An absolutely fabulous smoke. I'm thinking that this box code indicates that it is aged more than the ones I'm used to (since I only recall smokoing them with codes that have understandable dates) Question is, given this code, how old is it? Or, if that's not possible to figure, when did they start putting actual dates on the boxes? I'm thinking there may be something to all this discussion about age cause this one is terrific.
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Originally posted by johninct: wow. 1999. How much longer will this be good?
Kept properly it will be good for quite some time. I once smoked a 50-year-old Monte 4 (close in size)and it was incredible. I don't think the 99s made in provincial factories are quite in that league, but I'm certain they'll continue to get better with more age.
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I smoked it alone, but it was a gift from Edgar M. Cullman, at the time the chairman of General Cigar. And now that I'm remembering properly, it wasn't 50 years old, but 40 plus. It was a 1959 Monte. I wrote it up for Connoisseur's Corner. One of the best cigars I've smoked.
I had a bigger Monte from the same year, a No. 1, with Alfons Mayer, and I had the pleasure of smoking that with him in his house. Certainly a highlight of my career.
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Well, the info on vintage cigars is interesting, but realistically, when stored under pretty good, but not professional, conditions, is there a normal limit on how long a montecristo might be good for? I ask because I'm now convinced that my newer ones need to be aged longer (I now believe cigars need to be aged) so what to smoke in the meantime? It's not as if I can go cruising stores in Geneva on a regular basis to look for older box codes, so I want to grab some of these. Can I safely assume they'll be good for another couple to three years?
Posts: 93 | Location: Greenwich, CT, USA | Registered: August 21, 2004
john home storage...if done right...is as good as "professional"storage and not as expensive as you might think.getting to be 6 or 7 years of home storage for some of my smokes and i have yet to find ANY that i would say have peaked yet.opening up 6 to 12 year old boxes lately...and like i said...i havnt found any that have peaked yet.
derrek
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