Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Turquoise

Late last year, Aging Room announced it would be releasing a new blend to celebrate the company’s 15th anniversary. Blue Amber is a four-vitola line named after the fossilized resin from the Hymenaea Proter tree, which went extinct about 15 million years ago.

Blend-wise, the new line is made with a Nicaraguan wrapper grown by AJ Fernandez, a Dominican binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The cigars are being made at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. factory.

Aging Room declined to disclose specific production numbers for the Blue Amber line, other than to say that it will be “crafted in limited production annual batches.” While it was originally slated for a December 2025 release, logistical and production issues pushed the release of the cigars to April of this year.

Blue Amber debuted with four different vitolas, each packaged in 20-count boxes:

• Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Celestar (5 x 58) — $40 (Box of 20, $800)
• Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Maestro (6 x 52) — $41 (Box of 20, $840)
• Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Sky (6 x 60) — $43 (Box of 20, $860)
• Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Turquoise (6 x 60) — $43 (Box of 20, $860)

As part of the debut, Aging Room partnered with British watchmaker Dennison Watches to release a limited edition watch with a dial made from blue amber sourced from the Dominican Republic. It is limited to 225 pieces, each with a suggested retail price of $1,000. In addition, there is a Blue Amber lighter priced at $100 each.

• Cigar Reviewed: Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Turquoise
• Country of Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A.
• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Binder: Dominican Republic
• Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
• Length: 6 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 60
• Shape: Round
• MSRP: $43 (Box of 20, $860)
• Release Date: April 2026
• Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

Deep, dark brown wrappers cover all three of the Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Turquoise cigars I am smoking for this review, and I can see a small amount of oil on each. The wrappers look like they have a lot of tooth, so I am not surprised when the cigars are very rough to the touch, although the veins that are present are, for the most part, thin and flat. However, when compared side-by-side, there is a very obvious difference in the thickness of the cigars, more on that in the Final Notes below. All three cigars are firm when squeezed, but I find a large soft spot under the secondary band of the second cigar. Black pepper and generic woodiness lead the aromas coming from the wrappers, followed by barnyard, leather, dark fruity sweetness, earth and a slight vegetal note. Due to the extremely small foot opening on these perfecto vitolas, the scents from the feet are virtually identical to what I noted from the wrappers; however, the second cigar has an interesting milk chocolate sweetness that isn’t found from the other two cigars. After straight cuts, the cold draws bring flavors of creamy cedar, bitter dark chocolate, nutmeg, black pepper, espresso, gritty earth, and more of the dark fruit sweetness.

Despite the small foot opening, I have no problems with the draws after lighting all three cigars, and the first few puffs feature some significant spice—on both my tongue and lips—along with flavors of gritty earth and leather tack. Within about 10 puffs, the profiles of all three cigars change: the first and third cigars keep the gritty earth, but the leather tack is replaced by a rich espresso flavor. For the second cigar, the main flavors are rich cocoa nibs and slightly sweet cloves. Secondary flavors include the aforementioned leather tack along with pita bread, baker’s spices, cedar, sawdust and slight anise, while the finish of all three cigars has a mineral salinity. The retrohales are also quite different: the first and third cigars have an abundance of black pepper and much less aggressive black fruity sweetness, while the second cigar has significantly less pepper but a more distinct sweetness that reminds me strongly of grape jelly. For the first and third cigars, the flavor ends at medium-full, while both the body and strength make it to a solid medium. The second cigar features full flavor, but both the body and strength hit a point just under medium. Construction-wise, the first cigar needs a minor burn correction right before the section ends, but that is the only issue so far.

During the second third, the amount of spice present recedes noticeably, which is a very good thing. As was the case in the first third, there are two different experiences when it comes to the main flavors in their profiles: the first and third cigars stick with the combination of espresso and gritty earth, while the second cigar is now exhibiting rich dark chocolate combined with creamy peanut butter. Secondary flavors of creamy cedar, leather, toasted bread, herbs and light cinnamon flit in and out, while the mineral salinity on the finish of all three cigars remains at about the same level as the first third. The retrohales are similar to the first third as well: raisin sweetness combined with black pepper on the first and last cigars, less pepper and slightly stronger grape jelly sweetness on the second cigar. Flavor remains at medium-full for the first and third cigars, but the body and strength increase in tandem to land at medium-plus. The second cigar continues to feature full flavor, while both the body and strength increase enough to land at a solid medium. All three cigars need a minor burn correction to stay on track, but the draw resistance and smoke production remain trouble-free.

When it comes to their respective profiles for all three cigars, the final third is a virtual carbon copy of the second third, meaning the first and third cigars continue to be led by flavors of gritty earth and espresso, while the second cigar exhibits more enjoyable flavors of creamy peanut butter and bitter dark chocolate. At various points, secondary notes of creamy cedar, generic breadiness, dry leaves, cinnamon and a light vegetal note show up, while the finish now includes a more standard earthy note. Sweet grape jelly and black pepper continue to dominate the retrohale of the second cigar, while the first cigar now features a honey sweetness and the third cigar sticks with the raisin sweetness from the second third. The second cigar features full flavor, solid medium body and a strength level that passes into medium-plus, while the first and third cigars stick with medium-full flavor, medium-plus body and medium-full strength. Unlike the second third, there are zero issues when it comes to construction on all three cigars, as the burn lines, draws and smoke production all work nicely together.

Final Notes

• Interestingly, the Dominican filler tobacco in this blend comes from Las Cumbres, which is near the Cordillera Septentrional mountains, where blue amber is mined.
• The stone traditionally associated with 15th wedding anniversaries is the ruby. Blue amber is actually associated as an alternative to the 34th anniversary, after amber.
• This is at least the second new cigar this year to have a watch release attached to it: Cavalier Genève and Cvstos teamed up to release a special version of Cvstos’ Jetliner watch to celebrate the cigar company’s 10th anniversary.
• I find it interesting that there are three different vitolas across the four cigars in this line: the Blue Celestar and Blue Sky are parejos, while Blue Maestro is a torpedo and Blue Turquoise is a perfecto.

• I love the color scheme used on the bands, and while those bands came off extremely easily virtually every time. With that said, I did have an issue with the secondary band on my second cigar, which caused a bit of damage when it was removed, although it did not result in any noticeable burn issues.
• JR Cigar, which is a sister company of Altadis U.S.A. advertises on halfwheel. Altadis U.S.A. distributes Aging Room.
• The cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.

• These are the three cigars that were smoked, in order. The difference in the ring gauge sizes between the second cigar and the other two cigars was very noticeable. (I cut the first cigar just before taking this photograph.)

• Because of where the bands were placed, we did not measure the ring gauge of the cigars for the info you see below. However, even when the bands were still on the cigars, none of them measured 56-ring gauge, let alone the stated 60-ring gauge.

• These cigars are listed as being 6 x 60 vitolas. Above are the measurements we took when we measured them.
• The final smoking time averaged out to one hour and 41 minutes for all three cigars.
• If you would like to purchase any of the Aging Room Blue Amber Blue Turquoise cigars, site sponsors Corona Cigar Co., JR Cigars and Small Batch Cigar sell them on their respective websites.

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