In one of the larger Viaje shipments in a while—six Viajes are on their way to retailers, although half are familiar faces. The Viaje Antidote and Super Shot are both returning for their second and third years respectively. The Antidote, a 6 1/4 x 44 perfecto, was introduced last year. The Nicaraguan puro will once again come in plastic jars—made to look like a jar of syringes—but the bands will change dramatically. This is the third year that the Zombie Super Shot is being released. It uses a Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers in the smaller 3 1/2 x 54 shape Together, the two new cigars—along with the new batch of Zombie Green and Red which are being released this weekend—bring the amount of Viaje Zombies to 13. The Zombie Super Shot is the 12th release for the larger Super Shot family. Pricing for the Zombie Antidote is the same as last year—$8.92 per cigar with jars of 24 priced at $214—while Zombie Super Shot will be $7.60 per cigar or $190 per box of 25. The company declined to give production numbers. Unlike Zombie Green and Red, which is limited to two retailers this year, ...
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