aging nc

[rokkitsci]

Most Excellent!@

An interesting article.

So much for the myth...

Thanks for the link, Dave.

[Boss Hog]

Where did you read this, tup, old chap?

Absolutely not true.

Some see-gars, both CC and NC, do not age well.

MOST see-gars, both CC and NC, DO age well.

Anyone got a clue which ones dont age well. Going to look a bit daft putting some aside for 5 years then find they taste like an Iranians flip flop.

[cohibaIV]

Great link mate, but...How do you know how old they are if there are no date stamps??

[TJCoro]

Some Have Dates.

Great link mate, but...How do you know how old they are if there are no date stamps??

I have seen a few n/c boxes with dates on 'em, but most I've seen these dayz don't include dates. But as has been mentioned before, no respectable n/c dealer would sell cigars that are still in the so-called "sick period," which is generally the first year after rolling....so I've read!

If I can find a n/c box with a date on it, I'll post a pic.

BJ, BJCoro

[rokkitsci]

Although I Age All My Stogies...

Anyone got a clue which ones dont age well. Going to look a bit daft putting some aside for 5 years then find they taste like an Iranians flip flop.

According to the article: "Thicker wrappers tend to weather time better. Maduro wrapped Nicaraguans have aged well. Also, thicker Cameroon wrapped cigars have fared well. Thin wrappers become fragile and degrade over time. Connecticut wrapped cigars, lose their flavor more rapidly than other wrappers... Try to ensure that the original cigar was a well blended and that it had a hearty wrapper and strong flavor."

hth

[SeanP]

Here's a box of NC Bolivar Confradia 554's that come out of Honduras.



The upper left corner is marked "62007" which I read as May 2007 boxed. I believe the 3HJC is the factory that rolled them. This box was purchased in April 2009 from JR Cigar in North Carolina. It came cellophane wrapped with the official Honduran export seal on them. They smoke great and I have no reason to believe them not to be boxed in 2007.

I have several other NC boxes that have no dates on them and I can only guess the age based on when I purchased and when the blend was introduced. I know this does no help for long running blends but can help with the boutique blends. So it's not an exact science, yet!