Cedar overpowering aged cigars

[Riverstyx]

Do most cigars with lots of age (20+) have a significant cedar profile?  (assuming it's stored in cedar of course)

I have one old box of BCG (19 years; dress box) that's great, but the cedar overpowers the other nuances. Is this typical?  

[Silverstix]

I would think it’s not typical especially since they were in a dress box. Then again, I don’t have all that much experience smoking 19 year old cigars


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[bpm32]

I've got some H. Upmanns from the 2011 travel humidor and they reek of cedar, but obviously that's a little more extreme.

[awkwardPause]

I was just thinking about this phenomenon the other day. I’ve had some 5-10 year old smokes (that were in contact with cedar dividers or sleeves for that period) that were absolute cedar bombs. One of my least favorite profiles and I believe it just kills the smoke from a flavor vibrancy standpoint (well, the tobacco is also aged, I suppose). That said, I’ve recently smoked a couple 20+ year old RyJ Cedros deluxe (cedar sleeves) that had almost no cedar character whatsoever, despite my concerns beforehand. Small sample size definitely, but I wonder if the cedar has more influence in the medium term and then fades as it becomes less aromatic over time allowing the tobacco to shine more? Who knows. I’m sure there’s nothing to this and that the tobacco itself is the main driver of “cedary” flavors, but it was an interesting observation at least. I suppose it may be more dominant too in the profile of cigars that were lighter in strength/flavor to begin with. Just my take on it but I’m no big collector of aged cigars either since many become to muddled in my opinion (even if good to start and stored properly).

 

 

 

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[Islandboy]

I’ve got very limited experience with aged stuff, with the only aged item in my humidor being 2002 HdM Particulares. Each come encased in a cedar coffin - about as exposed to cedar as it gets. I just had one last night and was marveling at the delicate creamy cocoa powder flavor, with not a wisp of cedar to be found. So I would have to say no, not affected by cedar linings.

[cfc1016]

34 minutes ago, awkwardPause said:

but I’m no big collector of aged cigars either since many become to muddled in my opinion (even if good to start and stored properly).

THERE’S NO FRUIT!!!

[BrightonCorgi]

Tubos can be cedary tasting old, but that part of the charm.  The wooden divider in coffins or the cedar between rows in a dress box can go a long haul.  A 20 year old R&J Cedros in a dress box has some cedar to it, but nothing overwhelming.  They use to have those in thick wooden dress boxes around the Revolution.  Those look very cedary, but never smoked one.

 

[Fugu]

Oddly enough, that is never a point of debate in tubos. All of them contain cedar-sleeved cigars people tend to forget - the esteemed Mr Nee included.