Long Term Aging Of Cohiba, Partagas, Bolivar, RA and Punch

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» Hi! 7 kids! Wow! That's the most I've ever heard of from someone I've

» actually talked to. Our 3rd is due in 3 weeks, and we'll stop after

» that.

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» I dont think there's a "10 year rule". Case in point, G and I smoked a

» LGC Médaille d'Or No 1 (or was it a 3?) from the 70s last month, and it

» was a fantastic smoke! And I dont say that lightly. First time I tasted

» marzipan in a cigar! I will, however, agree that most cigars you buy

» "vintage" are just old cigars, the ones no one else wanted, forgotten

» stuff, often not stored that well all the time over the decades.

» However, if YOU buy fresh and age in perfect conditions, ziplocked, vacuum

» selaed or shrink wrapped (slowed aging), I'm sure you'll end up with

» fantastic cigars in 10, 20 or even 30 years provided that they are good to

» start with. Personally, I look for "rich" cigars with "substance" for

» aging: the kind that leaves thick layers of aftertaste for hours, that has

» a lot of body and also soem strength. 898V spring to mind for sure, but

» also Sir Winstons, RA Estupendos (very high expectations for those), that

» kind of cigar. A tasteless volado roll like a Hoyo DC will be gone in 5

» years (personally I dont even bother smoking them at all :-D).

» Surprisingly, small cigars like PSDC3s or RASCC can age long and become

» delicious, too: I've smoked a 1988 PSDC3 last year, and it was all you

» could expect from it, and then some. The bite of the young cigar was

» completely gone as you'd expect, but the cigar had not mellowed into a

» shadow of its former self or anything like that, it was still a powerful

» cigar, simply more complex and very present still. A 1972 RyJ Clemenceau

» I've smoked was expired, though. It took smoking 4 inches of it to get

» some RyJ profile. You could say it's a crapshot, I guess, but the better

» the initial cigar, the better the aged result.

Thanks Claudius.!! Yeah the kids keep me busy, but I found that 2 was the hardest number, you can no longer double team em and have to resort to man to man. OF course now we've moved from zone defense to PRevent!!:-D