What is this?

[Martindelmundo]

Hello all. I bought a few H. Upmann mag 46 a few weeks back and I noticed they had some dark spots on them But I didn't think nothing of it. Tonight I'm smoking the third one in my newly developed man cave and the light in here really shows off these spots (and a sloppy glue job) Just wondering what the hell are these spots . They cause no foul taste and only these cigars I have in my humidor are these mag 46's. Any ideas. Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Martin

[mm12]

It looks like it's just oil from the wrapper.

[Martindelmundo]

It looks like it's just oil from the wrapper.

But souldn't oil just wipe off. these are in the wrapper. I tried to scrap them with my finger nail and it broke the wrapper a bit.

[El Presidente]

But souldn't oil just wipe off. these are in the wrapper. I tried to scrap them with my finger nail and it broke the wrapper a bit.

It is oil. Good sign

[Martindelmundo]

Well I guess you do learn something everyday. Never new that oil would manifest into little balck spots. Thank you all.

Another question. I have a few bolivar churchills en tubos from 2000. They don't have and oil marks but the feal dusty, i think this is crystals. Why do spots and crystals form?

[asmith]

That be them good oils that only Cuba can supply

[Stalebread]

Is that what would typically be called a "mottled" wrapper?

[CanuckSARTech]

Yes - mottled or "marbled" is very good. It means that down the line, if storage conditions are proper, that this is a prime candidate for potential "bloom" on your cigar. Very nice. The crystalation on a wrapper is from these oils slowly evaporating off of the surface of the wrapper leaf. Either sign - marbled wrapper, or bloom - is of a potentially great cigar.