If the tobacconist has a well regulated humidor, I would say yes. My local shop has a well regulated humidor, with a huge inventory. The owner tells me he likes to age the cigars for a minimum of 6 mo. before he opens the box to sell the sticks. This also means he has many sticks that are out of production. Unfortunately he told me I bought him out of 858 S.G. before they were ready, in his opinoin, over a year ago, and he had none hiding. But on the other hand, the short story, I smoked today, had ploom all over it, from a freshly opened box.
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
