Rattray's: Black Mallory 500g Pipe Tobacco

Definitely reminds me of Slices without the anise. Love the play of the cavendish and latakia! Will buy more in the future

Don't know if I got a bad tin or what, but I found this to be very dry, almost as dry as Semois burley offerings...that alone would cause me to toss it if i can't rehydrate it.
The saving grace is how tasty I found it as I really, really don't like English blends with Latikia that overwhelm the other tobacco in the blend and this does not though I'll probably blend this with a little HGL for a small change in flavor profile.
Thinking I'll jar 50g of the tin and experiment with the rest just because I can.
The best I can forsee is smoking a bowl of this every couple of weeks and slowing down my cadence as the dryness makes it burn really hot....Read More

This is very interesting. I would say that the addition of Black Cavendish gives this English an interesting licorice type flavor to it. I love that smokey licorice when the Latakia and Cavendish marry in the can. It's a pretty great one.

Very good, very different. So refreshing to take a break from the G.L.Pease/Drucquer/C&D=Laudisi monopoly. Relatively full bodied without coating the tongue and palate. Smoky and spicy, sour, and also very sweet without a cloying, fake taffy topping. Also, the antimicrobial used by all of Laudisi's companies seems delightfully lesser in quantity if not entirely absent here....Read More

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite Latakia blends. Now I need to try Red Rapparee as I’ve been enjoying oriental forward Lat blends lately. Something tells me that Black Mallory and Red Rapparee would be good mixed 50/50.

Tin note of mildly sweet smoky. Tobacco is black, light brown and dark brown Ribbon cut. Moisture content is ok, some may need to dry it a bit. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is mild to medium and somewhat consistent, with complex notes of wood, floral, smoky, sugar, leather, toast, spice, lemon zest, herbal, sugary savory, buttery, smooth, dry earth, mildly acidic/spicy, mild incense, a mildly tangy citrus, background note, and a mild peppery retro. Latakia is barely beating Virginias for the lead with Cavendish and Oriental/Turkish providing excellent support. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More

A good English blend slightly Oriental forward not too much Latakia but noticeable. The strength rating is about medium.

Sweeter than Red Rap.
Smoky, and leathery like Red Rap.
It’s Red Rap, with the added sweeter Virginia.
Hits the right spots.

Such a complex full bodied English blend. The blend wraps you around its smoke and aroma and unleashes a full body massage. Smoke it slow and let it melt your stress away.

I just found a 15 year old tin of this stuff at a local tobacconist. Holy smokes, this stuff is so silky and full bodies in the mouth, and so full of nuanced flavor I am blown away! Had some Penzance recently that was around 10 years old, and this stuff is similar in it’s aged characteristics. The cavendish has fallen way back and acts now more like a flavor bonding and enhancing element. The Latakia And orientals now have married into a leathery, floral, slightly sweet-spicy smokiness, and the aged Virginia has the molasses/catsup vinegar sweetness to fill out the base of this amazing flavor profile. I think the store had one more of these old tins I’m gonna scoop it up for sure! I can’t vouch for this blend when new, but well aged it is sublime!...Read More