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Red Rapparee 50g Pipe Tobacco

Name: Red Rapparee 50g
Brand: Rattray's
SKU: 003-055-0018
Price: 14.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.50 (25 reviews)

Product Number: 003-055-0018

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Red Rapparee 500g

Details

Strength:

3/5

Room Note:

3/5

Taste:

4/5

Components: Virginia, Latakia, Orientals, Black Cavendish
Family: English
Cut: Ribbon

About This Pipe Tobacco

Exhilarating and elusive, quaint and seductive. Prepared from choice Red Virginias, dusted with Latakia, and heavily flavored with Orientals, giving it a red tinge. It burns in the pipe with the spontaneity of a fine cigar.

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating:

4.6

46 reviews

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A Definitive Go-To

July 14, 2026

By: Gerard C.

Product: Rattray's Red Rapparee 100g

Red Raparee I decided to try based on an AI recommendation while searching for English blends that were best suited for my palate. I hate to say the machine was right, but the machine was right. There’s enough Latakia and Oriental to announce its presence as an English, but man when the sweetness of the Virginia catches up, I can honestly say it’s one if the most delightful blends I have tasted in a while. Nothing about it is overpowering or out of balance. It’s an every day carry for sure....Read More

Robust but tasty

July 01, 2026

By: Merrit C.

Product: Rattray's Red Rapparee 50g

This is only my second English blend I've tried, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but this blend smells and tastes great. Seems to burn cool. I look forward to trying this in cooler weather because it's almost too strong for my taste in warm weather. This tobacco is very robust and can be overwhelming to your senses (in taste and in nic) if you aren't prepared for it....Read More

No nonsense

April 27, 2026

By: Dylan

Product: Rattray's Red Rapparee 100g

Very good no nonsense english has notes of leather, wood, spice and some dark fruits if you smoke it properly i had smoked it for a while before on a whim i decided to try the breathing method by mcp and boy i was amazed the dark fruit note i heard about really came out and blended quite nicely with the other darker notes, highy recommend to the English enjoyer...Read More

Quite good

March 21, 2026

By: Noah O.

Product: Rattray's Red Rapparee 100g

I'm told this is Scottish. It burns very nicely, I think the oriental and Cavendish make for a very nice smoke that's rather easy on the mouth. This can hit the spot if you want a full English flavor but also be an afternoon or warmer weather smoke. I do however have an issue very similar to Peterson 965 where sometimes or perhaps in some pipes it just seems off and tastes wrong. That's just a peculiarity though, it's worth trying....Read More

Unique Blend

January 16, 2025

By: UncleDave

Product: Rattray's Red Rapparee 100g

One of the finest English blends on the market today. I lean a bit more toward classifying RR as a Balkan rather than just an English blend due to the strong influence of the Oriental element (non-Latakia). But at the same time the Latakia presence is a bit more than you might find in any number of blends classified as a Balkan. I'm not sure that a classification really matters--not everything fits in a pigeon hole. I've been smoking Red Rapparee (RR) since the 70s--that's when it was still produced in Perth, Scotland. The flavor is faithful to my memory of the original with the exception of a bit more sweetness. Balkan Orientals on top, Virginias in support as the base, a pretty fair amount of Latakia and a bit of Black Cavendish to add sweetness and perhaps a little more depth. That's basically how my palate interprets this blend. Deserves 3-4 out of 10 for strength and 6 out of 10 for flavor. I can be a little old-fashioned in my views; I am always torn by the inclusion of Black Cavendish in what should be a quality blend. I often find that Black Cavendish "cheapens" a blend--it functions more as a filler. But sometimes its inclusion does help to expand the blend's flavor profile. With RR I consider the inclusion of Black Cavendish to be an enhancement offering a slight improvement over the original. The tobaccos meld together in a wonderful manner resulting in great flavor. It's certainly possible to spend more, but I think it's difficult to find better. Even though prices have increased, Rattray's blends continue to be worth the price....Read More