Best sticks for aging?

The Sniper

lcpleel

i think every OpusX and Diamond Crowns should sleep a little. Most of my OpusX (any size) will get atleast a couple years on them before smoking and the Diamond Crowns (any size) get around 12 months.

YankeeMan

I've only had mine for a short time, but Alex says the Diesel Unlimited ages well. I have them sleeping restfully.

jship079

A good rule of thumb is the stronger the cigar the better it will age

stephen_hannibal

The Sniper

The Sniper

wwhwang

I'm not sure if it's true, but I hear aging connies for a loooong time only makes it less flavorful as there's not that many oils in connies anyway. I usually hear that sticks with a lot of oils or ligero age well like Ruination or an oily Camacho Triple Maduro.

Hays

wwhwang:

I'm not sure if it's true, but I hear aging connies for a loooong time only makes it less flavorful as there's not that many oils in connies anyway. I usually hear that sticks with a lot of oils or ligero age well like Ruination or an oily Camacho Triple Maduro.

This is generally my belief, and to what's been said about connies...yeah, as a general rule of thumb, these are not the most prime candidates for aging.

Rob1110

bigharpoon

stephen_hannibal

Nick2021

kuzi16

Jetmech_63

inteRESTing....HA. So if conny's dont age well, how can macanudo justify their vintage line which i think is wrapper in all conny wrappers. Aside from the vintage 97 maduro (which if you havent seen, go click on "brands" and check it out. Stainless steel band, pretty pimp, reaonable price....i see a few of these in my future). But back to the conny's, i had a few conny's i had for 2 years(unintentional, jst forgot about them) and they got just kinda bland. I have a few Verdadero's aging just because i'm curious and bored but this is one of the things that kept me from buying the Mac vintage sampler....which had cigars in it from the mid 1980's.

kuzi16

stephen_hannibal

KCW

The only sticks I have any age on (1+ years) is the Gurkha Legend Perfecto: I can say they are definitely "better". Camacho Corojo LTD. Diploma: Much "better". I mean these are the only ones that have sat in MY humi for more than a year. I have some GOF's & Opus X's that are 2006's. They have been in my Humi for about 9 mos. A 2006 Cameroon La Aurora that has been in MY Humi for 3 Mos. And some "Southern" cigars (Hoyo's w/ Connie. wrapper) for a couple of years that seem the same as when I got them.

Schrooz

Would aging cure a tight draw on a cigar? I got some LHC oscuro fuertes on a daily deal and they are tight. The sticks are hard like bricks I would have thought they were extruded by a machine of some sort. The one I lit gave hardly any smoke but seemed to burn well. Kind of bummed me off though because I really wait to pull the trigger on the daily deals. I am abandoning the rest in my humi for a while to see what happens.

Russ55

Schrooz:

Would aging cure a tight draw on a cigar? I got some LHC oscuro fuertes on a daily deal and they are tight. The sticks are hard like bricks I would have thought they were extruded by a machine of some sort. The one I lit gave hardly any smoke but seemed to burn well. Kind of bummed me off though because I really wait to pull the trigger on the daily deals. I am abandoning the rest in my humi for a while to see what happens.

It can, but not always. Sometimes they just wrap them too tight.

Hayblet

C.com's Cuban Label and Gurkha Centurian get pretty good with age.

stephen_hannibal

jship079

Jetmech_63:

inteRESTing....HA. So if conny's dont age well, how can macanudo justify their vintage line which i think is wrapper in all conny wrappers. Aside from the vintage 97 maduro (which if you havent seen, go click on "brands" and check it out. Stainless steel band, pretty pimp, reaonable price....i see a few of these in my future). But back to the conny's, i had a few conny's i had for 2 years(unintentional, jst forgot about them) and they got just kinda bland. I have a few Verdadero's aging just because i'm curious and bored but this is one of the things that kept me from buying the Mac vintage sampler....which had cigars in it from the mid 1980's.

One of the big things with this is that the vintage is the bumper crop they had that year. Those cigar have not been rolled and sitting that long. So they can use blending to help the flavors to stand up some when they are ready to roll the next batch

Russ55

Don't know if it's been mentioned yet or not, but Camacho Triple Maduros are great for aging.

sol1821

i found the gurkha Turk to be a lot nicer after a year

Krieg

bacon.jay

bigharpoon