Quote Originally Posted by Herf N Turf View Post
Holy CRAP, fella's! I smoked an Oliva MB III robusto I purchased from a BOTL at Cigar Man Andy's herf in NoVa in 2009, last night. Andy's herfs were huge and it wasn't uncommon for guys to bring bazillions of cigars to share, trade and even sell. Anyway, according to him, he'd had them sitting in his humidor for "2-3 years".

I gotta tellya' guys, I used to think the original Antano 1970 from 99-00 was the all-time king of NC's that held up well to long term age. Not anymore. This thing was simply magnificent and vastly better than when manufactured. I've had them fairly fresh and they're very muscly and a little rough around the flavor edges. This thing last night blew me away. It was smooth as soft butter and the sweetness was simply heavenly. Being kept it's entire life at 62-64F and 65% RH, the draw and burn were spot-on.

The first third was made up of lots of caramelized brown sugar notes and some cocoa. Both remaining at the fore throughout the smoke. The power, and do mean 'power' as opposed to strength, which the stick surpasses at the half way mark, began building exponentially. My the time I was 2/3 finished, I was about finished. This has remained an extraordinarily strong cigar, even for me, who tends to prefer fuller, stronger cigars.

Anyway, I was impressed enough by it that I had to share it with you guys.
that doesn't surprise me at all I have had a few with a couple years on them. They are on box purchase list for sure.