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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.

10-05-2010, 01:23 PM	#7
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.