Viaje

Viaje made rarity a rule, then its only way of working. Andre Farkas founded the brand in 2008 on two regular ranges, Platino and Oro.

Alongside them he released small runs — Stuffed Turkey, Skull and Bones, Daisy Cutter — and found that his customers were buying those more than the standing catalogue. In 2012 he drew the conclusion, and it was a radical one: he dropped the regular ranges and now makes limited runs only.

It is a choice that costs. A house with no permanent catalogue cannot be stocked reliably by a retailer, cannot be judged from one year to the next, and leaves the smoker with a cigar he will not find again. Viaje accepts that, and it is what defines it in this atlas.

Everything is rolled at Aganorsa, in Estelí — the house this atlas holds as Aganorsa Leaf, which grows its own leaf. The taste follows: the tobacco is Nicaraguan, and the brand makes no secret of it.

Range Depth

• Skull and Bones

  Wrapper Nicaragua (Aganorsa) · Strength Full

  The house's most followed series, taken up year after year under different subtitles. Each release is limited and is not reissued as it was.

  Daisy Cutter · "?"

• Oro and Platino

  Wrapper Nicaragua (Aganorsa) · Strength Medium

  The two original regular ranges, from 2008. They were dropped in 2012 when the house chose to make limited runs only — they come back only intermittently.

  Reserva VOR