Which season of harvest do you prefer? (Month on 📦)

[Bada_Bing_NJ]

👋🏻 How's everyone's summer going? Can't believe I saw Halloween 💩 in stores already

Not sure if harvest is correct reference for this since it is done months before box stamp, but recently I've been diving deep into which season I enjoy so far it's been AGO SEP, and OCT. All have been amazing smokes, razor sharp burns, great draw, and complex flavors even for year old and less! What comes straight to mind PLMC AGO BRM '23 PsDp BRM Oct '23

Had some from MAR ABR MAY same year but not as complex  some burn issues I noticed so far. The two that pop up MAR Trinidad Reyes & plugged ABR Coh lancero😢. I still need to try DIC ENE FEB time of the year boxes. Finally the heat and humidity going down after today! I hate smoking in those conditions it's not enjoyable. 🤔 if anyone else has experienced or has been documenting after 💨💨 

[El Presidente]

9 hours ago, Bada_Bing_NJ said:

👋🏻 How's everyone's summer going? Can't believe I saw Halloween 💩 in stores already

Not sure if harvest is correct reference for this since it is done months before box stamp, but recently I've been diving deep into which season I enjoy so far it's been AGO SEP, and OCT. All have been amazing smokes, razor sharp burns, great draw, and complex flavors even for year old and less! What comes straight to mind PLMC AGO BRM '23 PsDp BRM Oct '23

Had some from MAR ABR MAY same year but not as complex  some burn issues I noticed so far. The two that pop up MAR Trinidad Reyes & plugged ABR Coh lancero😢. I still need to try DIC ENE FEB time of the year boxes. Finally the heat and humidity going down after today! I hate smoking in those conditions it's not enjoyable. 🤔 if anyone else has experienced or has been documenting after 💨💨 

More to do with luck of the draw than box date. Although having said that, rainy season rolling when you have a hot and wet week can make the rollers job far more challenging if their head isn't in the game. 

I think we have all had great boxes...and average poor ones...from all months. 

[RDB]

I’ve always wanted to understand better the relationship between box date and harvest. My (likely wrong) working assumption is that the months matter little as the tobacco is aged for widely varying lengths of time, up to 3-5 years, and can even be from different years in the same cigar.

Bring on the experts please!

[BrightonCorgi]

5 hours ago, RDB said:

I’ve always wanted to understand better the relationship between box date and harvest.

There is none.

[Fugu]

On 8/7/2024 at 6:17 PM, RDB said:

I’ve always wanted to understand better the relationship between box date and harvest. My (likely wrong) working assumption is that the months matter little as the tobacco is aged for widely varying lengths of time, up to 3-5 years, and can even be from different years in the same cigar.

No correlation between blend and time of year. But as Rob is alluding to, the weather during production can have a mechanical effect on cigar-build: During the more humid season of the year, the tobacco to be rolled (in the mostly non-climatized galeras) tends to be moister, softer and as such is a little less springy. Bunching such leaves (by an unexperienced roller, one should say) can – potentially – lead to a tendency of overfilling in the more giving / softer bunch. Yet I have never observed any "systematics" there.

[El Presidente]

On 8/7/2024 at 6:17 PM, RDB said:

I’ve always wanted to understand better the relationship between box date and harvest. My (likely wrong) working assumption is that the months matter little as the tobacco is aged for widely varying lengths of time, up to 3-5 years, and can even be from different years in the same cigar.

Bring on the experts please!

Before tobacco is ready, wrapper 12-18 months, seco, 24 months, Ligero, 36 months. There is some variation because tobacco varies and some will need longer. 

So on the day a cigar is rolled, it will likely have tobacco covering numerous crops/years. 

[RDB]

5 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Before tobacco is ready, wrapper 12-18 months, seco, 24 months, Ligero, 36 months. There is some variation because tobacco varies and some will need longer. 

So on the day a cigar is rolled, it will likely have tobacco covering numerous crops/years. 

Perfecto, thank you.