Quote Originally Posted by TreySC View Post
I remember someone explaining this before that most of the box pressed cigars these days aren't a true box press. Meaning they are packed tightly in boxes and that's what squares them off a bit. They are rolled round but then put in a mold to get the desired shape. After they've sat in the mold for a specified amount of time then the wrapper is put on. Which would give credence to Nature's theory of there being a little more wrapper to influence the flavor. Hopefully someone more experienced can explain better.
I'll buy that I suppose. I thought they were rolled round and then pressed into shape. But then I am quite ignorant of a lot of things cigar. Not long ago I was under the impression that Maduro wrappers were shunned and then Jeremy sent me some and set me straight!