It is so hard to reproduce a crop from one year to the next. I do not expect a cigar produced one year to taste just like another produced a different year, but I do like them to be very similar. It is a good reason to stock up when you find one you really like. This is where the limited release thing really messes me up. If I loved the Barclay Rex, and I want to stock up, chances are its already too late. So I have to order multiple boxes before the release and hope I love em, or risk not having more than a few sticks. This causes more demand at release. I am having a hard time chasing all these releases.
I hope S&S changes the paradigm for the better.