For what it's worth, this is one of my favorite NC's. I had a box of them and smoked them slowly over a 2 year period and I must say that some things do get better with age. Ifyou have the opportunity to set a few aside to rest for a long period of time and do an A B comparison I would highly recommend it. After the long nap the stick is still full bodied but looses any hints hints of harshness a strong maduro like this can tend to have and it just becomes a nice mellow full bodied smoke. Candy I tell you.