Aging - Can you age too long?

Matt-N-Ga · 10-05-2010, 12:10 PM

I've smoked a few vintage cigars, and have found both statements to be true...Some really can be aged for extremely long periods of time and will be finer with the age...while others have been lackluster with no flavor and a muted body...

My golden rule: if I like, I smoke it, if I do not, I don't.

bobarian · 10-05-2010, 01:23 PM

Aging cigars is much like aging wine. First of all you cant turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. If you are going to age you have to start off with premium product. Just look at the crap the Rothman is trying to pawn off as "vintage" in his recent catalogs. Bad crap from the 90's is still bad crap today, just 10 years older. But even when you start with good product, noone knows for sure if will age into something sublime or something just above average. You can make an educated guess as to which wines or cigars will be great in 20+ years, but its not foolproof. I think that's part of the wonderment of this hobby. Everyone is looking for the next 98 LFDC Corona or Fonseca Invicto's.

Smoke em fresh or smoke em aged, just enjoy whatever you smoke.

poker · 10-05-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bobarian

Aging cigars is much like aging wine. First of all you cant turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. If you are going to age you have to start off with premium product. Just look at the crap the Rothman is trying to pawn off as "vintage" in his recent catalogs. Bad crap from the 90's is still bad crap today, just 10 years older. But even when you start with good product, noone knows for sure if will age into something sublime or something just above average. You can make an educated guess as to which wines or cigars will be great in 20+ years, but its not foolproof. I think that's part of the wonderment of this hobby. Everyone is looking for the next 98 LFDC Corona or Fonseca Invicto's.

Smoke em fresh or smoke em aged, just enjoy whatever you smoke.

So true. A current Guantanamera Cristales in 10-20 years will still be like a pigs ear

Ashcan Bill · 10-05-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by poker

A current Guantanamera Cristales in 10-20 years will still be like a pigs ear

That would be a vast improvement in taste.

markem · 10-05-2010, 06:05 PM

I think that the answer is 'yes'

ninjavanish · 10-05-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by markem

I think that the answer is 'yes'

I just had this vision of that guy running into a mosquito at 60 mph.

Sorry to thread jack.... ahem... let me say something about aging cigars:

Get a bigger humidor! You can use the space. Trust me.

dwoodward · 10-05-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ninjavanish

I just had this vision of that guy running into a mosquito at 60 mph.

Sorry to thread jack.... ahem... let me say something about aging cigars:

Get a bigger humidor! You can use the space. Trust me.

Give me yours.

10-05-2010, 12:10 PM	#1
Matt-N-Ga MattGah Join Date: Oct 2009 First Name: Matt Location: Acworth, Ga Posts: 316 Trading: (4)	Re: Aging - Can you age too long? I've smoked a few vintage cigars, and have found both statements to be true...Some really can be aged for extremely long periods of time and will be finer with the age...while others have been lackluster with no flavor and a muted body... My golden rule: if I like, I smoke it, if I do not, I don't.

10-05-2010, 01:23 PM	#2
bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Aging - Can you age too long? Aging cigars is much like aging wine. First of all you cant turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. If you are going to age you have to start off with premium product. Just look at the crap the Rothman is trying to pawn off as "vintage" in his recent catalogs. Bad crap from the 90's is still bad crap today, just 10 years older. But even when you start with good product, noone knows for sure if will age into something sublime or something just above average. You can make an educated guess as to which wines or cigars will be great in 20+ years, but its not foolproof. I think that's part of the wonderment of this hobby. Everyone is looking for the next 98 LFDC Corona or Fonseca Invicto's. Smoke em fresh or smoke em aged, just enjoy whatever you smoke.

10-05-2010, 06:05 PM	#5
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,658 Trading: (47)	Re: Aging - Can you age too long? I think that the answer is 'yes' __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx