Cornell & Diehl: Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-016-0346

The 2023 edition of Cornell & Diehl's Carolina Red Flake with Perique — the blend's third incarnation — is a masterful tribute to the United States' historic Old Belt growing region, featuring two exquisite Red Virginia grades alongside naturally sweet Canadian Bright leaf and genuine St. James Parish Perique from C&D's exclusive farm in Louisiana.

Grown, harvested, cured, and barrel-aged all at 31 Farms — a single, family-owned farm in the heart of St. James Parish, Louisiana — C&D's authentic Perique contributes unparalleled richness and complexity, ranging from deep stone fruit notes to bold, piquant spice. This rare varietal — the rarest in the world, in fact — combines with several top-tier flue-cured grades, including Heirloom Red Virginia tips from 2013, aged ten years; matured Georgia-grown Red-Orange leaf from 2019; and Canadian Bright leaf from 2019, boasting an impressive sugar content of 28.5%. Together, these exquisite Virginia grades empower a kaleidoscope of complementary flavors, from baked goods and warming spices to brighter, citrusy highlights — all elevated by 31 Farms' Perique.

Components:

  • GA-JRL-19: Red-Orange Virginia from Georgia, United States. (Crop year 2019, 17.72% sugar.)
  • TH-13: Tips-grade Red Virginia from Virginia, United States. (Crop year 2013, 12% sugar.)
  • CA-FL1 2019: Top-tier, lemon Bright leaf from Canada. (Crop Year 2019, 28.5% sugar.)
  • Genuine Louisiana Perique from C&D's exclusive Perique farm (31 Farms) in St. James Parish. (Crop year 2022.)

Carolina Red Flake with Perique is enticingly cellar-worthy, with ample potential for aging. A dream-come-true for Virginia/Perique aficionados as well as a solid prospect for Virginia smokers, this blend is excellent for a range of smoking preferences and perfect for contemplative smoking sessions.

"Balancing deep undertones of port wine and stone fruits with highlights of pepper, spice, and citrus, Carolina Red Flake with Perique is rich, deep, and complex. It's how a Virginia/Perique flake should be."
- Jeremy Reeves, Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl

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Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
4.8
64 reviews
The Best Perique
September 24, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
Unbelievably good, I wish I had bought more.
Perfect
December 16, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
One of my favorites I only have a few tins of this left so I try not to smoke it to often but if I had and endless supply, I’d smoke it every day. It’s a perfect vapor for me.
GOOD STUFF
August 18, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
taste good
2023 RFwP
March 10, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
Red Flake with perique 2023 simple the best vaper ever.
Well now?!!
September 21, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
look who decided to drop in this morning. Unexpected! 6am getting ready for work opened my email and i scroll pass this. Thanks Jeremy! Thanks for interrupting my original tobacco purchasing plans to now buy all that i can of this in one day. Preciate it. This is great. But seriously, this is probably going to be really good! and bad for other reasons. I seriously was thinking that maybe this year they were going to skip doing this because of all the other drops they just made. shows you how much i know. It's scary , coincidently, 2 nights before last i was looking for something to smoke and reached for a jar of CRF '22, popped it, ahhhhh punggent!! mixed it with a little aged burley i had, man the flavors after a year in that jar and the aroma like i said. Yeah that '22 done did it. Anyway, just funny to think that happened and then this. I ain't B.S.'n either. Its not like they came with a warning well before hand. They literally shot emails at people while they were gettin ready to go to sleep and then dropped a load on us while we were sleeping and then threw the video at us right after! i mean thats what it feels like. I mean I'm grateful, i love ya jeremy but, maybe next time lemme know a week in advance before you come kickin my door in. i know you need money i need money too. and your tobaccas delicious. and now i'm broke and i still gotta go more broke left! Anyway, 3 stars for bringing back a delicious well known blend, a 4th star for my confidence that its gonna be great, and hopefully after i get my tin and smoke it it'll be 5 stars like CRF last year was. Thank you to all!...Read More
There’s no chance bite or harshness
October 12, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
Burns cool and clean at a slightly slow pace with a very consistent, smoother than expected, deep fruity, sugary, mildly sour, light sparkly flavor that extends to the lightly lingering, pleasant after taste. I like it. Moisture is perfect. I enjoy the blend.
A beautifully smooth Virginia and Perique blend
October 04, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
This is a very wonderful and smooth smoking blend. The flake breaks up easily. The Virginias are mellow and make up a great taste to the overall smoke. The Perique adds in a little bit of spice to counter act the mellow sweet of the Virginia's. Mellow and full flavored with no bite.
Great Blend
September 23, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
As expected another great blend this year nice bready reds with punchy earthy spicy perique. The pinnacle of VaPers. Hard to find anything better.
Such a Treat
January 15, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
I love this Va/Per! It starts sweet and fruity and finishes with some wonderful spice while still maintaining the sweetness
good to go.
December 18, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
Tin note of spiced figs, raisins and hay. Tobacco is a broken flake of reddish tan, brown and a little dark brown. Moisture content is great, no drying needed. Rubs out with a little bit of an effort. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to strong and mostly consistent, with notes of dry dark fig, floral, zesty citrus peel, wood, tangy spiced plum, mild vinegar, fermented hay/vegetation, savory, bready, rich, a sweet earthy/grassy background note, and a moderately peppery retro. Virginia is leading with Perique supporting. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More