Pre-aged cigars?

[herfdog]

I just got this CAO cameroon l'anniversaire at the local B&M. I don't have much expérience with CAO as they aren't that commonly here, but all the ones I tried (all 3 of them including this one) had cellophane as yellow as this. Lucky?
I commented to the lady who said they just received them.

Doesn't yellowed cellophane mean the cigar is at least like 1 or 2 years old?

Is this cigar pre-aged before shipping to stores? Aged somewhere in transit to Canada? Or is it normal cellophane? ?

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[StocktonJohn]

Likely they just have sat in storage, forgotten maybe. I've never seen new cello that color.

 

[herfdog]

That is my thinking too. And (smoking it now) it doesn't feel super new. But all the CAO I see here seems to be like that, and she says they often are like that.

Maybe the shipping old stock to Canada?

 

[sullen]

Some yellow faster than others, but AT LEAST a few years. I have some 2-3 years with it still clear as day.
Lot of factors though, I have some 07s that are almost black and some 04s with just a slight tint....