I find this to be a very interesting topic and I am eager to read some opinions from some more experienced members. I'm sure Ken can attest to the fiasco that is White Burgundies and what has happened with them and I hope this is not happening with these cigars. White Burgundy wines were renown for their aging abilities but for some reason, from the mid-nineties and on, the wines are oxidizing in the bottle at a young age, even under pristine cellaring conditions. Some in the wine communities believe that this is mainly due to a change in winemaking to make the wines more accessible when young. The thing is, the issue was not noticed until about 2005 when a clear trend was seen with oxidized bottles. The fallout from this is that many of us that used to buy these White Burgundies to age, are now regretting our purchases and have stopped buying for the long term altogether, as the wines are just too risky to keep. I can see a parallel here with Cuban Cigars post 2006 and frankly it is something that has concerned me. Are my boxes of CoRo going to flat 10 years out? Should I cut back on my collecting of cigars to age as they are not as age worthy as in the past? It's interesting, ask someone who has been smoking RASS for many many years (read pre 1999) and they will usually say that RASS need time to really shine, but is this true today with the changes post 2006? I have had some RASS from 2013/2014 that are smoking great. Will these cigars only get "better" or am I better smoking them as they are right now? WIll I have the same regrets as I did with my White Burgundies years later? I guess it's heuristics for now as there is not enough data yet but It'll be interesting to see where opinions lie.