I think sotherby's just sold a box of some cubans from the 60's for 6 grand or something like that. Haha, those details and fact checking suck, but my point is, the older the better (for some people).
The reality is that no two cigars are the same, so "too old" is completely relative. It's true that cigars have a window of time when they'll be at their best, depending on certain factors this could be one year and it could be ten. The best way to find out is to age a box of cigars and smoke one every 6 months, when they stop getting "better" you can assume they are in prime smoking condition and go to town.
A friend of my Father In-Law's has quite a collection. He has thousands of cigars!!! He has (at least one) that is from the 1940's that he said was from his Grandfather's collection.
Cigars will remain fresh for indefinate periods of time when stored properly.
I dont completely agree with this. although it will stay humid and smokeable some of the oils will dry up or evaporate thus de-flavoring (word? ) the cigar over a longer period of time. I read in the latest CA that an older smoke (15-17 year old) was starting to lose its flavor and that any additional aging probably would go to waste.
Cigars will remain fresh for indefinate periods of time when stored properly.
I dont completely agree with this. although it will stay humid and smokeable some of the oils will dry up or evaporate thus de-flavoring (word? ) the cigar over a longer period of time. I read in the latest CA that an older smoke (15-17 year old) was starting to lose its flavor and that any additional aging probably would go to waste.
Well, he's right that the cigar itself will stay fresh, though I agree it will not be good indefinitely. Very few cigars have really long term aging potential, and like you said after enough time most will simply lose their flavor to a great degree. I've got some cigars that I think are good aging candidates that will see 5+ years of box aging, some of them may approach 10 years depending on how they hold up.
So how do Pre-Embargo smokes factor into this? I have a Camacho Pre-Embargo and from my understanding it's constructed with Cuban tobaccos that were harvested before the embargo and stored away. That'd make the tobacco leaves almost 50 years old. I hope I didn't spend $30 on a 50 year old dog rocket!
the cigar is not 50 years old and it only has a few of the cuban leaves. plus im sure these bundles are stored in ideal conditions for preservation, but send it to me ill check it out for you to be on the safe side
So how do Pre-Embargo smokes factor into this? I have a Camacho Pre-Embargo and from my understanding it's constructed with Cuban tobaccos that were harvested before the embargo and stored away. That'd make the tobacco leaves almost 50 years old. I hope I didn't spend $30 on a 50 year old dog rocket!
IIRC, the Camacho PE only has one leaf of PE tobacco in it per cigar. So, that means that the rest of the filler is much much newer. Supposedly, that cigar shines because of the wrapper and not the PE tobacco in it. I found that cigar to be just so so.
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