Cigar timeframe

[Havanaaddict]

Fresh - To me I consider a Cigar to be fresh if it’s within two or three years from the box code. 

Aged -This term is used very loosely nowadays, it used to be it had to be at least 10 years old. Now vendors and cigars guys will sell their product that has 3 to 5 years and say it’s aged. (I guess it is aged compared to fresh, but I still don’t think it’s anywhere near what the Cigar can become. 

Vintage -To me it has to have at least 20 years. It’s funny the more we age the more I am stuck in the past. 20 years means the Cigar is a 2005, to me I still consider that aged not vintage. Before I wouldn’t even call a cigar vintage unless it was from early 90s back in the 80s and 70s.

Where do you stand?

Fresh

Aged

Vintage

[El Presidente]

I will come at this from an industry perspective. 

Fresh    < 30 days

Aged -   3 years 

Vintage -  15 years. 

[Fugu]

I am going with:

fresh cigar - within one yr of boxing date

young cigar - one to three, perhaps up to five years old

aged - five to ten yrs 

mature cigar - > 10 yrs (although some cigars may not have reached full maturity at ten years old)

”vintage” is essentially semantics for me. I use it in Port, but very rarely in a cigar related context. Reeking too much of marketingspeak to me.

[Fuzz]

Fresh - less than 3 months

Young - under 3 years

Aged - 3 to 15 years

Vintage - 15+ years

Ken - more than 60 years

[Chas.Alpha]

21 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Fresh - less than 3 months

Young - under 3 years

Aged - 3 to 15 years

Vintage - 15+ years

Ken - more than 60 years

When I first signed on to FOH, I picked a fight with Ken. It did not end well.

Perhaps you’ll have better luck… 😔

[Mr. Japan]

I have my own time frame, discussed with several smokers at AMICIgar, and we came out with :

Baby - directly from the roller 

Fresh  < 1 year

Young  1 - 3 years

Mature  > 3 to 10

Aged     > 10-20

Vintage > 20  over

Historical > 30 over

Monumental > 50 

[Sandman]

14 hours ago, Mr. Japan said:

I have my own time frame, discussed with several smokers at AMICIgar, and we came out with :
Baby - directly from the roller
Fresh  < 1 year
Young  1 - 3 years
Mature  > 3 to 10
Aged     > 10-20
Vintage > 20  over
Historical > 30 over
Monumental > 50

I agree with this list, feel exactly the same. Me I prefer baby to mature. Usually after 10 years is up I’m not as interested anymore. Cohibas, Upmanns and Punch I like any age, but I feel they stand up best in the long term. All depends on the stick. 

[Havanaaddict]

14 hours ago, Mr. Japan said:

I have my own time frame, discussed with several smokers at AMICIgar, and we came out with :
Baby - directly from the roller
Fresh  < 1 year
Young  1 - 3 years
Mature  > 3 to 10
Aged     > 10-20
Vintage > 20  over
Historical > 30 over
Monumental > 50

Gino I like it 👍

[joeypots]

Fresh is brand new, like 6 months box age

Young: up to 5 years. This may be different now that many cigars appear to be smoking better young.

Aged: 5 years or more

Vintage:  A  term I use when I am trying to impress someone or if I’m selling a box of cigars.

[Chibearsv]

1 hour ago, joeypots said:

Vintage:  A  term I use when I am trying to impress someone

Right?  Vintage sounds better than old and grouchy in my case 😁

[MC4]

Fresh < 3 years

Aged < 10 years

Well aged < 20 years

Vintage > late 1990s when they changed the seeds to different hybrids