I hear mention of aging cigars to improve their quality, but is there not a blank spot from the time before you bought them; which would make it very difficult and almost definatly impractical to figure out how old they are?

After you solve that, how do you go about finding the optimum age for the specific brand? I imagine it varies.

Thanks in advance to those who lend input, and since I'm feeling rather cheerful today, a thanks to those who don't reply at all. It's your lucky day.

Side rant: I want to buy a box of Zino Connoisseur's (became interested after reading a thread here) from the U.S., and the shipping + taxes costs one and two-fifths more than the cigars themselves. Isn't that terrible? Why do they want me to burn my money away ;) ? Thanks for listening. . .