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marry my cigars

MAS_Puros

MAS_Puros

Me as a wee one with my bottle of Abyss
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Will putting certain cigars together alter their taste? How long would it take for the cigars to marry?

I am a bit curious...I was considering bundling 3 cigars together so their oils and blends would marry and alter their taste. Would it make a better tasting cigar?

My first bundle would consist of VSG Corona Gorda, Opus X Robusto, and Don Carlos Double Robusto.

My second bundle would consist of Tatuaje Cojuno 2006, 601 Conneticut, Cabaiguan Guapos.

If anyone has any input .... I want to do this but not sure how long they would have to be bundled together. (basically not touching any other cigars besides the ones stated.).
 
I've heard that if you mix Tatuajes and Ashton VSGs together, the cigars eventually taste just like Cuban Montecristo No.2! Really, I sh!t you not.

Wilkey
 
Ginseng said:
I've heard that if you mix Tatuajes and Ashton VSGs together, the cigars eventually taste just like Cuban Montecristo No.2! Really, I sh!t you not.

Wilkey
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Wow, that would be nice!
 
Marrying flavors is a myth.

Unless you are talking about flavored cigars :whistling:
Although I'm not sure I would store a Moontrace next to any "real" cigars...
 
I do believe in this "myth" myself. I believe that cigar oils can eventually alter the taste of other nearby cigars. For this to noticeably occur, I believe the oils must be from substantially differently flavored cigars in close proximity to each other. The stronger the variances, the stronger the resulting effect would be. A high humidity environment, yielding higher oil excretions, would have a quicker and stronger effect on this as well.

However, I think "marry" is a bit strong of a term in the conjoining of flavors. "Marry" suggests a half and half union of flavors. A 50% taste change is unreasonable to expect. I am suggesting that oils of nearby cigars, especially those of "naked" cigars touching each other, can ALTER the taste profile of individual cigars. I postulate that those "foreign" oils may slightly alter the natural flavor of an individual cigar. An extra dash of spice, if you will.

Wilkey has posted before a wonderfully reasonable theory on the "dash of spice" merits of wrappers in their percentage effect of providing the overall taste profile of cigars. My theory in this post is of the same vein, I believe.

By the way, notice that I never mention that a cigar can be made better from the results of this theory. I only posit my belief that an individual cigar's taste profile may be slightly altered in time from the oil excretions of nearby cigars. Different is just different. I don't believe you can turn chick---- into chicken salad, so on and so forth.
 
badhangover said:
I do believe in this "myth" myself. I believe that cigar oils can eventually alter the taste of other nearby cigars. For this to noticeably occur, I believe the oils must be from substantially differently flavored cigars in close proximity to each other. The stronger the variances, the stronger the resulting effect would be. A high humidity environment, yielding higher oil excretions, would have a quicker and stronger effect on this as well.
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I've no idea if it's a myth or not... because I've never stored dissimilar cigars together long-term (>5 years) with a control that I store next to the same cigars (the control). Just about everything I store long-term is in boxes. I suspect that most people who discuss the "marrying" of cigars have never done it either.
 
Yes, I do my primary long term storage in original packaging as well. I am relating my theory belief as to what may occur in desktop humidors wherein "naked" single cigars rest against each other. I maintain a few desktop humidors, so some cigars just happen to age "accidentally" in that close proximity to each other and are more exposed to picking up on oils from their nearby brethren. Yet, even though I believe in this phenomenon in theory, I myself cannot say that I have noticed any discernable "marrying" of flavors. There are just so darn many factors that go into the taste profiles of cigars. Box codes, factories, fulfillment warehouse/vendor storage issues, etc. It just never enters my mind at the time of smoking that unique tastes of my single storage cigars may have been influenced by the cigars of their immediate environment. After a while, I just wanna smoke the darn cigar and not always obsess over the nitty gritty elements of it.

Still, all in all, an interesting theory.
 
Thanks for all the input and insight ... I too store most of my sticks in original package in my coolidor so they can rest, but one of my desktops consists only of AF's and my other desktop I tend to keep my "fresh" or soon to be smoked without their celo.

The soon to smoke humi has 7 drawers plit in 2, so each side of the drawer is asigned a brand.

So maybe its worth a try. Looking to the future I may need some taste testers :whistling: ... I could send 1 experiment gar and 1 placebo gar with bands off and see if there is a slight taste difference. May need a guinea pig in the future :D

By the way moki's post on subjective tastes (for wine) inspired me. thanks moki

Mike
 
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