Ageing small Cigars

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Quick one:

Do small cigars like petite robustos or half coronas age quicker than the full or double versions?

I wanted to think about it like with wine where half bottles mature much faster than normal size bottles and magnums are extremely slow to age?

Any insights welcome!

Egg

[El Presidente]

19 minutes ago, eggtimer said:

 

Do small cigars like petite robustos or half coronas age quicker than the full or double versions?

 

...No 

 

[GaryK 54]

I have never found a correlation between size or RG and ageing. Ageing is such a personal thing - this has been mentioned by several members in one of your previous queries about ageing. Some people like a young cigar with more 'elbows and knees', while others like a slightly more rounded flavour that may come with ageing. As you know, ageing won't make a bad cigar better. However, ageing may reveal more subtle flavours that aren't as prominent in a new cigar. PLPC is an example of this, wherein you have a more mongrel and muddled flavour when young, but the caramel notes begin to emerge after about 5 years of ageing. For what it's worth, I like both expressions of the PLPC - just depends on my mood.

I've found the best way to get a feel for what ageing does to a cigar is to experiment. Try a stick from one your recent purchases ROTT, again at 6-12 months and at annual intervals until you find that sweet spot for you. Over a few years time, you will quickly build your own 'ageing preference'.

One other personal observation, that I believe is generally shared by the community on this Forum, CC from 2019 thru the present are smoking great young. IMHO, they have probably never been better in that first year post box date.

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8 hours ago, GaryK 54 said:

I have never found a correlation between size or RG and ageing. Ageing is such a personal thing - this has been mentioned by several members in one of your previous queries about ageing. Some people like a young cigar with more 'elbows and knees', while others like a slightly more rounded flavour that may come with ageing. As you know, ageing won't make a bad cigar better. However, ageing may reveal more subtle flavours that aren't as prominent in a new cigar. PLPC is an example of this, wherein you have a more mongrel and muddled flavour when young, but the caramel notes begin to emerge after about 5 years of ageing. For what it's worth, I like both expressions of the PLPC - just depends on my mood.

I've found the best way to get a feel for what ageing does to a cigar is to experiment. Try a stick from one your recent purchases ROTT, again at 6-12 months and at annual intervals until you find that sweet spot for you. Over a few years time, you will quickly build your own 'ageing preference'.

One other personal observation, that I believe is generally shared by the community on this Forum, CC from 2019 thru the present are smoking great young. IMHO, they have probably never been better in that first year post box date.

Thanks for your reply! It is very enlightening. But I need to admit, to my utter shame, that I don't know what CC cigars are - does this just mean Cuban cigars as opposed to non cubans?

[KCCubano]

1 hour ago, eggtimer said:

Thanks for your reply! It is very enlightening. But I need to admit, to my utter shame, that I don't know what CC cigars are - does this just mean Cuban cigars as opposed to non cubans?

Yes...CC = Cuban Cigars

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11 hours ago, KCCubano said:

Yes...CC = Cuban Cigars

Thank you!