Hello FOH fam, I've been searching through the annals of the board and wanted to pose a question to the community that I haven't seen explicitly discussed.
In your opinion, why do you believe Cuban tobacco (in general) ages better than non-Cuban tobacco? There are plenty of examples of non-Cubans (e.g., Opus, Davidoff, and other premium lines) that do age their stock quite a bit but the consensus seems to be that non-Cuban cigars tend to peak at 4-7 years of age where Cubans can keep punching well over 10+ years of age. What about Cuban tobacco allows it to improve year after year? My understanding is that your average non-Cuban cigar hits the shelves anywhere between 90 days to a year after rolling where HSA rolls, boxes, and then is off to the distribution network.
Looking forward to some different perspectives!