Cigar aging questions?

[JaKaAch]

There are a lot of threads and post with opinions about aging cigars.
They tend to break down into two camps:
Aging Cuban cigars is good.
Aging Non Cuban cigars, opinions range from not necessary to aging to long they may turn "flat" or mellow too much.

My questions are why the difference in opinions on how and why to age cigars just because of where the tobacco was grown?
I'm asking because is the tobacco grown in Honduras, Nicaragua, or the Dominica Republic really that much different than Cuban grown? Heck the DR is what just a couple hundred miles from Cuba. Honduras, Nicaragua, what 5 or 6 hundred miles away.
The impression I get is that most NC growers and manufactures try to imitate Cuban techniques in growing and handling of the tobacco. Some with the goal of achieving that "Cuban" flavor. How many times have you read Cuban seed..??

I guess I'm confused as to why aging CC's is good and aging NC's not good or necessary. It may be a simple view (mine) but tobacco grown for cigars from these 4 countries are similar enough that if aging is good for CC's it should be just as good for NC's.

Wanting to hear some opinions from the jungle. What am I missing?

 

[NCRadioMan]

The island of Cuba originated around where Hawaii is now. Over the eons it has moved to where it is now. That is why the soil and tobacco is very different than any country close to it.

 

[ResIpsa]

Coffee beans grown in Kenya have a dramatically different flavor those than in Ethiopia. An Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee bean has a dramatically different flavor than an Ethiopian Harrar coffee bean, even though the farms may not be that far apart.

All agricultural products will behave and taste differently depending on the climate, soil, etc, even if seperated by only short distances, tobacco is no different.

 

[GrtndpwrflOZ]

I often wonder the same thing.
What I have gathered, and I am by no means a cigar infopedia. I smoke them I [most of the time] know where they come from as well as how old they are....sometimes.
again, what I have gathered is that the NC's already are aged and that the Cubans are fresh rolled. That is what I have read many a times here on CS.
I often fall back to so why can they not be aged any more or aging is not necessary. Here's another one you will here....except for the OpusX.....well ....Is that magic tobacci? Why does the Opus age well in the DR and not any other cigars in the DR?

I haven't helped here. :chk:chk:chk:chk

 

[Mr. Ed]

The island of Cuba originated around where Hawaii is now. Over the eons it has moved to where it is now. That is why the soil and tobacco is very different than any country close to it.

That is interesting indeed. I thought that most of Cuba belongs to the North American Plate though.

 

[scottw]

There are a lot of threads and post with opinions about aging cigars.
They tend to break down into two camps:
Aging Cuban cigars is good.
Aging Non Cuban cigars, opinions range from not necessary to aging to long they may turn "flat" or mellow too much.

My questions are why the difference in opinions on how and why to age cigars just because of where the tobacco was grown?
I'm asking because is the tobacco grown in Honduras, Nicaragua, or the Dominica Republic really that much different than Cuban grown? Heck the DR is what just a couple hundred miles from Cuba. Honduras, Nicaragua, what 5 or 6 hundred miles away.
The impression I get is that most NC growers and manufactures try to imitate Cuban techniques in growing and handling of the tobacco. Some with the goal of achieving that "Cuban" flavor. How many times have you read Cuban seed..??

I guess I'm confused as to why aging CC's is good and aging NC's not good or necessary. It may be a simple view (mine) but tobacco grown for cigars from these 4 countries are similar enough that if aging is good for CC's it should be just as good for NC's.

Wanting to hear some opinions from the jungle. What am I missing?

CLick this link and read page 4. apparently letting the the NC's allow their tobacco to age more prior to rolling which would seem to have an effect on the amount they would need to age afterward. I guess Cubans roll their tobacco quicker after harvest therefore relying upon the consumer to age them once they have been rolled. NC's however to some of the work while the tobacco is just tobacco and not a stogie. Hopefully this helps.

 

[scottw]

CLick this link and read page 4. apparently letting the the NC's allow their tobacco to age more prior to rolling which would seem to have an effect on the amount they would need to age afterward. I guess Cubans roll their tobacco quicker after harvest therefore relying upon the consumer to age them once they have been rolled. NC's however to some of the work while the tobacco is just tobacco and not a stogie. Hopefully this helps.

Sorry, here is the link.

http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/webap...orage90207.pdf