| 1. Author: Tiver | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 10:39AM EST | |
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. |
| 2. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 12:36PM EST | |
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.
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| 3. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 1:01PM EST | |
Any RP 1990 or 1992. After all he claims the tobacco was forgotten in a warehouse for like 8 years before he found it. |
| 4. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 1:47PM EST | |
Good Q. I'm interested in others answers.
For me besides connecticuts the Oliva O and G seem better before aging. |
| 5. Author: Mraia | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 3:53PM EST | |
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? |
| 6. Author: Palama | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 5:25PM EST | |
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. |
| 7. Author: LeeBot | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 5:46PM EST | |
^ 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. |
| 8. Author: PapaWhiskey | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 6:05PM EST | |
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  |
| 9. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 6:20PM EST | |
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 Your BIL knows what he is doing! RP boxes of cigars are perfect for leaving in your truck. |
| 10. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 6:29PM EST | |
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. |
| 11. Author: Palama | Date: Sun, 11/5/2023, 6:48PM EST | |
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. |
| 12. Author: jeebling | Date: Tue, 2/27/2024, 9:34PM EST | |
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. |
| 13. Author: hnixon12 | Date: Wed, 2/28/2024, 4:50PM EST | |
ROTT is my middle name...smokem if you gotem....just sayin |
