Non Cuban Cigars don't age? Agree, disagree...your thoughts.

[Lucas Buck]

It should also be considered what you are looking for. Typically fresh is going to be stronger, fuller flavored in your face flavors. Many smokers love this. Age typically mellows, adds nuance and often myriad flavors you just don’t get in freshies. This is not for every palate though. So aged and especially long aged cigars are not going to be favored by everyone. 

[BassMass]

I just found a B&M that closed when COVID started and just reopened. Everything in there is 5 years old. Everything in there tastes so much better than the non aged cigars. I even tried cigars I never heard of like Archetype Axis Mundi Corona 5" * 46 and an Edgar Hoill Vida and they were both very good. Agree some are already aged and don't benefit from more aging but if they are aged less then 3 years I think the extra aging will improve their flavors. IMHO

[jfire]

From a guy that had 1500 plus high end and micro/small batch NiCa/Dominican cigars aging…(2007-2012) even in that 5 year period. I noticed a huge decline in flavor. High end, collectible Tatuaje, Fuente, Padron Illusione the list went on. I couldn’t smoke them anymore. Many, almost all were like smoking hot air after just resting 4-5 years and full sealed boxes at that.Most of my cigar buddies that were forum members here and elsewhere, were the same. There’s a group of us that have gotten together for a HERF now since 2012 every year (a weekend away for camping, cigars, beer, whiskey and golf.). This HERF is still going strong till this day. The whole lot of us have switched to collecting and aging CCs. And all of us sold off thousands of NC’s to make the switch.  Will we still smoke a NC? Yes once or twice a year. 

J

(By the way, I wish I would of kept a few of Pete’s first edition limited boxes I had. I can’t imagine the value of a few. Some were 300 box releases like the T110 released out of Hawaii that I bought 4 boxes of.)