Comments on: Stogie Tips: Do Cigars Get Better With Age?

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By: George E.

George E. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:10:34 +0000

I believe that cigars can be aged too long and lose much, if not nearly all, of their flavor. That's why periodically smoking them throughout the aging process is necessary. You'll be able to tell when they are beginning to lose too much flavor.

By: Padronnie

Padronnie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:05:54 +0000

wine will eventually go bad (turn to vinegar), no matter how well it aged up until that point… is it the same for cigars?

By: Jon N.

Jon N. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:49:02 +0000

The general rule with aging wines is that the fuller and more tannin-heavy a wine is, the more age it requires to attain perfection and thus, the better it is for aging in general. Full-bodied reds age better than lighter whites, etc. In general, too, higher quality wines age better than wines of inferior quality.

Unfortunately, there is no direct correlation between the tannins in wines and the tobacco in cigars. So there's still a great deal of disagreement as to which cigars should or should not be aged over the long term (and for discussion purposes, let's consider "long term" to be anything beyond 2 years). Intuitively, I'd assume that fuller-bodied cigars age better than milder cigars, as the flavors in any cigar will tend to mellow with the passing of time.

However, as I've written about before, I don't conflate the issues of body and quality. They are two distinct categories. A top-quality mild stick will probably be a better candidate for aging than a full-bodied dog rocket. But I think that a top-quality full is a better candidate for aging than a top-quality mild or medium — if only because of the flavor-mellowing properties of long term aging.

By: Patrick S

Patrick S — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:52:00 +0000

Excellent tips George… just to build on point number 3:

Remember, no amount of aging will make a bad cigar good… a dog rocket with 10 years of age is just an old bad cigar.