Viaje Adds Blunderbuss and Dark Matter to WLP Series (Update)
Viaje has announced a pair of new cigars that it is adding to its White Label Project, or WLP Series, a diverse collection of dozens of different cigars that don’t share much in common other than certain packaging elements.
The company has not released much in the way of details about the cigars, but the images posted to social media offer some. Both cigars are 6 x 56 toro gordos, with Blunderbuss using a corojo 99 wrapper while Dark Matter uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper. Production is limited to 200 boxes of each cigar, though the company has not indicated how many cigars are in each box, but numerous other WLP releases have come in boxes of 25 cigars.
According to social media posts, the cigars were rolled over a year ago, as the box labels indicate they were produced in May 2023. The company said that due to an already packed schedule of releases, the cigars had to wait until an opening became available before they could be shipped to stores.
The company has not yet indicated when the cigars will begin shipping, but it generally posts about new cigars about a week before they go to stores.
An e-mail to Viaje seeking additional information about the cigars has not been returned.
Update (Aug. 23, 2024) — halfwheel has learned the pricing for the Dark Matter is $11.36 per cigar and $284 for a box of 25 cigars, while the Blunderbuss is priced at $10.96 per cigar and $274 for a box of 25 cigars.
Images via Viaje Cigar Co. on Facebook.
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