I will preface this by admitting I am a super newb with cc's. I have read about the "sick" period they go through, but I have yet to have one that was sick. I have had some aged and some very fresh and they have all been good outside of a few really tight draws. It may just be that the aged ones I have had are already through it, and the fresh ones I just don't give them a chance. I've mostly bought 5ers as I've just been sampling/exploring, and it doesn't take me long to take down 5 cigars.