Quote Originally Posted by Bubba -NJ
I agree they should too . I bought a box of ERDM that has the year 2003 burned into the bottom of the box . Hopefully this is when they were produced and not when the box was made . Nice informative thread here . Good job BOTL's .
they could have been made in 02. what was the month on the box?
after they make 'em, they set them in another room to be seperated. sometimes they can sit there a few months waiting to be boxed... so, the actual box date is when it was boxed/shipped out of cuba to a vendor.

the master did make great points on the fact that cuban cigars are not pre-aged, unlike the vast majority of non-cubans. ever see a non-cuban cigar ad that didn't mention how long their tobacco was aged before rolling, etc?? almost never.

so, while they still need a few years to get rid of the ammonia, they are still a lot better than the majority of non-cubans that are 5x the age.
i'm no where near an expert, but i have been given the opportunity to smoke some aged cubans (a couple pre-embargo as well). it's amazing what only 2 yrs of aging can do for the likes of a RASS or Juan Lopez. just wish i could get some that are 5-7 yrs older than that.