Aged v Fresh Rolled Cigars

[PWK]

I have a question, but I have to go on record as stating I have never smoked a newly rolled cigar.

If "resting" or aging is a sure way to complete the process started by the roller at the factory, and typically yields a much better tasting and usually aromatic cigar, why do people rave about freshly rolled cigars as if they are the best ever?

I have cigars in my humidors that are 2 and 3 years old that are fantastic and smoke like they are from heaven. What is the comparison to a fresh rolled cigar? I was at a tasting once where a roller made fresh cigars and many smokers bought them and apparently liked them......I do not get it.

[wtfdic]

Age will affect different cigars in different ways.

[GMJager]

(01-16-2012 07:43 PM)wtfdic Wrote:  Age will affect different cigars in different ways.

What he said.

I've noticed some cigars are great right out of the box, and then after 1-6 months are even better!
I've also noticed some cigars that are quite the opposite.

I think it just depends on your pallet/the tobacco/cigar/the experience as a whole.

[ghe]

It all depends on a number of factors. Often, when there's an on-site roller at an event they're applying wrappers to filler that is already bunched with a binder. They may or may not have been aged beforehand. When cigars are rolled at factories they typically are stored for a period of time, which varies from company to company, before they are shipped. Cigars "fresh out of the box" will likely have been rolled weeks or possibly months before they hit the retailer's shelves. As for cigars that are truly freshly rolled, many smokers find them are among the best when smoked immediately because the flavors of the various tobaccos have not melded and have distinctive tastes. This, of course, assumes the cigars are constructed from high quality, well-aged and fermented tobaccos to begin with.

[jitzy]

A fresh rolled cigar is very good BUT you gotta smoke it right away since cigars go thru a sick period of when all the wrappers are marrying themselves together and get that horrid ammonia taste.

[Jimmie the Mum]

(01-21-2012 11:22 PM)jitzy Wrote:  A fresh rolled cigar is very good BUT you gotta smoke it right away since cigars go thru a sick period of when all the wrappers are marrying themselves together and get that horrid ammonia taste.

Joe is absolutely correct. Smoke it right away or let it rest for a while.

[jam]

I also agree with joe

[SJS]

I had tried Perdomo fresh rolled a while back....Just a 5 pack....smoked one, and it was terrible. Let them sit for 6 months or so & they were very tasty. They're gone now & I probably won't get them again, but it was cool how much it changed over a little time !

[MiamiCigarCompany]

Some of you may know me from when I ran acigarsmoker.com. I since took a job with Miami Cigar & Company and I will tell you this, smoking a cigar, aged is the only way to go.

One of my duties at Miami Cigar & Company is to lend support on new blends. Smoking a sample of a cigar that is not aged is much different then one that has shipped in it's boxes.

Yet, this is how manufactures do it. They create a cigar, then let it go into production and age. When samples come from a factory they are usually a few days/weeks old. You have to be able to look past the rawness of the tobacco which has not had time to mesh together into the finished project.

Think of it as a mixed drink before it has been stirred. You can get an idea of what it is supposed to be but until you stir it or shake it, you don't get the true mix. The same for tobacco. The longer tobacco sits together in a finished project the more it effects the tobacco around it.

[Riofan]

(01-24-2012 02:07 PM)MiamiCigarCompany Wrote:  Think of it as a mixed drink before it has been stirred. You can get an idea of what it is supposed to be but until you stir it or shake it, you don't get the true mix. The same for tobacco. The longer tobacco sits together in a finished project the more it effects the tobacco around it.

That's a good analogy when it comes to aging cigars. Some of my friends don't understand why I continue to buy cigars when I have so many.

That being said there are some great cigars that have unfortunately regressed with age: PAM80 and VR farm rolled comes to mind.