One month ago, Viaje announced that it would once again celebrate company founder Andre Farkas’ birthday with a new installment of its Birthday Blend Release. In particular, a 6 1/2 x 54 torpedo that earned the cigar the company’s Collector’s Edition tag, identifying it as a one-and-done release.
Yesterday, the company announced that it is keeping the celebration going with the Birthday Blend Collector’s Edition Criollo, which swaps out the Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper for a criollo 98 wrapper of undisclosed origin. Previous versions of the Birthday Blend have used a Nicaraguan criollo 98 wrapper.
It is also being released in a 6 1/2 x 54 torpedo vitola that is priced at $12.88 per cigar and $322 for a box of 25 cigars.
Note: The following shows the various Viaje Birthday Blend releases. Some of these cigars may have been released after this post was originally published. The list was last updated on April 15, 2024.
- Viaje White Label Project Birthday Blend (2016) (6 x 52) — August 2016 — 300 Boxes of 38 Cigars (11,400 Cigars)
- Viaje White Label Project Birthday Blend 2017 (6 x 52) — June 2017 — 400 Boxes of 25 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)
- Viaje White Label Project Birthday Blend 2018 (6 x 52) — June 2018 — 200 Boxes of 25 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars)
- Viaje Birthday Blend 2019 (6 x 52) — April 2019 — n/a
- Viaje Birthday Blend 2020 (6 x 52) — May 2020 — n/a
- Viaje Birthday Blend Gold 2022 (6 x 52) — June 2022 — n/a
- Viaje Birthday Blend 2022 (6 x 52) — June 2022 — n/a
- Viaje Birthday Blend 2023 (6 x 52) — May 2023 — n/a*
- Viaje Birthday Blend Collector’s Edition Maduro (6 1/4 x 54) — April 2024 — n/a*
- Viaje Birthday Blend Collector’s Edition Criollo (6 1/4 x 54) — May 2024 — n/a*
*Not pictured.
The Viaje Birthday Blend Collector’s Edition Criollo will begin shipping to retailers next week.
Image via Viaje Cigar Co. on Facebook.
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