There is no C&D tobacco that i can consider bad. 

The most recent one that touched my heart was Blockade Runner.

They got me with the marketing on their H. P. Lovecraft inspired blends, which of course includes Dreams of Kadath and the blends all did sound interesting from the standpoint of the tobacco used, but I have yet to try any of them. 

Some standouts to me are Black Frigate, which I believe is based on Blockade Runner, but with the addition of orientals and Latakia. Gentleman Caller is another and their other deer’s tongue blend, Crooner, which I often sprinkle into other tobaccos for a little boost, as well as Billy Budd and Billy Budd Blond. 

In thinking about it, there are a number of blends they manufacture that I really like, including many of the G. L. Pease blends, Savinelli 140th and a number of the Warped blends. 

Overall I’ve enjoyed their limited edition blends quite a bit, possibly far more than their regular offerings in many cases, of which Sansepolcro is one and I still have a couple of tins of that from an earlier release. 

Lee, since you enjoy their perique blends, I really like King Cake. Its a cross between an aromatic and a VaPer. The rum topping is light but makes it taste somewhat cake-like. I enjoy quite a few of C&D blends and I don't know of one that I really dislike.  My wife smokes Green River Vanilla almost exclusively.

Ha, Ha! The only C&D branded tobacco I currently smoke is Green River Vanilla, and I usually spike it with other aromatics because it's gotten kind of boring to me on it's own. But, it's great mixed 2-to-1 with any other tobacco I've tried it with. A great mild burley cavendish vanilla.

But, to pull back the curtain... Almost all the brands I know and love have been PRODUCED by the C&D team for a long time. G. L. Pease and Drucquer & Sons in particular account for 4 of my top 5 favorite blends and most of my cellar. And, since they're also owned by Laudisi, it's unclear to me whether or not they are producing (for the USA market, anyway) other brands also - like Kohlhase & Kopp. If so, they're doing the heavy lifting to bring me 8 of my top 10 tobaccos! More power to 'em, I say!

So, in my book, there's no shame in coming out in the open as loving Cornell & Diehl blends. 😍 

It seems to me the guardians of the legacy of beloved pipe tobacco blends have been reduced to two - Laudisi and Mac Baren.

Postscript: Personally, I try to go out of my way to support independent blenders, too - like Boswell and The Country Squire - but you have to hunt for them and order directly from them. They account for the other 2 of my top 10 blends.

The limited availability of C&D tobacco in Europe is a thorn in my side. They really do have blends par excellence. We have some great tobaccos here, but there's something really alluring about what C&D is doing, especially in regards to perique. 

The main tobacconist in Denmark - The Danish Pipe Shop - have started selling Cornell & Diehl blends!!!
Absolutely fantastic that they’re branching out a bit. It was starting to get to the point where I have a greater variety of tobaccos than they do! 😄

https://www.danishpipeshop.com/l/Tobacco/Cornell-Diehl-

Sadly Cornell & Diehl is not available anywhere here in Ireland. We are at the mercy of whatever the newsagents/petrol stations sell for commercial brands, which is usually very limited... B&H Virginia, Condor, Clan & rarely Mick McQuaid. For Fox's its themselves in Dublin online, haven't found Petersons online anywhere in Ireland as yet... which is mad as They make their pipes in Dublin, but don't sell their tobacco online!