pinotwinelover
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I have smoke a good number of the island sticks over the past couple years. I am a much bigger wine collector than cigars, altough I probably have 600 cigars or so. Much like the different vintages of wine, I have found that most of the cigars that I enjoyed either are from 2001 a few from 2004 but most of the recent versions of the same cigar did not have what I describe as a creaminess or tea leaf quality that I love.
For example Sir Winston 2001 all had this creamy complexity, but the 2002s and 2007s was much more earthy and tobacco.
I had a 2004 Juan Lopez selecion #2 same creaminess, 2006 box code not so much
I had a 2001 Esplendido that had the same rich creaminess as the 2001 sir Winston, a 2004 not so much.
I guess my question is, do the vintages come with these different characteristics?
The Winstons of just 1 year apart, 2001 to 2002 I would have never guessed were the same cigar based on flavor profile. I know age has some to do with it, but 1 year apart?
I would appreciate any opinion and would love to just buy the vintages of the cigars I like that that give me the flavor profile I enjoy the most.
Hope this makes sense.
For example Sir Winston 2001 all had this creamy complexity, but the 2002s and 2007s was much more earthy and tobacco.
I had a 2004 Juan Lopez selecion #2 same creaminess, 2006 box code not so much
I had a 2001 Esplendido that had the same rich creaminess as the 2001 sir Winston, a 2004 not so much.
I guess my question is, do the vintages come with these different characteristics?
The Winstons of just 1 year apart, 2001 to 2002 I would have never guessed were the same cigar based on flavor profile. I know age has some to do with it, but 1 year apart?
I would appreciate any opinion and would love to just buy the vintages of the cigars I like that that give me the flavor profile I enjoy the most.
Hope this makes sense.