Help with Cubans and aging

[Patrick B]

I am thinking of pulling the trigger on my first box purchase of Cubans. PSD4's most likely, or might go with Monte 4's as I love both of these. I am the least patient cigar smoker on the planet and I hate waiting for a cigar to be ready to smoke. At what age can I expect either of these cigars to be in good smoking shape? I realize many of you will say the longer I can wait the better, but that isn't going to happen. If they are 6 months old will they be terrible? A year? Please throw out some knowledge...