Same year as the already aged stick... for example, a Partagas purchased back in 2008, and aged properly taste better than the anejados, and at half the price... Yes, I get that you can buy 10 year old Cubans today, which is great, and probably about the same price as sourcing 10 year old Cubans today... but if they boxed and banded them 10 years ago, that would be much better than aging them 10 years, then banding them and putting them in brand new boxes... that just takes away from the aging process. When I open a 10 year old box of cigars and smell them, that is heaven on earth... the anejados are just not the same imo...