Help deciding
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So, if you all remember what I did for my daughter, its time again. The wifey is preggo again, so I need another cigar reccomendation. For those that don't remember, I bought a box of JDN Antanos with the plan that I will smoke one when the child is born and write a note to her. I place the note and the band of the smoked cigar (with the date written on it) in the box. On her first birthday, I smoke another cigar from the box and do the same. This continues to her 18th birthday, at which point I smoke the final cigar and present her with the box full of notes.
So, the requirements for this cigar are:
1. Long-term aging potential; this has to be a cigar that will still be a good smoke in 18 years
2. Must come in a box, no mazos/bundles, and it needs to be a nice box. Normally I don't care at all about the boxes, but in this case the box will be passed down and I want it to be a nice, wooden box, something that will hold up as a keepsake.
3. I need to enjoy the cigar, lol.
I don't really care for MoW (I know, I'm a heretic), and I was leaning towards either AB Tempus Maduro or the Prensado, both of which I love. I am worried that neither of those are robust enough to last 18 years though.
Hays already suggested the LFD Chisel Maduro, and Garen reccomended the LFD Air Bender. I'm gonna try and pick up one of each of those next time I am down in Lake Charles, any other suggestions I should look out for?
So, the requirements for this cigar are:
1. Long-term aging potential; this has to be a cigar that will still be a good smoke in 18 years
2. Must come in a box, no mazos/bundles, and it needs to be a nice box. Normally I don't care at all about the boxes, but in this case the box will be passed down and I want it to be a nice, wooden box, something that will hold up as a keepsake.
3. I need to enjoy the cigar, lol.
I don't really care for MoW (I know, I'm a heretic), and I was leaning towards either AB Tempus Maduro or the Prensado, both of which I love. I am worried that neither of those are robust enough to last 18 years though.
Hays already suggested the LFD Chisel Maduro, and Garen reccomended the LFD Air Bender. I'm gonna try and pick up one of each of those next time I am down in Lake Charles, any other suggestions I should look out for?
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You think they'd hold up for that long of a period kuzi?
I think the 1926 A would age wonderfully.
You gifted me one of these a couple years ago in your 'guess your tattoo' contest!
The Corojo Ltds are actually on my list of choices already.
Groovy. So my list of possibilities so far is:
Alec Bradley Prensado
Alec Bradley Tempus Maduro
LFD Airbender
Camacho Corojo Ltd
I'm mostly leaning towards the LFD, been reccomended three times in a day. I appreciate all the suggestions, keep them coming, the new baby isn't due until late July/early August.
Second things second - just to be contrarian, what do you think about La Aurora 1495's? Dont know if you've ever had one or not, but Ive always been of a mind that they would be excellent with some age on em (in the process of finding out myself as a matter of fact).
And last things last - where the heck you been man?!?! We miss you when you're not around you know... :-)
This was one of the suggestions made by the Ccom staff, I picked one up and tried it, but it fell a little short of my expectations.
I think the La Aurora's may be a bit too mild to age for any extended period, and I never really was too big of a fan of them to begin with.
Off topic a little, but if I remember right when I departed the forums, you were just going on your first spree. Did anyone ever figure out who you were?