To Age (NC) Or Not To Age

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Originally Posted by Tio Gato

Way back in the old Jungle I read a great post that likened aging to wines. It made a lot of sense.
Very mild and light cigars are like champagne. It's usually ready to go and doesn't improve much with age. Light to mediums are like white wines. They do improve with age but sometimes limited to how good they get. Big bold reds can get fantastic over many years.
I've found that the dark strong cigars benefit greatly from age like a strong red. I know it sounds silly but that has worked for me.

Not trying to bash your post, but...

I would not compare aging cigars to wine as your examples aren't very accurate. Grand Cru Champagne and many white wines can age for decades while some reds, even very bold ones can barely make a decade.

I would relate components within a cigar that are in wine that effect age-worthiness like tannins.