Im thinking about making my first cuban purchase soon and i was wondering which ones taste the best fresh and which ones taste the best with about a year or 2 of age on them. (i dont think i have the discipline to buy a box of ccs and put them away without trying a few)
I've always found that Partagas Serie D No. 4 and Serie P smoke well out of the chute. Some of the milder Cubans, like Hoyo de Monterrey and Fonseca, can be smoked young. But as a general rule, there's not a Cuban cigar out there that won't benefit from some aging. How much is a subject of much debate.
For whetever reason, even on boxes with box codes from a year or more ago, I find that about three months of home aging makes a big difference. Maybe opening the box for inspection lets out some ammonia or something and lets some fresh air in, but that's just a wild guess. After that? Well, you kind of have to try one every now and again and see how they're coming along.
I think the big milestones in terms of aging Cuban cigars are three months, one year, and then five years.
Originally posted by Extensioncord: I've always found that Partagas Serie D No. 4 and Serie P smoke well out of the chute. Some of the milder Cubans, like Hoyo de Monterrey and Fonseca, can be smoked young. But as a general rule, there's not a Cuban cigar out there that won't benefit from some aging. How much is a subject of much debate.
For whetever reason, even on boxes with box codes from a year or more ago, I find that about three months of home aging makes a big difference. Maybe opening the box for inspection lets out some ammonia or something and lets some fresh air in, but that's just a wild guess. After that? Well, you kind of have to try one every now and again and see how they're coming along.
I think the big milestones in terms of aging Cuban cigars are three months, one year, and then five years.
good post
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I've always found that Partagas Serie D No. 4 and Serie P smoke well out of the chute. Some of the milder Cubans, like Hoyo de Monterrey and Fonseca, can be smoked young. But as a general rule, there's not a Cuban cigar out there that won't benefit from some aging. How much is a subject of much debate.
For whetever reason, even on boxes with box codes from a year or more ago, I find that about three months of home aging makes a big difference. Maybe opening the box for inspection lets out some ammonia or something and lets some fresh air in, but that's just a wild guess. After that? Well, you kind of have to try one every now and again and see how they're coming along.
I think the big milestones in terms of aging Cuban cigars are three months, one year, and then five years.
Thats right great post E- cord
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RyJ Short Churchill PSD4 Bolivar Royal Corona Monty #2 and #4
With a couple of years age?
Depends on your personal tastes. But as others have said, just about all benefit from age. It takes at least a year for the majority of ammonia and tannins to start to disappear and richer flavors to come out. AT LEAST a year.
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Originally posted by salibas007: i still can't smoke any of the short churchills I have, and I bought them when they first came out...
They have improved with time, though. I had one over the weekend (from that first batch) and I was much more impressed with it than when I tried one from the same batch six months ago.
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I have also found that Full Bodied Cigars age very well.On a whole they mellow out and you can appreciate all the flavors.Bolivars, San Cristobal,Partagas.In the larger sizes Churchill Double Corona IMHO do very well.
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