KPP wrote:Cohiba's need 5+ years to sleep in order to show what they can truly become IMO. I smoked an 09 Siglo IV that was fantastic. I'm savoring my last few 08 CoRos as theyre some of the best smokes in my Vino.
Also smoked an 05 Mag 46 & a Trini Robusto T this weekend that didn't suck.
This was my first Cohiba. I have a small assortment of some others -- Magicos, Secretos, etc. -- that I will try to leave alone for that long. I'm not quite at the stage where I can imagine that, though -- I've only been smoking for about 10 months now. But we'll see.
I have the sense that flavors mellow over time, and perhaps mesh together in a more harmonious way. The problem with this one, for me, was that it just didn't have enough flavor to start with, so any additional mellowing would only make matters worse, it seems. But maybe there's some alchemy there that I'm overlooking. Or maybe I just got a bad stick, Cuba being Cuba, etc.