Question on period ageing.

[El Presidente]

It would be great if I could get your input on this one  

I went:

3 years :   Montecristo 2 

5 years :   Por Larranaga Petit Corona 

10 years:   Partagas 898 Varnished

 

"Rob I am a voyeur looking at the aged offerings of the past few weeks. The cigars are great but they are just out of my league right now. Can you help me pick a three boxes of current cigars to lay down.  To make it easy, I would like to lay down one box for 3 years, one box for 5 years and one box for 8 -10 years.  They would all need to be regular production stock and nothing longer than a torpedo or smaller than a petit corona. What would you suggest" 

[JohnS]

3 years: Montecristo No.2 (I'm currently smoking through a 10 count box that was aged 3 years prior to smoking the first one).

5 years: Punch Punch

8-10 years: Por Larranaga Petit Corona  (only because my preference is more caramel, less mongrel. If you want more 'bite' go 5 years) or Cohiba Linea 1492 (Siglo line)/Linea Clasica (Classic line like Robustos etc.).

[shrink]

I am currently smoking and really enjoying cigars from the following boxes:

2006 Monte No. 2: Full-bodied, rich and strong, loaded with bittersweet flavors.

2008 Por Larranaga Petit Corona: Medium bodied, loaded with caramel flavor.

2006 Partagas 898V: Full bodied, woody and spicy with a peppery finish. 

[ShortFatHokie]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

It would be great if I could get your input on this one  

I went:

3 years :   Montecristo 2 

5 years :   Por Larranaga Petit Corona 

10 years:   Partagas 898 Varnished

 

"Rob I am a voyeur looking at the aged offerings of the past few weeks. The cigars are great but they are just out of my league right now. Can you help me pick a three boxes of current cigars to lay down.  To make it easy, I would like to lay down one box for 3 years, one box for 5 years and one box for 8 -10 years.  They would all need to be regular production stock and nothing longer than a torpedo or smaller than a petit corona. What would you suggest" 

Well, my PLPCs just hit the 5 year mark and are OUTSTANDING!!!  I had struggled with these for the first five years smoking 1 - 2 each year...I thought I had gotten a bad batch or something.  Pulled one out the other day realizing they were 5 years and 2 months old.  Completely different cigar!!!  Tons of honey, toasted tobacco, and caramel flavors!!!  Got a feeling I'll be smoking quite a few of the 40 or so I have left.

[canadianbeaver]

I vote the following:

3 years: QDO No 50. We love them!

5 years: RASS. Box of 50 if you can do it.

10 Years: ERDMCC. Great from 2009 right now, so makes sense.

CB

[Fugu]

3 yrs: MdO4

5 yrs: MdO4

10 yrs and >>:  MdO4

No kidding - this is a cigar I always enjoy, young or aged.

 

But in fact a tricky question, as it is always easy to say at hindsight but difficult to foresee how current production of the long-runners of yesterday will develop in the future. So this extrapolation into the future will sure have to be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, in my decision finding of what to buy and lay down - an advice particularly aimed at the novice - I'd much rather let myself be guided by what I actually like than taking the aging potential as a prime criterion.
What's good a nicely aged box of Boli T1 if you don't dig the cigar?

Still, to provide my take on the question above:

Up to 3 yrs - the vast majority of current production will be good to go

5 yrs (read: profits profoundly from a minimum aging): RASS, BBF, P898, Party Shorts, PLM, Hoyo Serie le Hoyo (the few original ones that survived), Trini Fundadores, RGPC

10 yrs (read - pronounced longevity): this is trickier to foresee. Party 898 seems indeed a good bet, I concur. Long-term aging potential I further see in Boli Tubos1/2/3, Boli PC, CoLa, Espy, Swinney, RyJ Churchill (preferably tubed), Upmann Noellas, RyJ Cazz, and as we are at aluminium mazos: don't discount Quintero Brevas.

(widely ignoring the size limitations set by the "OP", perhaps he prefers exclusively smoking DCs by then )

[joeypots]

8 hours ago, El Presidente said:

3 years :   Partagas Serie D4

5 years :  Monte Cristo Edmundo  

10 years:   Cohiba Siglo IV

Or just about any Cohiba.

 

[dominattorney]

3 years H.Upmann Mag 46

5 years Monte no 4

10 years Trindad Coloniales

[FatPete]

Out of the cigars I like, and no bigger than a torpedo, I would chose these boxes to age:

3 years :   H. Upmann No 2

5 years :   Robaina Unicos

10 years:   Cohiba Siglo IV

 

[Phinz]

3 yr: BBF

5 yr: Cohiba Corona Esp.

10 yr: something from the Siglo line or Party 898

[zeedubbya]

3 yr:  Sancho Panza Beli

5 year: PLPC—this is the obvious one

10 year: DC Cabs, DC Cabs, DC Cabs—Lusi, Punch DC, and Hoyo DC.  I fear DC may stand for discontinued in 10 years.  If you don’t wanna spend the coin—Bolivar (insert any vitola here)....Boli with 10 years is next level IMO

[Bagman]

3 years :   Diplomatico 2 

5 years :   Montecristo 2 

7 years :   Por Larranaga Petit Corona 

10 years:   H.Upmann SWC

[dangolf18]

A lot of choices, but right now I'd go with this probably:

3 years: RASS

5 years: Cohiba Robusto or HU 54

10 years: PSD4, RyJ Churchill, Cohiba Esplendido or Montecristo No.2

[HabanosNJGuy]

The Waiting is the Hardest Part:

 

[timis300]

I like my cigars strong

3 Years: Trinidad Vigia

5 Years: Bolivar Libertador

10 Years: Cohiba Genios

 

[rcarlson]

Thankfully, I misread the title of this post.  ?