Peterson: Connemara Black 40g Pipe Tobacco

Package note of sugar, cherries and sweet vegetation. Tobacco is a ribbon cut of brown, black and light brown. Moisture content is great. Burns moderately with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of Cherry. Cherry flavoring didn't last that long, dropped to the background during the first 1/4, where it remained. Taste is medium to full and moderately consistent, with notes of cherry, sugar, marshmallow, almost creamy, zesty spices, tangy dark fruit, hay, sweet bread, acidic, tart, mildly savory, spicy, citrus, wood, a semi-sweet vegetation background note, and a mostly smooth retro. Virginia is leading with flavoring and Cavendish supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is good....Read More

My first favorite carry cavendish. It’s very sweet aroma is complimented by its strong virgina. Smokes smoothly.

Strong stale taste, no cherry flavor at all, no room note.

The cherry flavour is more present in the aroma, in my opinion. The tobacco flavours are still present. The room note is pleasant and not overpowering. Quite surprising for a pouch tobacco at a good price. This probably one of the better cherry blends I have smoked as it doesnt taste like a cherry cough drop. There is also a good bit of chocolate in there as well. This blend is almost like a more mildly flavoured Da Vinci. I will buy again. Also: 50/50 mix with 1Q is awesome!...Read More

I really wanted to like this one. I'm a fan of Peterson and a fan of cherry blends, but this one just didn't deliver for me.

The Connemara district in West Ireland, famous for its scenic beauty, the eponymously-named pony and Irish whiskey, and the birthplace of Peter O' Toole, can now add a fine pipe tobacco to its name. Peterson has expertly blended Black Cavendish and flavorful Virginia to make one of the best cherry tobaccos I've ever smoked. What makes this exceptional is that not only do they have an authentic cherry flavor spot on, but the tobacco itself is fairly dry out of the pouch and smokes the same way, dry and cool, with minimal tongue-bite and bottom-of-the-bowl slurry -- something that not many cherry blends can lay claim to. I fired up a bowl in my ca. 1970s Vuillard Saint Claude freehand after packing it lightly and enjoyed it to the bottom on one match. This is a quality tobacco and I will be buying this again....Read More

I really like Peterson tobacco's and this is no exception. Nice smooth flavor with out a lot of fuss. One of the best Cherry tobacco's I have tried. Smoke it slow and enjoy.....

What this tobacco has going for it. heavy on cherry flavor. What works against it, heavy bite, no matter how lightly you smoke it. There are some Peterson blends I would recommend including luxury blend( my favorite.)this is not one of them.

I received this in a Peterson Sampler a while back. I have to say I was surprised at the flavor. The Peterson Tobaccos I've tried were good quality blends including this one. 5 Stars !