This evening, while searching my humidors for the right cigar, I came across a handfull of cigars that I forgot I had ...
These were the Dominican Romeo y Julieta Churchill that I bought a couple of years ago, and that have been sitting there aging all that time.
I couldn't believe what I was smoking. It was absolutely fantastic in every way possible. With exceptional construction, it burned perfectly, and had the most wonderful toasty flavor ... I just couldn't put it down very long. I had to keep going back to it, and even relighting it, it just kept getting better. It had a bite to it that I don't think it had when I first got them. One thing that really impressed me about this cigar ... is the incredible aroma of the smoke and the aftertaste it left on my palate. I am still smacking my lips with the lingering flavors it has left me with ... very satisfying.
If I remember corectly, I wasn't all that thrilled with them when I first got them. Maybe that is why I never thought about them much. But the one thing that could have put them over the top ... was the age I put on them.
It was like finding a buried treasure ... and now I will be treating these gems with a little more respect, and will bringing them out a little more often.