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A thought

This will probably show my naivety, but I had a thought, a question, actually, after reading a post that someone made about a cigar tasting "not as good" as it did years ago. In other words, if one smoked an Oliva V torpedo in 2006, and the 2011 issue was not as good.

Like wine, couldn't that be the case based on the tobacco crop of a particular year. Even though it's the same leaf from the same part of the plant, processed and rolled the same, and branded and banded the same, isn't it possible that there are variations in the outcome of the given cigars because of the weather, crop, or other variables? Or is the cigar industry a completely controlled system?

I'm not trying to be funny or stupid, even if the answer does seem obvious.

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Permalink Reply by Matt ~RI's CRA Ambassador~ on January 19, 2012 at 7:30pm

Pairing plays a major part, but you are correct, you could have gotten a lower quality batch, it happens. Also, how old were the cigars themselves? Was the 2006 smoked in 2006? or was it an older batch that you smoked in 06. Age is another major factor.