Which date to use for aging?

[CigarGuy]

For aging purposes... should I use purchase date or the date they were rolled?


I have some cigars that I label as over nine years old. (some older but this is an example)
All that means is that I know I bought them in January of 2004.
I dunno when the things were rolled.
I'm not even sure how I'd find out. (These are NOT Cuban cigars.)


But with Cubans...
if you stumble across a whole box... there's usually info there on when they were made.
So in that instance I could use a date closer to the actually rolled date.
(ahem.. or so I've been told)


Should I mix the types of dates in my notes, and use the furthest back date I can find?
Or should I just stick to purchase date regardless?

[Jimmie the Mum]

I label all the boxes I buy with the date and purchase price.

All the Cuban boxes have dates on them so I can label them with the purchase price.

[B-Dub Cigar Ambassador]

I guess I've unconsciously been doing both inconsistently...

i.e. Saying that these Cuban cigars are ___ years old (by box date) and these Nicaraguan cigars are ___ years old (by purchase date).

Valid question.

Although, hopefully the Cubans were acquired not "too long" after they were produced. I want to control the aging.

[bartok]

I use the receipt in my pocket, if I haven't thrown it away. While I certainly agree that aging can be beneficial, lately I prefer the immediate gratification of smoking my cigar as soon as I get them.