Over the years I've noticed something with the #2's none of my CC's demonstrate to this extent and that is humidity level to keep the wrapper moist enough without being brittle vs. most of my many other CC's. I keep two Aristocrat humidors in the house, one cooled controlled, and the other without, but both humidity controlled. Both humidors at 62-64% rel. humidity levels and I keep my aged Montes in the cooled unit and the other keeps the newer stock. In these cases, both Monte wrappers are always brittle and begs for more humidity it appears. This also a big factor when I smoke outside, I live in the S/W USA when the overall humidity is very dry. After just a few minutes, the Monte wrapper gets terrible at the halfway point with 10-15 minutes of smoking, Still the initial wrapper at 62-64% humidity is too brittle it appears to begin with.
So I setup up a stand alone humidor and setup the humidity to run at 72% and the Monte's are now PERFECT and can smoke leisurely without flaking. Is there something specific in the Monte #2 blend that is unique vs. most other CC? Sorry if this has been talked about before, but it's been a long time question I've had. Thanks!