Latakia Blends - Do They Age Well?

[Curly Cut]

i'm not a connoisseur of fine vintage leaf, although i've had a few here and there.

what i've found with my own taster buds is this:
Latakia flavors totally change with a LOT of age, i'm talking 20+ years. there have been a couple blends i've tried that i didn't know they had latakia in them at all. a totally new beasty, for sure.

i've since come to own up to the fact that i simply don't prefer Latakia blends anymore. the new stuff, the 10 yr old stuff, whatever, it all tastes the same to me, and that's just "latakia". i can't get past it, they all seem to lack any complexity as my taste buds are under assault from the latakia foulness.

does it age well? depending on if you like your latakia under aged, "barely legal", or from the retirement home.

i'm not a collector, i don't have the coinage used to acquire the already vintage sealed tins, and i'm not going to buy something and wait 20 years before i can enjoy it.

VAs, on the other hand, they improve after less than a year (as most of us have experienced with McClellands Xmas cheers of various years). they continually improve, even the 40 year old Dunny Matured VA was outstanding.