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Red Virginia Cavendish Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 005-459-0023

Details

Strength:
3/5
Room Note:
3/5
Taste:
3/5
  • Components: Virginia
  • Family: Blending
  • Cut: Ribbon

About This Pipe Tobacco

Made in house from Cornell & Diehl's Old Belt red Virginias and cut in the Cavendish manner, Red Virginia Cavendish makes for a sweet smoke and boasts flavors similar to baked bread fresh from the oven.

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating:
3.8
14 reviews
Red Va Cavendish
May 10, 2025
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Cavendish Bulk
The C&D Bulk Library Project

Red Virginia Cavendish
Smoking Pipes rating : 3.9

This blending tobacco of red Virginia prepared as a cavendish is a uniform cut of brown ribbons and smells like raisins - like a lot. Sure there are also notes of brandy and some unidentifiable mustines
s - but mainly raisins. Like Sunmaid raisins in the little boxes that my mom used to pack into my lunch.

Sampled in a MM Missouri Pride.

This blending tobacco can totally be enjoyed solo - and I can tell you in the future I will be doing exactly that. It’s got the subtle sweetness of a sweet tea bought in Maryland (sorry Maryland but it’s called SWEET tea for a reason, not a suggestion). There’s also an acidic tang that’s like cherry but not a cheery flavor.

Do not come here looking for the good vinegary ketchupy red Virginia notes - I’m guessing the steaming of the cavendish process negates them - but there is a slight tang none the less and honestly it makes this more than just a blending component.

It’s tasty. It’s also kinda monotone 95% of the time BUT it’s a good monotone. I could totally see this sold in big 8oz Tubs along codger blends - it’s bone stock simple but I have no doubt it’s also 100% reliable/predictable.

It makes a nice , full smoke. I think it has to be the secret component in many blends - and I’m really curious what home blends folks may have with this as a central component. I personally use it in my English blend “HP01 Wels Catfish”.

I could smoke this solo, and often. Especially when fishing or camping. I also think it may be useful to “spruce up” a blend time to time that’s “lacking something”.

It weird to cellar a blending blend as a smoking blend - but, I think I want some of this on hand.

My rating : 4

Yay! This makes 50 blends of the 101 C&D Bulk blends I am reviewing for the project. Hard to believe that we’ve gotten here in just about a month.

I have the remaining 51 samples already on hand - and will resume in a few days. But for now I’m taking a break to enjoy my briars and some old friends before carrying on.

(And I’m waiting for another case of mini jars - I forgot to order them in time to keep going but Amazon says they’ll be here in a couple days.)
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good to go.
April 27, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Cavendish Bulk
Jar note of burnt mild tart fruit and peaty vegetation. Tobacco is a ribbon cut of reddish dark brown and a little brown. Moisture content is great. Burns is average with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and very consistent, with notes of spices, bready, floral, wood, dry hay, earthy, spicy/acidic, creamy, semi-sweet, moderately savory, bitter orange peel/zest, a tart stewed dark fruit background note, and a peppery retro. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is good....Read More
Good Blender
January 09, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Cavendish Bulk
Pretty good. Nothing outstanding, but relatively consistent. As a blending component it adds depth, creaminess, body without strength, some bready sweetness. I've tried it several times on its own, to get to know its characteristics before blending, but by itself it's just boring. It's best as a component or condiment. I use it regularly in a nuanced English blend I've developed, and it serves admirably. I think it wouldn't be the same without it....Read More
Better Than Expected
July 19, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Cavendish Bulk
Last year I tried growing my own tobacco and was looking for some blending components to mix with it. I purchased this as a blending agent and was pleasantly surprised at how good this stuff is on its own. The room note is simply outstanding. It is mild in flavor but still very sweet. I would agree with the others who said, "this could become an all-day smoke". This is really great stuff!!!...Read More
Good. A bit dry
March 19, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Cavendish Bulk
A good mellow blending component. Comes a bit too dry but useful

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