Popular Post saltbox Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 I realized I had accidentally aged this cigar a little over 4 years by forgetting about it after a Vegas trip. It and a handful of others had been left in a bag with a Boveda, shoved into a tupperware container, and hidden in the corner of the closet until I stumbled upon them a few months ago with the Boveda still nearly full of water. I read once somewhere that Cameroon wrappers don't age well, but haven't seen that claim repeated elsewhere. I know this cigar should be in good shape, as I've smoked others from the same forgotten bag that have aged extremely well, especially a Tatuaje Black Corona Gorda, but I've sat on this one waiting for a reason to test the Cameroon wrapper hypothesis. First third: Opens with spice and cedar, with leather on the retrohale. Compared to fresh Hemingways, the spice is sharper and almost wasabi-like and the sweetness is far more subdued. Middle third: The sweetness fades and the woodiness changes from cedar to oak. Last third: The woodiness has now faded to a harsh cardboard like flavor, with nothing redeeming about it. Normally some nuttiness would start appearing here, but instead everything is gone and I might as well be smoking a bunch of rolled up paper. Overall: I've always thought of Hemingways as candy in cigar form, but this 4 year aged sample had lost all the characteristics that make it so. I'm still curious about the range in between, so I'm considering picking up a box with the express purpose of pacing them over 2-3 years to see how they change. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medzikone Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Good to know! Have few of them bought in 2017. Need to smoke them asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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