Best cigar age?

icehog3 · 07-11-2011, 10:15 PM

I smoked a couple 40 year old cigars Saturday that were absolutely stellar.

Subvet642 · 07-12-2011, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I smoked a couple 40 year old cigars Saturday that were absolutely stellar.

Really? What are the chances of seeing a review, Admiral?

Tbagley · 07-12-2011, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I smoked a couple 40 year old cigars Saturday that were absolutely stellar.

The dedication to keep and age cigars for 40 years is just astonishing. A review would be nice.

icehog3 · 07-12-2011, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Subvet642

Really? What are the chances of seeing a review, Admiral?

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Originally Posted by Tbag

The dedication to keep and age cigars for 40 years is just astonishing. A review would be nice.

I certainly wasn't the one to age these cigars, or I would have been buying cigars at an illegally young age. The friend who gifted them ti me hasn't had them for even half of the 20 years either, but I can tell you that they must have been stored impeccably throughout their existence.

One of the cigars was a 70's JJ Fox Partagas Seleccion #3. It was amazing in that for most of the cigar it belied the typical vintage Partagas profile and had a distinct sweetness that I have rarely found in the marca. One of the other friends there smoked one from the box and said the same about the cigar. The final third picked up some serious strength (especially for a 40 year old cigar), and began to exhibit much more of what is the Partagas profile.

07-12-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I certainly wasn't the one to age these cigars, or I would have been buying cigars at an illegally young age. The friend who gifted them ti me hasn't had them for even half of the 20 years either, but I can tell you that they must have been stored impeccably throughout their existence.

One of the cigars was a 70's JJ Fox Partagas Seleccion #3. It was amazing in that for most of the cigar it belied the typical vintage Partagas profile and had a distinct sweetness that I have rarely found in the marca. One of the other friends there smoked one from the box and said the same about the cigar. The final third picked up some serious strength (especially for a 40 year old cigar), and began to exhibit much more of what is the Partagas profile.

Nice Tom, those sound amazing!

Subvet642 · 07-13-2011, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I certainly wasn't the one to age these cigars, or I would have been buying cigars at an illegally young age. The friend who gifted them ti me hasn't had them for even half of the 20 years either, but I can tell you that they must have been stored impeccably throughout their existence.

One of the cigars was a 70's JJ Fox Partagas Seleccion #3. It was amazing in that for most of the cigar it belied the typical vintage Partagas profile and had a distinct sweetness that I have rarely found in the marca. One of the other friends there smoked one from the box and said the same about the cigar. The final third picked up some serious strength (especially for a 40 year old cigar), and began to exhibit much more of what is the Partagas profile.

Thanks! They sound awesome.

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