Aged DPG's or Tat's

[Ashcan Bill]

I still have two or three sizes of the old band Blue Labels laying around. Unfortunately they're all mixed in with at least 150 others in my "NC bulk storage" humidor. I don't honestly know what's in there. It's where box remnants have been tossed for years now, and they aren't in trays. Just a big ol' mess of cigars.

I smoked an Imperiales about a month ago that I spotted near the top of the pile when I was recharging the Oasis. A few years did it some good, as the sharpness they initially had is more muted now. I picked up a distinct menthol taste. That was a characteristic they sometimes displayed fresh, but it seemed more pronounced now. Based on that one example, I'd say time is being kind to these.

Personally I've found cigars change with time regardless of whether they happen to be CC or NC. Some for the better, some not.

[RevSmoke]

I have some DPG Black Perlas that are wonderful with couple years on them. My Cabaiguans have also aged well.

[scoot]

I've been snapping up aged boxes as of late. With in the past few months I've got the 8 & 11s I mentioned before and two boxes of 601 Black Rabitos, all three from late '07. Yesterday I picked up a box of Tat Unicos from mid '08. The few years knocks the spice off and lets the rich flavors of the unicos shine. The blacks have settled in a bit but haven't mellowed all that much, thankfully.
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[688sonarmen]

If you look over at NHC they have some aged samplers up for sale.

[RevSmoke]

Had a black Perla from '08. Still has some of the spice and kick, but all the flavors are smoother and more mellow. Not as sharp as they were. But, this is not a bad thing - in fact, I ilke them much better.