Sutliff's CD Blend is a remarkable cure-all for smoking nostalgia. Burley, Virginia, Latakia Flake, and Perique combine to provide that old time flavor, taking one back to a time when tobacco was coarser cut and less moist. Pipe Smoking was in its heyday, as the numerous smoking scenes from 30's and 40's movies will attest.
If you're looking for Country Doctor , this is the closest you'll ever get . It's " Old School " and the aroma is off the map ! It's a bit lighter than the original but it captures the overall character of it quite well . Of the Private Sto... Read Moreck line , it's one of the Gems . I don't know what the topnote is but it's very nice in this blend . whoever recreated it , I sure wish they'd make a London Dock match because they did a fine job with this blend Read Less
The tin note is a floral bouquet. The tobacco is in large cut pieces and was very hard to pack, like little rolls of leaf. The smoke note was disgusting as it was like packing a flower and smoking it. The virginias are not present, the latakia is ver... Read Morey mild. It doesn't even taste like burley, just a top dressing. I felt like I was sipping a pipe filled with some top dressing, not a tobacco blend. Read Less