Have a crack at answering this one for me. "10 boxes for 10 years"

[El Presidente]

Part of an email I received yesterday. 

Would you like to give it a crack on your thoughts? I will reply with a link to this thread. 

Gracias 

 

" I know I am late to the game of Cuban cigars but I am in my 20s and have time and patience. Can you recommend me 10 boxes of cigars that are gilt edged ageing certainties? I wouldn't even start smoking them until 2030. Can you diversify the selection so that there are at least some petiti corona, corona gorda, a "skinny" or two and torpedos. I am happy to experiment."

[ElJavi76]

HdM Petit Robustos

HdM DCs

JL1s

D4s

Connie As

Party Shorts

Trinidad MLs

Upmann/Monte/Partagas No 2

BBF

Trinidad Fundadores

 

Honorable mention to Connie 1s and Cohiba Medio Siglos.

Good luck noob!

[Fuzz]

PLPC

Party Shorts

CoRo

Trini Fundadores

Monty Especiales No.2

HdM DC

Cohiba Esplendidos

Punch DC

Party 898

Monte No.2

 

[Wailbait]

42 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

PLPC

Party Shorts

CoRo

Trini Fundadores

Monty Especiales No.2

HdM DC

Cohiba Esplendidos

Punch DC

Party 898

Monte No.2

 

I’m pretty darn close to this list.  I’d probably sub out the Esplendidos for Lanceros.  Or Monte especial.  But basically yup

[mprach024]

For me, Id include good examples from all the major marcas:  

Bolivar BBF

Cohiba Robusto

Upmann Connie A or Mag46

HDM DC

Montecristo 2

Partagas Lusitanias

Punch Punch

Ramon Allones Gigantes

R&J Cazadores 

Trinidad Vigia

 

[protekk]

Upmann Sir Winston

BBF

Boli PC

Partagas 898

Partagas Lusitania

JL No 1

Trinidad Fundy

CoLa

Boli PC

VR Unicos

 

[Chas.Alpha]

Partagas Lusitania 

Bolivar Belicosos Finos

RASS

CORO

Upmann Connie A

 

 

[bdw1984]

CoLa

Espy

Lusi

Monte 2

BBF

PSD4

JL1

RASS

PLPC

MdO4

[Cmelle]

Mag 46

Ryj Churchill

Lusitania

Bcj

Party E2

Plpc

Siglo 6

Monte 2

Bbf

Bolovar Libertadores???? (I have a box at the 7 year mark, and they are absolutely blow your socks off amazing. Although I don't know if they'll last 10 years, as strength is dying off. 

[Chas.Alpha]

Bolivar petit Corona

Bolivar Royal Corona

R&J Churchill

Punch Doubles

Anything from QdO

[stogieluver]

Ah, Youth.  Bulletproof and invisible. 

Tell him to buy them and smoke the MF’ers. 
NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW. 

He can save for his retirement, but his widow will just spend it with her new boyfriend.  

[FatPete]

I’d be happy smoking these in 2030:

BBF

Cohiba Lanceros

Cohiba Siglo VI

Hoyo DC

RyJ Belicoso 

Upmann Sir Winston

Upmann Magnum 46

Montecristo No. 4

JLS 1

Punch DC

 

 

[Hoepssa]

 

Tell him to cut it to 8 boxes to age, the ninth go for "not so ideal to age CC" and last one is Padron, which is not that good when aged to long,

he will regret starting to smoke so late.

Cohiba IV ,  VI, 

Coro

Esplendidos

Lanceros

Punch DC

RyJ Cazadores

Partagas 898

Bolivar BBF

Partagas P2

[Chibearsv]

Upmann Sir Winston 

Trinidad La Trova

RyJ Churchill

Cohiba Pyramides Extra

Ramon Allones Gigantes

Partagas E2

Juan Lopez 2

Montecristo No 2

Hoyo San Juan

Punch Punch

[Raskol]

PLPC

CoRo

HDM Le Hoyo De San Juan

Trinidad Vigia

Trinidad Fundadores

H. Upmann Sir Winston

H. Upmann Magnum 46

Partagas Serie D4

Montecristo No. 2

Punch DC

 

 

 

 

 

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, Wailbait said:

I’m pretty darn close to this list.  I’d probably sub out the Esplendidos for Lanceros.  Or Monte especial.  But basically yup

I was tossing up between the 2, but went with Esplendidos due to sentimentality (was my first cigar ever smoked). Honestly, you couldn't go wrong with either one.

[Lomey]

PLPC

CORO

Party Lusi

Mag 46

Punch Punch

Monte 2

RyJ Churchill

BPC

Monte 4

Connie A

[NSXCIGAR]

All Cohiba Linea Clasica (5)

HUSW

Punch DC

Lusi

Monte Especiales

PLPC

 

23 hours ago, ElJavi76 said:

HdM Petit Robustos

I like this pick. I haven't heard of any opinions on these with serious age. They've been around for 15 years--what's the deal? 

[SansSin]

plpc        d4         Trini Fundies

brc         monte 2      medio siglo

lusi          hdmdc       winnie

and a few boxes of demi tasse which is equal to one normal box?

[BrightonCorgi]

For currently produced cigars

Cohiba Corona Especiales
Cohiba Esplendidos
Cohiba Lancero
Cohiba Robusto
Fonseca No. 1
Montecristo Especial No. 1
Punch Double Corona
H. Upmann Connoisseur No.1
H. Upmann No. 2
H. Upmann Sir Winston

 

[ElJavi76]

7 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

I like this pick. I haven't heard of any opinions on these with serious age. They've been around for 15 years--what's the deal? 

I threw it out there because of the question posed. A diverse selection, was the task. I see lists up here with 3 Double Coronas... I get it, some guys like long cigars, but this kid is asking for an array of cigars that are all different. Just like guys suggesting LGC MdO's... Great skinny guys. Where's this kid supposed to find those? Oh yeah, nowhere unless he's ready to pay a mint. I didn't think PLMC's would make for a great aged skinny so I went lancero. 

As for the HdM PRs... They smoke great young. I get a ton of sugar cane juice. I'd love to see where that goes with age. Sweeter? Flat? These are readily available. I think the toughest ask from my list are the fundadores, due to pricing and general availability. But they're out there if you wanna commit to a box.

[NickV]

This kid has the patience of a saint. I’m 36, relatively new to Cubans, and have trouble waiting the 30 day resting period. If his life is anything like mine, he’ll be at the point of his life in 10 years where he’s going through murderers row of engagement ring, wedding, house, and baby (I did this 28-34 by the time I had both kids). If this is the case chances are the boxes get sold to pay for that stuff. Maybe he gets to keep one box to smoke wedding night, baby’s birth, and closing on the house milestones. So maybe we should tell him good investment boxes and one special box to age for himself?

[Stogieninja]

Who has $2500 to spend on cigars in their 20’s?

...I should have worked harder in school.

[Toast & Taste]

Someone (not me?) should index these posts/choices into a final list. Twould be interesting. 

 

Siglo VI 

BBF

RASS

Serie D No.4

Fundadores 

Monte No.2

Diplo No.2

PLPC

QDO Coronas Claro

Sir Winston 

 

Big Al 

[zigarrenziggy]

Partagas Lusitanias	13
PLPC	13
Montecristo No 2	11
Trinidad Fundadores	11
Bolivar BF	10
Cohiba Robusto	10
Cohiba Lanceros	10
H Upmann Sir Winston	9
Punch DC	9
H Upmann Mag 46	9
Cohiba Esplendidos	8
Bolivar PC	8
Ramon Allones Specially Selected	8
HdM DC	7
Partagas 898	7
Partagas D4	7
Cohiba Siglo VI	7
Punch Punch	6
RyJ Churchill	5
H Upmann Connie A	4
Juan Lopez SN1	4
Partagas Shorts	4
Montecristo Especiales	4
Trinidad Vigia	3
RyJ Cazadores	3
H Upmann No 2	3
Cohiba Corona Especiales	3
Montecristo Especiales No 2	3
LGC MdO4	3
Bolivar RC	2
Cohiba Medio Siglo	2
H Upmann Connie 1	2
HdM San Juan	2
Montecristo No 4	2
Partagas E2	2
QdO Coronas Claro	2
Ramon Allones Gigantes	2
Vegas Robaina Unicos	2
Cohiba Pyramides Extra	2
Trinidad Reyes	2
HdM Petit Robustos	2
Bolivar Coronas Junior	1
Bolivar No 1 Tubos	1
Cohiba Panatelas	1
Cohiba Siglo V	1
Diplomaticos No 2	1
Fonseca No 1	1
HdM Epicure No 1 Tubos	1
HdM Rio Seco	1
Juan Lopez SN2	1
Partagas No 2	1
Partagas P2	1
QdO No 50	1
QdO No 54	1
RyJ Belicoso	1
Trinidad La Trova	1
Trinidad Media Lunas	1
Cohiba Siglo IV	1
HdM Epicure No 2	1
Sancho Panza Belicosos	1
Partagas Salomones	1
Montecristo Linea 1935 Maltes	1
HdM Epicure Especial	1
HdM Epicure No 1	1
HdM Epicure No 2	1
HdM Coronations	1
QdO Sendores	1
SCdlH El Principes	1
Montecristo No 1	1

 

Rather boring day at work, so I quickly counted all of the votes. I will keep this updated as new posts develop

EDIT: Updated as of @Habana Mike