RASS???

[tigger]

"Just my humble opinion, but the RASS take about 3-4 years to develop."

I would even go so far as to say 5 years for them to begin to really reach their potential. JMO though.

[dbowhntr]

I'm really enjoying an 04 cab of RASS right now. Up till now I've been unimpressed with the 04s, but this cab has been very good. I think they suffered from having less than excellent tobacco in 02-03 and I stopped buying them. Until I got this cab, I only sampled a couple of singles from 04, which were mild. The '00-01 RASS seemed to be filled more, with a firmer draw, stronger tobacco and really didn't hit their stride for about five years, when they were fantastic. If I could get another cab of these same 04s I've been smoking lately, I'd wait a couple years and I think they'd be excellent, even though they're filled less. Or, if these 06s are showing some strength and aging potential, it may be time to lay down a couple of those cabs for 4 or 5 years.