Bringing back a cigar from the "dead"

[WDave40]

Hey guys - wondering if any of you have experience with bringing back a cigar when it's been kept in bad conditions?

A friend of mine was given a cigar around 6 weeks ago, and had just kept it in a drawer in the ziplock bag it came in.

It's a Boli Belicoso Fino, which I've had before and enjoyed so I'm hoping that by putting it away in my humidor for 2-3 months will bring it back. Or am I wasting my time here?

[sheppsea]

Is the cigar in bad shape? In a ziplock it may have retained a little humidity so could still be smokeable

Does it feel completely dry?

[WDave40]

Hopefully that's the case.

The cigar looks okay - doesn't feel too dry, hasn't cracked anywhere either.

There was however, a small spot up by the band. Not sure what this is - I've never seen this discolouration before

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[Budgie Smuggler]

Probably just a water spot on the leaf, nothing to worry about.


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[PeeJay]

I have successfully brought back some quite dead cigars. I put them into a little tupperware box with their own small Boveda. They were smokeable but lost some of the flavour as the oils can't be replaced once lost.

[TonyN]

In your situation dave I'd put it in the humidor with the rest of the cigars for a few months might enjoy it more
with a bit more humidity behind it just my opinion.

[WDave40]

Okay great - sounds like I shouldn't have any issues then. Thanks guys!

[Simon Bolivar]

6 weeks! Sure it'll be smokable, not perfect but couple of months in the humi & it should be fine. Spot nothing to worry about. 6 months in a drawer & it'll never taste the same. But there was a box of rare cigars fond in a house that was sold for thousands at auction, unfortunately we'll never get to hear how they smoked.

[Rich B]

I was given a box of Cohiba Esplendido many years ago that had been kept in an airing cupboard. Using a couple of ziplock bags and a lot of patience I managed to get them mostly back to how they were supposed to be.

After that a long period in the humidor with everything else worked a treat. They've all been smoked now!