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"Huge improvement" after 5+ years. I have had MANY other experiences just like yours, too.
So much for the "OnLy (or mOsTLy) CoOBaNs beNEfiT frOm agInG!" claim.
Pretty sure that misconception arose from the simple fact that the commies basically don't age anything, they roll and ship immediately (or almost). Tobacco aging is a diminishing-return process meaning improvements are front-loaded in the process, so if an NC manufacturer ages 2 years pre-ship, and the CC manufacturer ages 0 years pre-ship, then the consumer upon receiving both from the retailer decides to age them both for 2 years, OF COURSE the CC will have more improvement at the end of that period than the NC will have. But it doesn't mean CCs and NCs age in two significantly different ways. Similar tobaccos of related strains grown in similar soils and climates. No magical difference in how they react to age, just pre-sale aging amount differences.
A good rough analogy would be two brands of cars, call them Brand A and Brand B. They both make very, very similar models of cars, not much difference at all. However, consumers notice that, when parked outside, Brand A cars tend to rust much sooner after purchase than Brand B cars do. Consumers conclude that, despite both brands being made of the same steel that undergoes the same treatments and being overall basically the same product, somehow, perhaps magically, post-purchase "aging" of Brand A produces radically different results than post-purchase "aging" of Brand B.
Then it comes out that Brand A has a policy of making cars five years in advance and storing them in large outdoor lots exposed to the weather before sale, while Brand B sells cars immediately after making them.
All of a sudden, the "magical difference" disappears and it all makes perfect sense. The two car brands react to outdoor "aging" identically after all!
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