I like this blend. As with almost all of Cornell and Diehl's tobaccos, it contains nary a bite. This is definitely a Latakia forward blend, very smokey and flavorful, but the cigar tobacco provides an extra depth to the smokeyness of the Latakia that I find it hard to describe. It's richer; it's denser, more flavorful. The burley gives it body, and the Virginia, sweetness and flavor. I could swear I taste an occasional bit of flavored Black Cavendish, but apparently there's none there. If you like a full-flavored English, I think you'll like this one.