Partagas: Corona Senior Tubos...The Final Frontier!

[steelcitysmoker]

OMG!

I received a pristine box of these yesterday. They are spectacular! Box code = TBB or TEB (can't fully make out) NOV 07. I have a question though. How can these be sooo damn good and they are only a little over two months old?

Also, does anyone know the recommended aging for these? :eyebrow:



Thanks!

SCS

 

[indyrob]

It's TEB.

If you really want to age a tubo....plan on waiting a long time. According to MRN, he calls it a "wine in a bottle" effect.

If they are smoking good now, smoke them now. I don't really lay anything down to age, I'm just a casual connoisseur and don't buy enough to really set anything down for a considerable amount of time.

 

[dpricenator]

It's TEB.

If you really want to age a tubo....plan on waiting a long time. According to MRN, he calls it a "wine in a bottle" effect.

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I may be doing something wrong, but when i get tubo, I take the cap off, so it can get some new air. Or dry out if it got tubed with too much humidity. IMHO this will allow for more aging potential.

 

[tubaman]

I may be doing something wrong, but when i get tubo, I take the cap off, so it can get some new air. Or dry out if it got tubed with too much humidity. IMHO this will allow for more aging potential.

This has been discussed in depth on other threads, but in a nutshell this is my philosophy. I keep the caps on as they allow for slower, more graceful aging. Yes, the cigars will age faster if the caps are off so you get that aged quality, but there is a level of clarity and finesse that I notice with well aged cigars (15 yrs or more) that have been aged in closed tubes as opposed to out of the tubes (or in tubes that are open)

It's hard to put my finger on why, but the bottom line is to me they age better in the tubes that are closed, so that's how I keep them. Others may differ, and that's fine.

 

[Halon]

ALL Havana cigars taste great fresh (for the most part), and hit their first fermentation stage around 6 months or so I believe. This is the sick period. You either smoke 'em really young or you wait a year.
At least that's kinda what I've found out -- YMMV.


TYLER

 

[steelcitysmoker]

Thanks guys!

Tubaman. I gotta questions for you. When you receive a tubos, do you ever remove the lid and inspect the cigar? I also received the Siglo II Tubos as well...in-f*cking-credible! However, from my experience I inspect the tubos to make sure th beetle hasn't damaged my smokes before I lay them down.

Interestingly, with the Siglo II's some of the smokes had some plume on them. That whitish and crystaline dusting we all love, while some other Siglo's in the batch had some minor mold. I'm talking about a few threads of white, not "if your cigars need a shave" type mold that was discussed on another post.

What are your thoughts here? Do any of us run the risk of infecting our humidors, with even the slightest mold like with the Siglo's?

SCS

 

[gonz]

I'm not Tubaman.

Mold isn't unusual in tubos because they often go in wet. I normally inspect a few, maybe 3-4. I haven't found any issues, and never a beetle in a tubo. IF you had bugs in a tubo, they wouldn't get out if the cap is tight, so I wouldn't worry.

And on that note...
Normally I loosen the caps (often they are loose anyway) to let some air circulate. I lay cigars down, but I'm not fixin to slow age *anything* (other than myself) for 30yrs, so I don't mind accelerating the aging process a bit.

I do have cigars in tubes which are buttoned up tight, but these are either NCs I don't plan to smoke anytime soon (collector interest/preservation), or Habanos that already have extraordinary age (purely preservation).
Does that make sense?


Brush off any mold and forget about it. You may find the cigar is still wet, and if so, let it acclimate to your humidor. I've noticed some cigars can be prone to the mold, I don't know why that is... but if its any consolation, I just inspected my humidor yesterday, found one with a little mold (one of the usual suspects) brushed it off, and smoked it. The cigar turned out to be really good. If you're worried about that one causing contamination, which isn't likely in my experience, but just go ahead and smoke it fresh Then you have no worry.

Go ahead and inspect them all if you wish.

You can get a cheapy 20-40 ct humi from cigarbid to keep questionable cigars separate from your stock, if you so desire. Theres no hard and fast rules, just do what you feel comfortable doing. Thats the right answer

 

[jmatkins]

I'm not Tubaman.


You can get a cheapy 20-40 ct humi from cigarbid to keep questionable cigars separate from your stock, if you so desire. Theres no hard and fast rules, just do what you feel comfortable doing. Thats the right answer

I do have a small hummi for this at all times.

 

[Benzopyrene]

Yummy!

 

[tubaman]

Thanks guys!

Tubaman. I gotta questions for you. When you receive a tubos, do you ever remove the lid and inspect the cigar? I also received the Siglo II Tubos as well...in-f*cking-credible! However, from my experience I inspect the tubos to make sure th beetle hasn't damaged my smokes before I lay them down.

What are your thoughts here? Do any of us run the risk of infecting our humidors, with even the slightest mold like with the Siglo's?

SCS

Not all, I spot check some. I have good reason to trust the manner in which my vendor stores and ships cigars. Besides, what everyone needs to remember is these tubos are not air tight. Obviously less air gets in and out, but they are not air tight. Hold one under water for awhile and some moisture gets in. So even if a cigar is put into a tube at a slightly higher rh, it will eventually even out with the rest of the cigars in your humidor. Otherwise we could leave boxes of tubos laying around. Try smoking a cigar from a tubo that has been left laying around for a week and the same vitola tubo that has been properly stored at the same time. Betchya notice a difference.

 

[jmatkins]

Not all, I spot check some. I have good reason to trust the manner in which my vendor stores and ships cigars. Besides, what everyone needs to remember is these tubos are not air tight. Obviously less air gets in and out, but they are not air tight. Hold one under water for awhile and some moisture gets in. So even if a cigar is put into a tube at a slightly higher rh, it will eventually even out with the rest of the cigars in your humidor. Otherwise we could leave boxes of tubos laying around. Try smoking a cigar from a tubo that has been left laying around for a week and the same vitola tubo that has been properly stored at the same time. Betchya notice a difference.

Thanks for the insight Tubman.

 

[steelcitysmoker]

Thanks TUBOSMAN!!!!!