I can't recall if I posted this on CP but here's my recent experience with the untubed RyJ Short Churchills.
I smoked one from a dressed box the other day and it was titanic. Powerful beyond belief, producing clouds of rich, clinging smoke. The flavor was woody but so heavy and concentrated that I really struggled to expel nasally. It was strong, dense and so full of bound up and wound up flavors wrapped up in a powerfully tannic profile that it is clearly not a cigar for immediate smoking. I have to suspect that at least some of the 50% against is based on expectations of immediate smokability. In contrast to almost all other 2006 issues, these are NOT for smoking right now.
Personally, I consider it a waste to smoke these now. But it would be a genuine shame not to have a box to tear into from 2010 and beyond.
Wilkey