Vintage Cerdan Cigars
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LOL...That is the name of the game!
Mirrorlure7m
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I also bought some so I would like to see how these turn out. Mild is good for a morning cigar.
I knew this day would come - the Cerdan Cigar. So here's the basic story, with a bunchnof missing parts and possible mistakes.
Señor Cerdan is a European, I believe Spanish man who has been behind some brands including Griffin, but always related to the Davidoff factory in the DR. To the best of my memory, he sold Griffins to Davidoff, but continued with his own brand, mostly in Europe.
During the boom, the distributor for mr cerdan was two brothers, Jorge and ? And the cigars were absolutely wonderful. They were very similar to the Davidiff White Label, of course mild, but classy smokes. They were also priced in the Davidoff range. During the boom, when mild was "cool", these cigars were excellent. They would be very elegant smokes at this point.
If the cigars are the old ones, you are absolutely steeling them and should consider them as though they were Davidoffs. Nothing wrong with a box or two of ten year old Davidoff, back before the San Vincente craze.
Best,
JD
Señor Cerdan is a European, I believe Spanish man who has been behind some brands including Griffin, but always related to the Davidoff factory in the DR. To the best of my memory, he sold Griffins to Davidoff, but continued with his own brand, mostly in Europe.
During the boom, the distributor for mr cerdan was two brothers, Jorge and ? And the cigars were absolutely wonderful. They were very similar to the Davidiff White Label, of course mild, but classy smokes. They were also priced in the Davidoff range. During the boom, when mild was "cool", these cigars were excellent. They would be very elegant smokes at this point.
If the cigars are the old ones, you are absolutely steeling them and should consider them as though they were Davidoffs. Nothing wrong with a box or two of ten year old Davidoff, back before the San Vincente craze.
Best,
JD
What's up Joel !
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I just finished smoking one and I would have to agree with you Jon, very Davidoff-ish.
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Hey brother ! Been good. Thanks for some info on the cigars. Hope you had a good time in Vegas . I could not make it. Had to work.
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I have 10 sticks - well 9 after last night, no indication of plume on any of them.
I think you probably stand a better chance of growing plume before these cigars ever will.
I wouldn't get too hung up on plume. It's really not an indicator of anything other than certain oils/compounds/minerals/moisture in the wrapper and storage conditions. While it is often found on older cigars, it's formation is by no means guaranteed nor is it certain to occur after a given time frame. I had some Cu*Avana maduros from 4-5 years ago, and they grew plume in less than 6 months and I have some 10-ish, 20-ish and 50+ year old cigars that still don't have it.
Years ago, there was a guy on another forum who built a "plumeador" - he modified a cabinet to cycle temperatures on a pre-set pattern, and possibly humidity too - not 100% positive if it was humidity also, but anyway, he could cause many of the cigars he tried, but not all, to plume in a very short period of time - a few months IIRC.
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Right, and it's possible that his box did have plume, just like the ones I have here don't, that was one of the points I was alluding to - it's not always predictable in "natural" storage conditions. The "plumeador" is kind of a special case.
Honestly, I can't say that I thought that the plumed cigars I have smoked in the past tasted any different on account of the plume than similarly aged non-plumed cigars of the same line & vitola.