Charlie...Don't mind Rick...He still believes that us Republicans BOUGHT....Sorry...I mean "WON" the presidential election ;) ,...SO, to actually attempt to answer your question, I feel that because of variances in environmental factors such as drought, rain, sunshine, etc, it has to be absolutely impossible for a brand of cigar to taste EXACTLY the same all the time...Tastes will change, caused by these fluctuations in the named factors...Also, the manufacturers DO make small variances in blends and, thus, causes the tastes to change, sometimes a subtle change, sometimes a somewhat drastic change....Hope this helped....Keith