A co-worker of mine brought me a cigar tonight and after he left I looked at it and the wrapper was coming off. The wrapper has fallen off and I am down to the binder. It is an 1876 reserve. I was wondering if I should still try to smoke it or is it a lost cause?

Que

Yes but only after I lit it did the wrapper fall off. It definitely will affect the taste. That (if you havent lit it yet) would go back to the shop it I were you.

Sounds like it was improperly stored.

Dryed out a little.

I had this happen with a Hemi sig. the other day. I realized that I had too many cigars in my humi. which restricted the airflow. I had completely blocked of a section of my humi, from the credo, with some churchills. I rearranged my smokes, and now the humi in question has level humidity levels throughout.

Perfect 65%.

Later

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

The wrapper makes a HUGE difference in how the cigar tastes ... it'd probably be worth lighting just so you can see how true that is ...

1876? Smoke the wrapper, there's more flavor in it...LOL!

Goody

I had a Torano 1916 that the wrapper came off of. Pretty much for the whole smoke, it still smoked pretty good, and tasted good, though I agree without the wrapper just a little different....oh yeah....and ugly! LOL

Dave

The wrapper makes a HUGE difference in how the cigar tastes ... it'd probably be worth lighting just so you can see how true that is ...

What Goody said.

Wow SteveS, that has to be a record in double post time lag. 😉

Steve - you're pretty quick with the double click there 😉

PS - check your email.

yeah, I posted that reply, but got an error message that I didn't see right away ... when I returned, I did NOT hit the send button again, but backed out of that screen ... and damned if it wasn't posted twice, 15 or 20 min apart ...

Que - to answer your question, this type of thing happened to me once. Only, it was with a Graycliff. Stupid me took it out of the cello, figuring I was going to smoke it right away. Well, I didn't, and stored it in my shirt pocket while eating dinner. When it came time to smoke, only about a third of the wrapper remained. Considering the price, I lit it up regardless. I still enjoyed it, thankfully.