Best cigar age?!
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Soundwave13
BoM Feb 2010
It really depends on the cigar - like wine, each cigar has a 'peak' age before it tapers off and starts to loose flavor/uniqueness. I find some cigars are better young, some aged (though I really don't consider a stick 'aged' until it's had 2+yrs on it, till then it's just 'resting'!)..
danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
This ^. And also people's individual tastes. Some may say a particular cigar with x number of years on it is the best, others may have a different number for x.
Dan
Dan
tubaman
3 Time BoM
Well, I can say that cigars do change in flavor with over 10+ years. Whether they taste better or not, there are a number of variables in that. One is the quality of the cigar. If you age a crappy cigar, all you have is an old crappy cigar.
orangedog
Navin R Johnson
I generally don't even look at a cigar until it hits 9 years, 6 months, 10 days, and then I add 8-10hours depending upon what time of day it was delivered.
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:stretchgr
ha ha... the comparison to wine is probably the approach I agree with
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:stretchgr
ha ha... the comparison to wine is probably the approach I agree with
Well the correct answer is, at whatever age you enjoy it the most. It's all personal preference, finding out is the best part of the journey.
JDog
BoM Nov '12 & May '13
Changes to a given cigar's taste and aroma due to its age is difficult to predict, as everyone has already pointed out.
With the brands that I store, it has been my experience that over the first couple of years of aging, the cigar usually becomes bolder, with more complexity. If you have a cigar that initially tasted "young," age can help get rid of the ammonia and will usually result in a more sweet cigar. Even though age can help develop a cigar's taste and aroma so that it becomes more nuanced.... I've seen too much age take away a cigar's strength and pepper.
I'm not sure what the appropriate age target is, but I have some La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero (original band) that have been aging for several years, along with Tatuaje Tainos and they are better than the newer production releases... because of age. I occasionally will compare them to the newer releases... yum, yum.
With the brands that I store, it has been my experience that over the first couple of years of aging, the cigar usually becomes bolder, with more complexity. If you have a cigar that initially tasted "young," age can help get rid of the ammonia and will usually result in a more sweet cigar. Even though age can help develop a cigar's taste and aroma so that it becomes more nuanced.... I've seen too much age take away a cigar's strength and pepper.
I'm not sure what the appropriate age target is, but I have some La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero (original band) that have been aging for several years, along with Tatuaje Tainos and they are better than the newer production releases... because of age. I occasionally will compare them to the newer releases... yum, yum.
gibbleguts
BoM april 09
Most of my top 10 cigars are in the 20 to 30 year range. I have smoked quite a few that were well past their prime at that age but when they are on they are amazing. There are flavours that show up that I have never tasted in other cigars that causes that for me. It is all about a completely new experience that pushes cigars over the edge for me.
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indyrob
BoM Feb '06 & Sept. '08
I'm really digging the late 90's right now. The 02-04's I have are somewhat better, somewhat worse too. Depends on what it is.
Some vintages are always going to be better than others, bigger sleepers than others.
Some vintages are always going to be better than others, bigger sleepers than others.
Definitely depends on the blend/cigar and the quality of the tobacco. Stuff from 06 is great right now, but so is a lot of 08-09 stuff too. Depends on a lot of things. Generally 2-3 years is great for most recent production.