EAR: What is the longest period

[El Presidente]

EAR = Email Assistance Required. 

"Rob, what is the  the longest period that you have seen a cigar turn from pure crap to pure gold. I am not talking about incremental improvement but a trasformational evolution on the upside?"

 

 

Would love members feedback on this one. 

Personally, if it hasn't begin to occur (transformation) by year 5 then it is unlikely to ever happen. There will be exceptions but that has generally been my experience. 

 

[LordAnubis]

For me 5 years. 1st 3 cigars was worst i ever had, box was thrown in the back of humidro with much force. Then i was going to work in africa and i thought yeah i'll take this box cos it'll be some shit smoking that i don't care about. Turned out to be absolutely amazing. Maybe i got the first 3 duds, maybe the blunt force trauma helped, maybe it was the age, maybe it was the environment in which i was smoking them.

EDIT:

I remember my first cigar of these (they were mag 46) in Africa. I had come back to my room from my shift, there was a snake near my bed, so i opened the door so it could get out of the room, noped the f#$% out of there, and went and sat outside to have a cigar. There was a train of snails the size of fist making their way across my balcony, and the monkeys were stealing my damn mangoes from the tree, literally looking directly at me while biting into them! The little shits take a bite of the mango, throw it on the ground, then let it rot and go and eat them cos they get a bit smashed on them. Fun times.

[El Presidente]

I tend to agree Mus.

I can't remember  a dud at 5 years becoming a Swan at 10. By 5.....you will see at least some pin feathers.

[Chas.Alpha]

PL Picadores, MOE OCT 14. Bought at the ol' Partagas LCDH in 2019. Pleasant and cheerful, these were the $4 stick that I would reach for, assuming that they had reached their full measure. I'd left the remaining 5-6 in the hollows of my cab until about a month ago: Wow! suddenly full cocoa/mocha/orange/citrus bombs! Duckling to Swan in a 6 month period!!!

Unfortunately, I have only 5 left. No, You're not getting one...🙂

[BigGuns]

Subject line took me to a dark place....happy to see we're talking about resting terms.  Good read!

[La_Tigre]

2 hours ago, Chas.Alpha said:

PL Picadores, MOE OCT 14. Bought at the ol' Partagas LCDH in 2019. Pleasant and cheerful, these were the $4 stick that I would reach for, assuming that they had reached their full measure. I'd left the remaining 5-6 in the hollows of my cab until about a month ago: Wow! suddenly full cocoa/mocha/orange/citrus bombs! Duckling to Swan in a 6 month period!!!

Unfortunately, I have only 5 left. No, You're not getting one...🙂

There were literally stacks of these boxes back then and we didn’t buy one…too many options and limits.  😞 

Plus the ones we sampled from a ‘18 sixer did not impress…still not fans of PL Picadores. 
 

Also, so you’re saying our ‘98 Romeo 1 tubos aren’t going to turn a corner then… maybe if we give them another round through the dog..? 🤣 

[Fugu]

Pure crap has never turned into gold for me.