Yeah I've definitely heard the same thing about Padron too, sorry to hear that Mark - the 64s are certainly not cheap.
@ Todd thank you for your feedback on the RPs, that's exactly the kind of anecdotal evidence I was looking for - as I currently have a box of RP Royale Toros in one coolidor. I'll make it a point to get to those sometime this summer probably.
If memory serves correct, I think RP does some extensive aging on some of their lines as well, so maybe that has a lot to do with it...
Very curious how it seems that CCs stand the test of time so well over most it's NC counterparts. From what I understand that tobacco doesn't receive as much aging as a lot of the NCs but, when you consider they hold up to 20+ years as Havanaaddict reported, while it appears some NCs fall flat after > 5 years..very curious
indeed....