until i took the first cold sip from the pipe. Nothing... Hmmm, I charred it and still nothing...... Then I waited until midway through the bowl, and then I got a little bit of vanilla??? But mostly I still got nothing.... I asked the friends around me for a word or two about room note, and they couldn't smell anything at all other than a bland smoke that almost smelled like cigarettes. In truth, I have yet to experiment with a C&D blend that I like. I don't recommend this blend at all, but try it if you want to based on other reviews. Update.... After aging the tin for a bit, it got slightly better, but not much, and definitely not enough to make me buy another tin.

does not do anything for me... no idea where the Orientals or the Kentucky is in the tin, do not get a read on any other of the flavors advertised either. It is a super boring Burley/Virginia/Cavendish without any character being added by this three components.

I'm in total agreement with "Liam Tyr (14) 2016-02-17 , review". Mainly a mild rum vanilla blend that burns so hot and bitey that I lost all tongue feeling after one bowl. Enough said.

I was wondering what I was missing here when I opened the tin, not a great deal of tin note and more of a cidery type aroma than Christmassy. lovely ribbon cut and maybe just a tad dry...however the smoke was very bitter, very high end Virginias and the casing almost undetectable! However after reading the bellow review I,ve jarred it and will try again when it has breathed.