To Age (NC) Or Not To Age

T.G · 10-05-2015, 11:07 AM

For the most part, I've never set out to intentionally age NCs, yet it inadvertently happened all the time to me. Some of the ones that I found which improved the most were the x000 series Padrons (the tobacco in the Padron Anniversary cigars is already aged for 5-7 years, so why bother) as did some of the more mundane Pepin cigars - like the Blue. Tatuaje and Fuente cigars age well too. I've had some old JdNs which were nice, I've also had some that went plonk. Same for DE. The stunner though was an old cheapie from Honduras, it was one of Puros Indios's off-brand exclusive bundle cigars for some retailer back when RR sr. was still alive. Must have been lying in one of my coolers for 6 years. I lit it just for the heck of it, wasn't expecting much. Was actually surprised how much it changed, not an award winner, but it was smooth and smokeable, which was leaps and bounds more than it ever was before.

10-05-2015, 11:07 AM	#1
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,578 Trading: (37)	Re: To Age (NC) Or Not To Age For the most part, I've never set out to intentionally age NCs, yet it inadvertently happened all the time to me. Some of the ones that I found which improved the most were the x000 series Padrons (the tobacco in the Padron Anniversary cigars is already aged for 5-7 years, so why bother) as did some of the more mundane Pepin cigars - like the Blue. Tatuaje and Fuente cigars age well too. I've had some old JdNs which were nice, I've also had some that went plonk. Same for DE. The stunner though was an old cheapie from Honduras, it was one of Puros Indios's off-brand exclusive bundle cigars for some retailer back when RR sr. was still alive. Must have been lying in one of my coolers for 6 years. I lit it just for the heck of it, wasn't expecting much. Was actually surprised how much it changed, not an award winner, but it was smooth and smokeable, which was leaps and bounds more than it ever was before.