Long tem storage
Hello to everyone. New member here.
I have been reading the posts of the last couple of years. A lot of interesting stuff. I still have a question. First some background.
I keep 50 or so cigars in a passive table humidor for my short term smoking. The rest of the inventory, maybe 300 to 400, are kept in my wine cellar in their original boxes. The wine cellar temperature is 57 degrees and humidity about 50%
I have 2 unopened boxes that have been sitting there for 12 years. One box of Cohiba Siglo VI and One box of OpusX (double coronas). The OpusX box is shrink-wrapped. I just added 2 boxes that I don't plan to smoke short term (Cohiba Behike 56 and Cohiba Genios Maduro 5). My question is, should I shrink-wrap these two new boxes for long term storage or it doesn't matter?
I have been reading the posts of the last couple of years. A lot of interesting stuff. I still have a question. First some background.
I keep 50 or so cigars in a passive table humidor for my short term smoking. The rest of the inventory, maybe 300 to 400, are kept in my wine cellar in their original boxes. The wine cellar temperature is 57 degrees and humidity about 50%
I have 2 unopened boxes that have been sitting there for 12 years. One box of Cohiba Siglo VI and One box of OpusX (double coronas). The OpusX box is shrink-wrapped. I just added 2 boxes that I don't plan to smoke short term (Cohiba Behike 56 and Cohiba Genios Maduro 5). My question is, should I shrink-wrap these two new boxes for long term storage or it doesn't matter?
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How are you measuring humidity? Any chance it is lower than 50? Hate to say it, but you might have some ruined inventory.
I was going to say coolers of some sort, but perhaps your cellar is sealed well enough and you can run a big cigar humidifier (like an Oasis or two) in the room.
And the million dollar question; have you smoked any of your sticks lately? How are they doing? Any issues with brittle wrappers or burn problems?
-Jay
Welcome to the forum!
With that inventory I would get them their own comfortable home. Is there a cigar lounge/store close that rents storage? They will maintain the temp and rh for you, hopefully. May be a quick short term solution until you get them their own place.
@jarubla , when you said his numbers were low did you mean inventory?
Aren't those just purdy. The recycler even adds tubes for just the type of storage you have. These will mostly likely last 50 years. Opus's go bad after 12 years. I bet the exp date has probably worn off as well on that Opus Box. Now the Siglo's are better when they go through the machine. They make boxes of RP's.
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@JPDM Welcome to the Forum (asylum for insane cigar fanatics). It sounds like your RH and temps are a bit low. I would open at least one of the older boxes to check conditions of them. If they seem dry or cracking you may need to SLOWLY raise the RH. Is the shrink wrap so thick that no moisture can penetrate??
Good Luck
Well, shucks. LOL
Are we talking about a wineador/fridge of some sort?
-Jay