Black Raspberry

Black Raspberry is a plain record among Wilke Pipe Tobacco's single-note aromatics: a raspberry-based casing applied to black cavendish leaf. The brand has kept fruity, sweet-cased bulk tobaccos in its catalog since 1872; this blend is a straightforwardly fruit-focused member of that line.

Black cavendish, with its sweet, soft base, provides a neutral foundation to carry the fruit casing; nicotine is low and the burn is cool. The raspberry note is clearly felt both in the tin and in the smoke, and it largely defines the blend's character. It suits smokers seeking a fruity aromatic who don't expect the tobacco leaf's own character to come forward, and newcomers to the pipe.