Best Cigars To Age-Cigar.com February 2012

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kuzi16

MVW67

This is why I am here to learn and expand my knowledge, thanks for the information!!!!!

dennisking

Anejos tend to age well. The slight rough edges smooth out but the power stays. I smoked one with 3+ years on it (thanks phobicsquirell) the same night my Father in Law smoked a 2011 release Anejo. I took puffs off of his and it was the same body and flavor as my 08 release but thru the nose, it was a little rougher, not by much though. Kuzi's right though, an Opus is really starting to get good after a year minimum and even then, they still do well with time. Also, different palates like different things. docbp87 was saying that some think that the Partagas 150 is papery and flat in flavor now, after 15 years of age, but mine was fantastic. Very balanced, great flavor, and fairly complex.

rwheelwright

dennisking:

Anejos tend to age well. The slight rough edges smooth out but the power stays. I smoked one with 3+ years on it (thanks phobicsquirell) the same night my Father in Law smoked a 2011 release Anejo. I took puffs off of his and it was the same body and flavor as my 08 release but thru the nose, it was a little rougher, not by much though. Kuzi's right though, an Opus is really starting to get good after a year minimum and even then, they still do well with time. Also, different palates like different things. docbp87 was saying that some think that the Partagas 150 is papery and flat in flavor now, after 15 years of age, but mine was fantastic. Very balanced, great flavor, and fairly complex.

I would love to get my hands on some of those Opus that they were talking about in the article. From 2000? Definately! If I had only known back then I wouldn't have smoked all of them or I would have bought more.

dennisking

I may know a place you can call for some older Opus, Rich. Let me know

Ken Light

scarlin

ENFIDL

Just wanna say the only cigar I've aged and have tried throughout the aging process from ROTT to 1 year is the Unholy Cocktail. I have 5 left from my box purchase almost 2 years ago and will be smoking 1 every year on the 1 year mark. They have done nothing but get better and better with time. Now I may find when I fire one up one year over the next 5 that they've gone too far but I am very excited to find out

kuzi16

boydmcgowan

dennisking

ENFIDL:

Just wanna say the only cigar I've aged and have tried throughout the aging process from ROTT to 1 year is the Unholy Cocktail. I have 5 left from my box purchase almost 2 years ago and will be smoking 1 every year on the 1 year mark. They have done nothing but get better and better with time. Now I may find when I fire one up one year over the next 5 that they've gone too far but I am very excited to find out

I found that the Unholy Cocktail is a really fantastic stick with a year or more on it. I had one with 2+ years on it and it was as good to me as an Anejo with similar age. That may seem like a strange comparison but they are both powerful sticks with a lot of depth to them. I will say this though, the UHC ROTT isn't a comparison, but with age, yes. The other real surprise stick with age is the MOW PA. Fantastic with 6 months or more on it.

Hayblet

dennisking:

ENFIDL:

Just wanna say the only cigar I've aged and have tried throughout the aging process from ROTT to 1 year is the Unholy Cocktail. I have 5 left from my box purchase almost 2 years ago and will be smoking 1 every year on the 1 year mark. They have done nothing but get better and better with time. Now I may find when I fire one up one year over the next 5 that they've gone too far but I am very excited to find out

I found that the Unholy Cocktail is a really fantastic stick with a year or more on it. I had one with 2+ years on it and it was as good to me as an Anejo with similar age. That may seem like a strange comparison but they are both powerful sticks with a lot of depth to them. I will say this though, the UHC ROTT isn't a comparison, but with age, yes. The other real surprise stick with age is the MOW PA. Fantastic with 6 months or more on it.

Truth, and I agree on aging Anejos as well, I do have one UHC left from all of my selling off that has 2 years already on it, and before I sent off my last PA's to Elijah I think? Or Todd one of the "Big Guns", it was from when we all reserved boxes for first release and it was way more prolific than it was fresh out of the box.I have quite a few sticks with Significant age on them (Pre-Release Dirty Rat and an AVO LE 05) but oddly can't bring myself to smoke them, I don't know how long of a "wait" is too long though

KCW

Thats one heck of a first post! Welcome to the Forum. I'm looking at all the Opus X, GOF, Edicion de Anniversario, et. al. from 2006 that I have. I went nuts a while back and bought some. I'm thinking about trying them soon! Great post. Good info.

dennisking

KCW:

Thats one heck of a first post! Welcome to the Forum. I'm looking at all the Opus X, GOF, Edicion de Anniversario, et. al. from 2006 that I have. I went nuts a while back and bought some. I'm thinking about trying them soon! Great post. Good info.

you should dude. why not, they are meant to be smoked. I smoked some sticks the last week from 03 and 04 and they were spot on. they aren't meant to be burned alive at some point.

Ken Light

KCW

dennisking:

KCW:

Thats one heck of a first post! Welcome to the Forum. I'm looking at all the Opus X, GOF, Edicion de Anniversario, et. al. from 2006 that I have. I went nuts a while back and bought some. I'm thinking about trying them soon! Great post. Good info.

you should dude. why not, they are meant to be smoked. I smoked some sticks the last week from 03 and 04 and they were spot on. they aren't meant to be burned alive at some point.

This will be the year! This will be my New Years resolution (I know I'm a little late). Kids going to Summer Camp for the first time this Summer. I will do it!!!! (I've been such a cigar-***).

lcpleel

aged cigars? ill have to try some

ENFIDL

lcpleel:

aged cigars? ill have to try some

Somebody's got jokes!

dennisking

lcpleel:

aged cigars? ill have to try some

I see what you did here.....

rzaman

PM sent to your inbox, thanks!

dennisking

Right back at ya Rza

kuzi16

Ken Light:

In this I also now see the reasoning behind aging and smoking humidors, and really makes me want to go 70 RH in the larger main compartment of my cabinet and somewhere around 65 RH in the smaller top portion. I hate to think that boxes I have in the main compartment right now are losing their oils too quickly and therefore aging improperly. Most impressive that you just rattled that stuff off in no time! And PM sent...

if you havent been aging for 5+ years then i doubt you will have any issues.

blurr

Whew, wall-o-text exhausted. j/k. Interesting to read, and I know everyone has different tastes & beliefs as far as cigars & aging. I tend to enjoy Nicaraguan a bit more, but still enjoy Dominican or Honduran leaf. While I can't agree or disagree with your praise of Cuban leaf (haven't ever smoked a CC yet), I do disagree with the statement that Nicaraguan Padrons "go downhill the minute its purchased". Thats probably just my taste, and I'm nowhere near having Nic's with 10 years on, but I know for my tastes I like most of my Nicaraguans to be at LEAST 1+ yr in my humidors. Interesting read though.

rwheelwright

dennisking:

I may know a place you can call for some older Opus, Rich. Let me know

let me know. I might not be able to bite but one never knows...

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I just wanted to thank you guys for the warm welcome. I'm glad that some found my post useful. It's amazing what you pick up from smoking cigars for 20 plus years. I think that aging cigars becomes a necessity for anyone who favors Cuban leaf. Once you realize how truly great a well aged Cuban cigar is, you'll never go back. But finding out about the effects of age on non-Cuban cigars was sort of a by-product of going to estate sales. That gave me the opportunity to try many well aged cigars from people's personal collections that were well kept and still very enjoyable. Stuff that hadn't been made in years. But there is a point of no return with cigars, and aging won't make a poorly kept cigar into a great one. And as much as I've enjoyed many well aged Cubans , I've been mostly disappointed with pre-embargo sticks. They're ridiculously expensive, and even when properly stored for the past 50-60 years, I haven't been overly impressed. If you want the best opportunity to smoke a truly memorable cigar, try one of the classic models (Monte #2, Partagas Lusitania or Serie D No.4, Ramon Allones Gigante or Specially Selected, Bolivar Belicoso Fino, etc) with about 10-15 years of box age and you'll see what I mean. Nothing is guaranteed, but there's a good chance it will be one of those "once in a lifetime" smokes that you'll always remember. A cigar that's so great that you just want to savor it with no distractions. No matter how many good cigars you may smoke in a lifetime, those are the ones that you never forget. The ones that instantly come to mind when you try to think of the 5 best sticks you ever enjoyed. And the best part is that most of the greatest cigars that I've ever smoked were a gift from a generous cigar smoking friend. And that's what it's all about. I can't begin to express how much other cigar smoker's have done for me, out of nothing but friendship and the common bond of tobacco. I've been a member of other "hobbie" type websites (fishing, rodbuilding, firearms, etc) where they all TALK about this bond or this "brotherhood" between them. But they won't share their "secret" fishing spots or special productive methods, etc. Yet cigar smokers, who I had never personally met before paid to fly me (even first class) from NY to California, put me up in their homes with their families, and treat me to some of the best times of my life. And they did it several times. Times that I won't forget 'til the day I die. THAT is a brother.

Alex Svenson

kuzi16

Alex Svenson

laker1963

big chunks

Great topic, soaking up all this knowledge