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Everywhere I look say these require a bit of ageing first. Some say around 3 weeks. But for better taste others' recommend 2 years. I'm just wondering, anyone just smoked on of these without ageing it? Was it still OK? Hopefully, mine will arrive tomorrow.
hey jason,
most cigars come with at least a year's aging on them anyway! when you receive them, put them in your humidor for about a week! i've always found that the trini reyes smokes fantastic anyway! of course it'll get better with age! the trini reyes is a FANTASTIC wee cigar, much much better than the cohiba siglo 1 in my opinion! in fact, i think it's the best in it's size range!
As I understand it, there are different reasons for leaving them in your humidor for a while. Here suggests 3 weeks to stabilise mechanical tensions and moisture content, 3 months to allow the oils to begin to migrate and flavors of the blend to marry and 3 years will allow 'proper' aging to start occurring ie. decomposition of larger molecules.
Some cigars you will find are great as soon as you get them in the post, others will need years! My box of Reyes was pretty good as soon as they turned up. Of course this depends on where you purchase from and how old their stock is...
When I buy, I try to leave for 3 months, but often with a new box will have one straight away just in case they are fine already.
My advice is to smoke it when you want to and not worry. If you don't like it, there is always the next cigar, whenever that may be.
LOL Dave, My 5 Pack didn't even make it to 3 months!
I don't think any of my 3 (or more?) cabinets has made it much past 3 months. I find it hard to imagine anyone keeping their hands off them for 3+ years.
I really do think some cigars are just too good young to keep for any serious amount of time - the Reyes being one (others would include Hoyo Petit Robusto & PL PC's).
We used to have a Mexican Reyes expert here but he is currently engaged in a major project on the International Space Station and out of email contact, which some think is a shame.
I know he had some very strong opinions on these wonderful cigars which are among my favourites, reasonably priced and very very acceptable to a beginner or someone who likes complexity rather than having ones head blown off.
I know he used to buy them from a European supplier and insist on 2-3 years age before he parted with his money.
However....he is/was a purist.
I have always enjoyed them and never really worried too much about the age.
I suggest you enjoy them and get into ageing them when you have a humidor and the equipment to store them properly. Oh and you will need the funds to store and smoke at the same time. Always a challenge!
I smoked one right off the truck and it was stilll a good smoke! The remaining ones have been resting for about six months. It's time to give another a go and see how they have evolved.
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