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Tiver Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 10:39 AM EST
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OK, maybe not the day you get them, but after a few weeks acclimation.

What are some non-elite smokes you find are as good as they get without felling like you need to wait? IOW, they don't seem to benefit from a year in the box so you're happy to smoke 'em essentially ROTT. Last qualifier would be that you might actually buy them from time to time.
KingoftheCove Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 12:36 PM EST
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I have yet to find a cigar that wasn’t better at 3 months, than it was at 3 weeks.
That said, most any Connecticut, imo, doesn’t get much better after a year or so.
I like Papas Fritas pretty much ROTT, but haven’t really rested any of them long enough to determine if they are much better at 12 months, than they are at 3 weeks.
deadeyedick Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 1:01 PM EST
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Any RP 1990 or 1992. After all he claims the tobacco was forgotten in a warehouse for like 8 years before he found it.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 1:47 PM EST
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Good Q. I'm interested in others answers.
For me besides connecticuts the Oliva O and G seem better before aging.
Mraia Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 3:53 PM EST
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Following this too. King, your saying the Connecticuts don’t actually improve with time? That’s good to know. Is that generally speaking or a specific brand?
Palama Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 5:25 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Any RP 1990 or 1992. After all he claims the tobacco was forgotten in a warehouse for like 8 years before he found it.


Musta been a HUGE warehouse ‘cause I vaguely remember them on CBid when I found this site 10 years ago.

Or, of course:

1. They’re chitty sellers

2. RP puts in the tiniest amount of the tobacco, ala the Camacho Pre-Embargo gimmick, to qualify as cigars made from 1990 and 1992 years.
LeeBot Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 5:46 PM EST
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^ Yeah, I remember when these came out. It was probably 2006(ish). I had some of the OR. May still have one or two. So, around 17 years worth of cigars. HUGE warehouse.
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#8 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 6:05 PM EST
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My brother in law buys and smokes RP The Edge Toro Maduro a box a week from a local shop and leaves them in his truck. I started talking about aging cigars and he laughed and said his oldest cigars are 7 days old Herfing
KingoftheCove Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 6:20 PM EST
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PapaWhiskey wrote:
My brother in law buys and smokes RP The Edge Toro Maduro a box a week from a local shop and leaves them in his truck. I started talking about aging cigars and he laughed and said his oldest cigars are 7 days old Herfing

Your BIL knows what he is doing!
RP boxes of cigars are perfect for leaving in your truck.
KingoftheCove Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 6:29 PM EST
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Mraia wrote:
Following this too. King, your saying the Connecticuts don’t actually improve with time? That’s good to know. Is that generally speaking or a specific brand?

Just in general.
I don’t smoke that many connies, so I’m no expert.
That has simply been my experience.
Connies I smoke…
MF
San Lotano
Southern Draw
Perdomo (actually not in a long time now that I think about it)

Someone somewhere said the Virtue………wasn’t impressed at all…….but that was a long time ago.

I remember I accidentally “aged” a MF connie a couple years and smoked it a while back……….it didn’t blow me away as far as being that much better than one with a couple months on it.
Palama Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Nov 5 2023, 6:48 PM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
I have yet to find a cigar that wasn’t better at 3 months, than it was at 3 weeks.
That said, most any Connecticut, imo, doesn’t get much better after a year or so.
I like Papas Fritas pretty much ROTT, but haven’t really rested any of them long enough to determine if they are much better at 12 months, than they are at 3 weeks.


100% concur with KOTC. I’ve yet to find a Connie that ages well, on the contrary, with the thinness / delicateness of the wrapper, they sometimes get worse (…wrappers tend to crack…). While I’mma normally a 65% guy, I separately store all my Connies and some Cameroon cigars at 69% RH to, hopefully, keep them from drying out.

At this point in time, I’ll ash up a Connie as a change of pace but they’re no longer in my regular rotation like they were when I first started or went out in the morning with a cup of coffee and enjoyed the combination.
jeebling Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Feb 27 2024, 9:34 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Any RP 1990 or 1992. After all he claims the tobacco was forgotten in a warehouse for like 8 years before he found it.

I’ve smoked almost 30 of the vintage 1990 and I got them in November. I like them but I don’t know what they’re like after resting for more than 3 months.
hnixon12 Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Feb 28 2024, 4:50 PM EST
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ROTT is my middle name...smokem if you gotem....just sayin
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