Quote Originally Posted by NeverBend View Post
Pete, I won't actually copy your post to save room, but I will include a quote to notify you...
From your original statement I read "pressure" and assumed "atmospheric", as in the self-contained and pressurized world inside a sealed tin, but your response indicates a slant towards the pressure at which a kake or flake was pressed, too.

Here's my issue with Latakia: while I agree that it softens and grows with age - anything does, that's why I have various bottles from St. Emilion tucked away in the basement with open dates of 2020 and beyond - to what degree does Lat lose its oomph and to what degree does the VA components sweetenening and becoming more assertive affect a blend and to what degree does an overall continued marrying of flavors homogenize a blend?

Not that I took issue with your post - I was actually hoping you had a case for atmospheric pressure because goofing around with that in regards to aging my own tobacco would be neat - but I want to believe there's more than just a simple "Lats fall off a cliff with age" reasoning behind what we experience with our beloved cellars.