The last serie R I had was a #7 maduro aged for around 8 months. I thought it was somewhat bland, but definitely full-bodied. I just picked up a #5 of the natural and maduro...maybe the smaller ones will be better or the aging mellowed out the #7 too much. The best luck I have had recently were with a HDM Dark Sumatra aged 10 months and a Sancho Panzo SF aged for around 7 months. I expected the HDM DS to be dull too, but it was really good. I tried another one with only one month of age on it and it was just so-so. Also, I had a Torano Silver Exodus robusto last night that seemed ridiculously strong. I only got through half of it.