Christmas Cheer 2005

Christmas Cheer 2005 is the 2005 release of the series in which McClelland presented a single Virginia harvest as a separate tin each year. Select, matured orange-red flue-cured Virginia leaves are pressed into cake, aged, sliced, and partly broken up before going into the tin as broken flake; this form eases packing.

The blend is unflavored; taste comes from the leaf's own sugar and maturation. The sharp tang in the tin note is a known trait of the brand's Virginias. Since each year's crop differs, character shifts between releases, and tins continue to change as they're cellared. Suited to smokers following the unflavored Virginia line who know how to work with flake form. The maker ceased operations in 2018.